On Nov 27, 3:46 am, Steve Fitzgerald ] wrote:
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, MIG
writes

Does that mean that a train going from Oakwood to Cockfosters is
heading east?

Yes, sort of. It's heading west on the eastbound track. It's still an
eastbound train though.

Whatever your annoyance, I don't think the use of genuine compass
directions is worthy of criticism.

It's very important to know what everyone is talking about. That's
where (potentially) tragic incidents occur. The Piccadilly is an east -
west railway, regardless of the actual direction travelled.

Whilst I agree with the fact that the Piccadilly is operationally an
East - West railway, it isn't always for the poor passengers. There
are still many signs that it used to be a combination of an E-W and a
N-S one (going way back to when it was originally built as a merger of
E-W and N-S planned lines). There are still signs at Holborn where the
platforms are labelled as West (towards Heathrow / Uxbridge) and North
(towards Cockfosters). Can anyone say when the line 'officially'
became E-W throughout? Was it after Aldwych closed?