On Mon, 5 Apr 2004 at 15:20:53, John Rowland
wrote:

What I meant was that although they are very useful on the Victoria Line and
certain other lines, there are stations on the Circle Line where the nice
multiline LED displays only tell you about one train[1], and only when it is
practically in the station anyway. The Piccadilly Line displays are great at
telling you about the next three trains to Heathrow but neglecting to give
any clues about the next train to Rayners. It is almost as if the system was
bought off the shelf, having been originally designed for a network with
simpler lines (such as Tokyo or Paris Metro).

Seems to work pretty well on the Northern Line, though, than which you
can't get much more complicated. I'm learning rather more about its
vagaries than I ever wished to know, at the moment..... the Jubilee line
seems far simpler.

Although who, who, recorded the bright and breezy voice that says
"Willesden Green!" after the rather dreary "This train terminates
at".....
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Annabel Smyth
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