How do you know if the tube you're about to get on is going east or
west, north or south? Does it show the name of the next stop, or the
name of the last stop at the very end of its journey?

On Aug 31, 10:43 pm, Russ wrote:
How do you know if the tube you're about to get on is going east or
west, north or south? Does it show the name of the next stop, or the
name of the last stop at the very end of its journey?

The trains themselves have the name of their destination on the front,
which may not be the last station on the line. If you're wondering
how to know which platform to stand on, the directional signs are easy
to read, e.g. http://www.dkimages.com/discover/pre...777/228473.JPG

On Sep 1, 6:49 am, Dave 2 wrote:
On Aug 31, 10:43 pm, Russ wrote:

How do you know if the tube you're about to get on is going east or
west, north or south? Does it show the name of the next stop, or the
name of the last stop at the very end of its journey?

The trains themselves have the name of their destination on the front,
which may not be the last station on the line. If you're wondering
how to know which platform to stand on, the directional signs are easy
to read, e.g.http://www.dkimages.com/discover/pre...777/228473.JPG

Of course it gets more interesting on the piccadilly line where from
holborn to cockfosters "eastbound" is actually going north and
westbound is south. Why they insist on doing this when is flippin
obvious the train is going north-south is anyones guess.

B2003

Boltar wrote:
On Sep 1, 6:49 am, Dave 2 wrote:

On Aug 31, 10:43 pm, Russ wrote:


How do you know if the tube you're about to get on is going east or
west, north or south? Does it show the name of the next stop, or the
name of the last stop at the very end of its journey?

The trains themselves have the name of their destination on the front,
which may not be the last station on the line. If you're wondering
how to know which platform to stand on, the directional signs are easy
to read, e.g.http://www.dkimages.com/discover/pre...777/228473.JPG


Of course it gets more interesting on the piccadilly line where from
holborn to cockfosters "eastbound" is actually going north and
westbound is south. Why they insist on doing this when is flippin
obvious the train is going north-south is anyones guess.


The Piccadilly Line platforms north-east of Holborn used to be signed
Northbound and Southbound. There are still some signs showing this, I
noticed this one at Holborn for example.
ftp://83.249.8.154/public/pictures/S...6/PICT5134.JPG


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Web: http://here.is/olof

On Sep 1, 9:53 pm, Olof Lagerkvist wrote:
The Piccadilly Line platforms north-east of Holborn used to be signed
Northbound and Southbound. There are still some signs showing this, I
noticed this one at Holborn for example.ftp://83.249.8.154/public/pictures/S...6/PICT5134.JPG

Yeah , I remember those signs No idea why they changed it. Mind
you , on the district line a few years back they used to have in car
line diagrams with east on the left and west on the right so the line
was completely reversed to what someone would see on the main tube
map. Heaven knows what the idiots who came up with that idea were
thinking (direction of travel of the train matching the map I suppose)
but common sense has since prevailed however.

B2003

Boltar wrote:

On Sep 1, 9:53 pm, Olof Lagerkvist wrote:

The Piccadilly Line platforms north-east of Holborn used to be signed
Northbound and Southbound. There are still some signs showing this, I
noticed this one at Holborn for example.ftp://83.249.8.154/public/pictures/S...6/PICT5134.JPG


Yeah , I remember those signs No idea why they changed it. Mind
you , on the district line a few years back they used to have in car
line diagrams with east on the left and west on the right so the line
was completely reversed to what someone would see on the main tube
map. Heaven knows what the idiots who came up with that idea were
thinking (direction of travel of the train matching the map I suppose)
but common sense has since prevailed however.


I have also sometimes wondered why the platform for anti-clockwise
Circle Line at Notting Hill Gate is signed "Westbound". The line is
drawn north-south on the tube map around there, and the actual direction
of the real tracks are also more south than west.

--
Olof Lagerkvist
ICQ: 724451
Web: http://here.is/olof

On Sun, 02 Sep 2007 11:02:00 GMT, Olof Lagerkvist
wrote:

Boltar wrote:

On Sep 1, 9:53 pm, Olof Lagerkvist wrote:

The Piccadilly Line platforms north-east of Holborn used to be signed
Northbound and Southbound. There are still some signs showing this, I
noticed this one at Holborn for example.ftp://83.249.8.154/public/pictures/S...6/PICT5134.JPG


Yeah , I remember those signs No idea why they changed it. Mind
you , on the district line a few years back they used to have in car
line diagrams with east on the left and west on the right so the line
was completely reversed to what someone would see on the main tube
map. Heaven knows what the idiots who came up with that idea were
thinking (direction of travel of the train matching the map I suppose)
but common sense has since prevailed however.

Handed maps can be useful on lines with no branches, provided of
course that the trains ony reverse and never loop.

I have also sometimes wondered why the platform for anti-clockwise
Circle Line at Notting Hill Gate is signed "Westbound". The line is
drawn north-south on the tube map around there, and the actual direction
of the real tracks are also more south than west.

This is an FAQ, isn't it? The District line is deemed to run west/east
throughout its length, hence the C/D platforms at Notting Hill Gate
are deemed to be west/east not because of what Circle line trains do,
or even because of what District line trains to in the local area, but
because of what District line traisn do over the whole of their route.

On Sep 1, 6:49 am, Dave 2 wrote:
On Aug 31, 10:43 pm, Russ wrote:

How do you know if the tube you're about to get on is going east or
west, north or south? Does it show the name of the next stop, or the
name of the last stop at the very end of its journey?

The trains themselves have the name of their destination on the front,
which may not be the last station on the line. If you're wondering
how to know which platform to stand on, the directional signs are easy
to read, e.g.http://www.dkimages.com/discover/pre...777/228473.JPG

The trains quite often carry the wrong destination. Many times I have
got on south bound trains at Camden apparently going to Edgware and
many a time there have been arguements between the driver and the
station staff as to whether it was a Bank or Charing Cross train.

Kevin

On Sun, 02 Sep 2007 13:13:10 +0100, James Farrar wrote:

Yeah , I remember those signs No idea why they changed it. Mind
you , on the district line a few years back they used to have in car
line diagrams with east on the left and west on the right so the line
was completely reversed to what someone would see on the main tube
map. Heaven knows what the idiots who came up with that idea were
thinking (direction of travel of the train matching the map I suppose)
but common sense has since prevailed however.

Handed maps can be useful on lines with no branches, provided of
course that the trains ony reverse and never loop.

Yes, indeed. However, I've noticed that over the past year or two, all
the handed maps have been replaced with non-handed ones on some
(possibly all) lines. Certainly the Jubilee and (IIRC) the Victoria.

David of Broadway wrote:
Olof Lagerkvist wrote:

I have also sometimes wondered why the platform for anti-clockwise
Circle Line at Notting Hill Gate is signed "Westbound". The line is
drawn north-south on the tube map around there, and the actual
direction of the real tracks are also more south than west.


I think I missed a train last summer because of this. I was going to
Gloucester Road or South Kensington.


That's exactly what I had in mind. It feels just wrong to call it
"Westbound" in that case. About the same as Boltar's example, travelling
from Cockfosters to for example Finsbury Park on the Piccadilly Line and
they are calling that "Westbound" when it is so obviously travelling
south, or actually slightly south-east...

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Olof Lagerkvist
ICQ: 724451
Web: http://here.is/olof