First seen from the train at stations between Cardiff and Gloucester (Feb 2008) and subsequently found on web site.
The previous map is better in a lot of respects.
You'd think ATW would have a well-defined policy on the presentation of bilingual place names, previously they have used the ATW blue house colour for the Welsh spelling, but here it is just in the same font making things very unclear. And the line feed is too small so that letters in different lines touch.
Where the Cambrian line splits at Dovey Junction the map uses a curved line but elsewhere all junctions are at right-angles or angular. Inconsistent representations at junctions: the Llandudno Junction layout suggests direct services Bangor-Llandudno and Ffestiniog-Colwyn Bay; other branch lines split at the junction station (Whitland). There is no clear segregation of routes at Shotton.
Warrington and Wilmslow appear to be close to each other as these routes are shown almost parallel - and there's all that blank space top right that could be used to give a better impression.
Lack of 'other lines'. Why go to Bidston? For Liverpool!
Where is Gloucester? Cheltenham should be Cheltenham Spa and Warrington Bank Quay.
Unequal spacing between Shrewesbury and Birmingham, and with a little thought the Shrewesbury caption could have been placed top right of its station circle instead of being placed in that cramped 45º space.
Cardiff, one of ATW's main hubs could have at least shown Queen Street as well as Central - and the Valleys are a mess, no Pontypridd or Caerphilly?
And vertical captions when there's all that space to the right begging to be used? No statement that 'all stations not shown'.
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