Train destination categories
Sep. 12th, 2013 03:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
I've been pondering for a while how to make the railway station pages on RGL more useful for planning adventures. The thing is that with Tube stations I can decide I would e.g. like to go and explore somewhere on the Metropolitan Line, and then view a map of all the stations on that line and pick one that looks appealing, and/or look at a list of all Good Beer Guide pubs within 500 metres of a Metropolitan Line station and pick one, etc.
I can't do this so easily with railway stations. We do have some railway line categories, e.g. the Dartford Loop Line and the Lea Valley Line, but I find these a bit confusing. What I want to know is which terminus/major rail station the trains run to.
So I was wondering — would it be useful for anyone else if I created categories on RGL like "Trains To Victoria", "Trains To Paddington", "Trains To East Croydon" etc? Would it be confusing? Should Tube trains be included in these categories?
And which stations should have these categories? I was thinking Clapham Junction, East Croydon, Liverpool Street, London Bridge, Paddington, Victoria, and Waterloo would be the most useful ones for exploration purposes. Any others?