(28 Feb 2015, 8:23 pm)aureolin wrote But all the places in the map aren't in a straight line either are they? It's illustrative of the stops on route and in which order. You can see it reaches Sunderland directly after Newcastle, so it's doing it's job. As is the X1/Connections 4 map.
The alternative is what Arriva uses for their bus routes (example). Great if you're local, but a bit confusing if you're not.
But shows the places correctly from a geographical perspective and are not shown to be in between places which they arent which is the main gripe with the VTEC map.