Help me map the Tube's Baby buggy friendly stations

[willc]

Hi all,

I'm a not so new Dad (my son is 6 months old on Nov 16th) and my partner and I are increasingly narked by the Tube's lack of access.

We don't have a car (never needed one in London) so use the Tube a lot. We've started taking buses to buggy friendly stations and walking more to avoid the worst of the stairs.

I've also started making a list of the best and worst Tube stations on Facebook (www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6739041830) and it'd be great if Mumsnetters would help out.

I've rated stations as Easy, Awkward and Avoid with a brief description of each. We use the Northern and Piccadily lines most so should have those covered soon. Other lines we hardly use at all (Central, Jubilee, Bakerloo) so if you've got any info that'd be just grand!

I know the main map shows step free stations, but it's pretty limited. There's a lot more mums and dads could use that only have a few stairs.

The aim is to produce a comprehensive list and then maybe print a not for profit map that could be got to new couples somehow.

It'd be great to see you on the group.

Cheers,



Will

[nannynick]

Nice idea... I'm not often in London though, so can't help out personally.

What are you doing about mapping locations initially? Perhaps you could use a Google Custom map and make it public (so anyone can see it). Someone has already mapped the stations Undeground... Overground with Tours - for Google Maps

[foxinsocks]

half the problem is how often things like lifts break down

I noticed over the last few days that the lift at Westminster from the district to the jubilee line has been out of order but I bet that's something you may not have been able to find out till after you had got there!

(I know they do publish a list of out of order lifts but I'm not sure it's comprehensive)

[lovecat]

If you go to the TFL website and click on the disabled links, all the stations listed will be baby-buggy capable (lifts, no stairs, etc). How 'friendly' they are is another matter (I find Westminster a pain in the arras personally as you need 3 separate lifts to get out the darn station - but at least it's do-able!)