The Underground roundel is copyright to LT, maybe Google forgot to apply for permission to use it? Although I assume, like most will, that this is simply sloppy coding!
Sacre BLEURGH: Google thinks London's Victoria station is on the PARIS Metro
Google Maps is sloppily displaying the French Metro symbol for some route options on the subway London Underground. The UK capital's iconic Tube brand has been replaced with the letter "M" in some instances on the ad giant's mapping app, which is a symbol used by the subterranean transport network in Paris, France. Reg reader …
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Thursday 29th May 2014 12:42 GMT WraithCadmus
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I have to pass through there every day at peak times.
Why do people insist on having colossal amounts of luggage they can barely wheel let alone lift for steps and doorways? Why do people always think they can 'beat the system' and go down the exit stairs, do they think the hundreds waiting at the entrance are doing it for shits and giggles? And why do people insist on blocking whole doorways to hold conversations and check maps (I have taken to simply clambering over their belongings)?
Finally, London welcomes tourists, but be aware that if you stand on the left, or walk on the right, you will be purged.
EDIT: And breathe...
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Thursday 29th May 2014 13:17 GMT WraithCadmus
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Maybe I've not been here quite long enough to become completely cynical about them, so yes, welcomes. Seeing people smiling and pointing at the guards or belming hardcore at Piccadilly Circus pleases me. I even help those who are stuck and contemplating the maps (language/gesticulation skills permitting).
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Thursday 29th May 2014 14:07 GMT I ain't Spartacus
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In Brussels (could it be a Brussels Metro M sign?) there's no discipline. It's a good job it's not as crowded as London during rush hour. Nobody is organised about where they stand on escalators, and no-one gets out of the way of the train doors to let people get off. At one point I stood there in the middle of the door, with arms folded waiting for someone to twig that they weren't getting on until they let the passengers get out of the way first. I ended up barging a few people, relatively gently. The worst temptation was on frequent rainy days, when I had a nice big umbrella with a pointy end - and a terrible urge to make rude-commuter-kebabs...
I've spent quite a bit of time with my American neice and her Mum in London. Being from a small town, they both expect to chat with everyone they meet. And some people's reactions are very amusing - as they get sucked into cheerful chattiness, despite their best efforts to maintain the steely 1000-yard-stare of Tube indifference.
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Friday 30th May 2014 08:41 GMT WraithCadmus
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You are right AC and I do try that first, but between noise, the people behind me, language barriers, and sheer pig-headedness (partly mine, but mostly that of people who've ALREADY blocked an entire thoroughfare) one must be prepared to just keep going.
Icon: Average commuter, will not stop
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Friday 30th May 2014 15:07 GMT OliverJ
Victoria - part of the Paris Metro system? But it is...!
Let's assume you are standing in front of Notre Dame, and suddenly it occurs to you that you have to be at the Tower of London this very afternoon. Why, you simply take the metro M4 from Cité to Gare du Nord, switch to Eurostar line in the direction of Victoria Station, where you will get out and take the Circle Line to Tower Hill. Voila.
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