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Rail Atlas 26/10/2011 at 15:28 #22074
nnr
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This is quite an interseting site - It shows current and closed lines and station names which have changed over the years!

It's still under construction so there's only part of the country mapped

http://www.systemed.net/atlas/


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Re: Rail Atlas 26/10/2011 at 15:59 #22075
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For those interested in the Cotswold Canals (like me) the link on the rail atlas site does not work. Try here instead. The map is here.
Signalman Exeter West & Llangollen
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Re: Rail Atlas 26/10/2011 at 17:37 #22079
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nice map actually that, be good when its finished!
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Re: Rail Atlas 26/10/2011 at 18:20 #22097
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That map already exists for years, and there has not been done anything with it for years either, so I wouldn't hold your breath. It would be great to see it finished though.
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Re: Rail Atlas 26/10/2011 at 20:21 #22117
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Thanks for the link to the Adlestrop map.

For people like me, living outside the UK with only a hazy idea of geography, any detailed railway map is worth having. For what it's worth, another map I've found really useful is
http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/passenger_services/maps/nationalrailnetworkmapZoom.pdf.

Just thought I'd post this here without intending to go off-topic.

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Re: Rail Atlas 27/10/2011 at 03:49 #22124
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Useful map but I am not too sure it shows the changes in station names. Alexandra Palace and Wood Green for instance. But there again the author does not claim that it does.
I do think that there is a book out there somewhere which has similar maps for old and current lines and also has a listing of all the stations and what their previous names have been. Cannot remember the name of it but I am sure someone else can help.......probably something as simple as the book of 'station names'

Geoff

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Re: Rail Atlas 27/10/2011 at 12:07 #22128
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" said:
Useful map but I am not too sure it shows the changes in station names. Alexandra Palace and Wood Green for instance. But there again the author does not claim that it does.
I do think that there is a book out there somewhere which has similar maps for old and current lines and also has a listing of all the stations and what their previous names have been. Cannot remember the name of it but I am sure someone else can help.......probably something as simple as the book of 'station names'

Geoff
There are quite a few map books out there, for modern lines the 'Rail Atlas of Great Britain' is probably the most inexpensive and is currently being updated.
For a comprehensive view of all lines from the year dot the definitive book is 'Jowetts Railway Atlas' published in 1989 but I think it is now out of print but copies can be found in specialist bookshops and occasionally on Ebay.

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Re: Rail Atlas 27/10/2011 at 12:14 #22129
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For a relatively correct Modern Atlas, I can reccomend Track Atlas of Mainland Britain (2009). Its made by the same company who make the Quail diagrams.
"Signalman Exeter"
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Re: Rail Atlas 28/10/2011 at 18:58 #22189
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The best atlas of the lot is the magnificent the railways of Great Britain a historical atlas compiled by Colonel Cobb, Which shows historical details (colour coded) of all lines between 1807 and 1994 superimposed on a black and white OS 1 in map, very expensive at about £150.00 but worth every penny. opening and closing dates of lines and stations by year only are shown with station names at opening and closing dates shown, if space permits station name changes between these dates are shown.

Glyn

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