The map is not the territory

From news.bbc.co.uk …

Transport for London have released a revised tube map. They've added symbols for disabled access to the default map instead of making it a separate one. So far, so good. But they've removed the Thames. Now I've been a lover of Harry Beck's design since I first saw it as a child, and it is worth noting that the river has been a part of the schematic map since it was first created, back in 1931. Even the awful Hutchison redesign of November 1962 didn't try to remove it, so why TfL thought it was the right thing to do now I've really no idea. You have to go back to the Stringemore map of 1926 to find a tube map without the river of London marked. There are further issues with the revised map such as the inclusion of the former East London Line, marked as the future London Overground yet showing a station which will not exist on the new line and terminating at what will become through stations! Come on TfL; get your act together and bring back our river!