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Title: Online mapping of current and historic lines. Post by: JayMac on July 18, 2013, 00:57:19 I've just discovered the following excellent resource for anyone interested in tracing the route of a long closed railway line. It also maps current lines.
http://www.railmaponline.com/ The lines are overlaid onto Google Maps so you can get a fairly good impression of how development has happened on existing alignments. It gives a good overview of the problems faced by campaigns to re-open some lines. According to the designer of the website, it is still a work in progress, but it looks very good so far. Title: Re: Online mapping of current and historic lines. Post by: Chris from Nailsea on July 18, 2013, 04:44:09 Many thanks for posting that link, bignosemac! :D
It's fascinating to follow the route of, just for example, the long-gone Weston, Clevedon & Portishead Railway (http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=485.0). Title: Re: Online mapping of current and historic lines. Post by: Red Squirrel on July 18, 2013, 08:59:57 I'll add my thanks - this'll save me hours when I'm playing 'Fantasy Reopenings'
Title: Re: Online mapping of current and historic lines. Post by: bobm on July 18, 2013, 09:01:26 What an excellent find. I think I will be making a lot of use of that.
Title: Re: Online mapping of current and historic lines. Post by: Brucey on July 18, 2013, 20:44:02 A very interesting website.
I also came across this site for London Underground (and some mainline services): http://carto.metro.free.fr/cartes/metro-tram-london/index.php Title: Re: Online mapping of current and historic lines. Post by: Chris from Nailsea on December 20, 2024, 14:09:55 While I am continuing to review our 'wider picture' board, I found this particular topic.
The site is still there, the link works. It is indeed a really brilliant website - I recommend that you look at it! This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |