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Old December 29th 06, 07:19 PM posted to uk.transport.london
Tristán White Tristán White is offline
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Default Still got Jubilee Line stopping at Charing + at Goodge St

Sorry, that's a bit confusing...

If you go down the steps at Goodge Street (after the lift), to the area
between the two Northern Line platforms, believe it or not, but the metal
sign still shows the Jubilee Line stopping at Charing +, and no Jubilee
connection at Waterloo.

Amazingly, considering this sign must be at least from 1999 - possibly
earlier, as I would have thought there would have been some kind of
indication that the Jubilee connection at Charing + was going to be
withdrawn for a while before it actually happened.

But what amazes me is that it hasn't been changed. Have the staff, the
Manager of the Northern Line (and the Jubilee Line for that matter),
completely not realised that this is the case? Do they know but can't be
arsed (strange, as it's big enough and it's the first thing you see when
you go down the stairs). There's no evidence of a sticker with the changes
having been removed by someone.

My guess is that they simply haven't noticed, as there's always a budget
set aside for changes to signage and it wouldn't cost much to do.

Any other examples of totally misleading signage out there? (that's been
misleading for several years, as I'm sure there's still plenty of signs
still around with Shoreditch still open....)

So a sign that beats 1999 as far as inaccuracy is concerned then? (I'm not
referring to signs that aren't changed because they're "quaint" such as the
various spellings of St James'(s) Park in the same station, but rather
things that are plain wrong and would almost certainly confuse the hell out
of the poor tourists). And not including signs that are there for
historical reasons, such as Heath Street in Hampstead. There's no excuse
for the mistake in Goodge Street really is there!

Any still-in-use signs directing people to Aldwych or Ongar perhaps? That
would beat the 1999 sign by 5 years :-)