(08 Oct 2015, 5:33 pm)Greg in Weardale wrote No, the linear diagrams don't work, they tell you the main stops but are useless if you are on a bus (without next stop announcements) and don't know the area; with a reasonable map you can follow the route. Or if you want to get a bus in a unfamiliar place you can work out where it runs from a decent map. The vast majority of bus timetables now have proper maps as the other big companies realise they are the most useful way of showing the route.
I agree proper maps that show the area the route goes thru are much better, than a long line with place names dotted along it!
I definitely think this change to a proper map is far better!