http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Distance to nearest station by postcode (map) en Sun, 05 Apr 2026 23:04:02 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17950#post-255543 Thu, 20 Jul 2017 12:31:50 +0000 wangi 255543@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"excellent rail links at the Alford Valley Station"<br /> As useful as Breich or Barry Links ;) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17950#post-255541 Thu, 20 Jul 2017 12:13:03 +0000 AKen 255541@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Impressive attention to detail. Travellers in the Alford area will be reassured that the map reveals they are close to excellent rail links at the Alford Valley Station:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/amaccaluim/5754593676" rel="nofollow">https://www.flickr.com/photos/amaccaluim/5754593676</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17950#post-255540 Thu, 20 Jul 2017 12:13:01 +0000 chdot 255540@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>Ferries missing from @OrdnanceSurvey road data. I'm working on it...</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/mikerspencer/status/887992665689796609" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/mikerspencer/status/887992665689796609</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17950#post-255539 Thu, 20 Jul 2017 12:08:25 +0000 crowriver 255539@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Note the map isn't handling the islands right,"</p> <p>I'd assumed this was based on excellent ferry links to train stations? No roads in the sea. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17950#post-255536 Thu, 20 Jul 2017 11:54:46 +0000 wangi 255536@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>You'd need a correlation of distance from nearest station against population density to really do this right.</p> <p>Note the map isn't handling the islands right, plus has some heritage stations (e.g. Deeside). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17950#post-255532 Thu, 20 Jul 2017 11:16:09 +0000 chdot 255532@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Seems to be based on road distance not 'crow fly', which is obviously good. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17950#post-255531 Thu, 20 Jul 2017 11:14:26 +0000 Ed1 255531@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Cambletown is only 138.77 KMs from the nearest station </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17950#post-255529 Thu, 20 Jul 2017 11:10:11 +0000 crowriver 255529@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm assuming "number of postcodes" is a proxy for population density, as these tend to be organised around the number of dwellings. That said, census data should be available, there are even maps of population density. <a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Population_density_map_in_Scotland_from_the_2011_census.png/1200px-Population_density_map_in_Scotland_from_the_2011_census.png">This one courtesy of Wiki</a>, shows North East Scotland poorly served by rail relative to population. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17950#post-255528 Thu, 20 Jul 2017 11:07:46 +0000 dessert rat 255528@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>pretty cool - maybe next step (for someone far cleverer than me) would be to weight it by population density. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17950#post-255527 Thu, 20 Jul 2017 11:02:22 +0000 crowriver 255527@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>North East Scotland really stands out there. Also bits of South West Scotland. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17950#post-255526 Thu, 20 Jul 2017 10:55:38 +0000 chdot 255526@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://twitter.com/mikerspencer/status/887944932597665792" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/mikerspencer/status/887944932597665792</a></p> <p>("Note you can click on every postcode and station for more information.") </p>