James Farrar wrote:

On Mon, 03 Sep 2007 12:10:54 GMT, Olof Lagerkvist
wrote:

from Cockfosters to for example Finsbury Park on the Piccadilly Line and

they are calling that "Westbound" when it is so obviously travelling
south, or actually slightly south-east...


There are always going to be slightly non-intuitive local examples -
consider Euston/KXSP on the Victoria and Northern lines.


Yes, of course, but in the Piccadilly Line case the question is more why
the signage was changed from from northbound/southbound to
eastbound/westbound north of Holborn.

I think we're
quite lucky to have such prominent line diagrams all over the place.


Agree. Compared to some other metro systems etc London Underground has
really good and useful line diagrams, maps, both station/platform and
on-train signage and similar information to passengers.

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