Thread: Up/down/northbound/westbound?
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Old September 28th 10, 08:01 AM posted to uk.transport.london,uk.railway
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Default Up/down/northbound/westbound?
On Tue, 28 Sep 2010 00:13:05 -0700 (PDT) someone who may be
wrote this:-

There's also the problem of deciding where in central London the
southbound line say would change from being 'up' (which is normally
but not always TO London) to 'down' - away from London.

That would be a problem, though not a great one.

Two of the larger exceptions down south to up and down referring to
London are South Wales, where up is up the valley, and former
Midland Railway lines where up is towards Derby.

I believe up and down were imported from stage coaches.


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