On 12 Dec, 13:52, "Basil Jet"
wrote:
Richard J. wrote:
Paul Scott wrote on 12 December 2009
10:37:23 ...

Allegedly Circle Line trains leaving Hammersmith are supposed
to display 'Circle Line via Aldgate' until Liverpool St
followed by 'Circle Line to Edgware Rd.'

On the return they are supposed to display
'Circle Line via Aldgate' again until Tower Hill
followed by 'Circle Line to Hammersmith'

If that's true, it means that you* can't tell in which direction a
Circle Line train at Edgware Road will depart, as they all display
"Circle Line via Aldgate"!

I thought the same thing as you, although on reflection the existing
situation where trains in both directions read "Circle" wasn't much better.

Except that the two kinds of Circle used mutually exclusive sets of
platforms.

This won't be the case in future. It will be trains on either side of
the same island platform, from both of which trains have been known to
depart for Baker Street.