Public Transport Maps - software suggestions?

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[grahame]

In fact, seeing as I have nothing else to do, I might go and do just that. If you want the end result let me know and I'll e-mail it to you.

By the way, what is the 402? It's not a route I (or Traveline apparently) recognise...?

Just received it - thank you.  Looks good but I'm out in 5 minutes for tonight's meeting so that is a first cursory glance.

The 402 is the National Express Coach - it's on the leaflet for the 403! :
http://www.nationalexpress.com/destinations/timetables/403.pdf

The leaflet shows Frome - Devizes - Marlborough - Newbury - on to London.   It leaves out the little hamlets of Trowbridge and Melksham which are also served.

[thetrout]

I second the MS Visio suggestion... Used it before myself

[johngreg]

Visio came to mind for me as well.

Lots of preset groups of shapes and connector that can be snapped to a grid like interface. Many available for download (http://office.microsoft.com/en-GB/templates/results.aspx?qu=visio&av=zvo) not sure if rail industry/transport specific sets are available elsewhere.

[Scott]

I know it's not brilliant (it was made using MS Paint), but could everyone have a look at this and let me know what they think please? Also, if you have any suggestions for things that should - or shouldn't - be on the map, please let me know. grahame has permission to use it until he can get hold of something better.

The Pencil tool can be really handy sometimes The first time I used it for something like this, back in 2010, the work I was doing it took me nine hours - only for me to save it as a JPG

[eightf48544]

Looks very good to me although I don't know the road layout of the area does one assume that where a service is shown going between two points that is on the main road?

For instance the 234 is shown going direct from Locock to Chippenham Town whilst the X34 goes via Notton.

Also the  rail line through Melsham is not sufficiently distinct from bus routes.

It probably needs to be supplemented with a list of villiages served and the route numbers. Plus timetables. This works quite well at the SLUG in Slough.

I would certainly be able to get a good idea of the bus I would need to get to a particualry place I've certainly used one of the Melksham Devies buses to get from the botom of the Devies lock flight back into to town.