"CJB" wrote in message
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Has anyone noticed how confident tourists are on the Underground? They
disembark from a train and immediately head for the exit from the
platform indicated by an illuminated 'Way Out' sign - because that's
what they've learnt to do.

No, it's because they don't know any different route.

At some stations your exit my be shorted by going "up" the down stars
leading to a passageway that leads you to an exit, but at others all it does
is lead you to a bank of "down" escalators.

If you don't know, why would you try it?

tim