Hi everybody,

First of all, sorry for any errors in my English.
I'm from the Netherlands, and I have a question about the tube.

I'm planning to visit London for a week, and right now I am preparing
myselve to travel there.

It's a bit difficult for me to explain what I'd like to ask, but ...
Is there anybody that can explain to me, what's on the metro's (train's)
sign if you walk into a tube station.
In other words, wich direction do I keep when I walk into Bayswater station,
and I want to go to St. Jame's Park with the yellow line (circle).
Do you look to the end station, or is there another method?

Thanks in advance for any answers.
Ruud.

Hi everybody,

First of all, sorry for any errors in my English.
I'm from the Netherlands, and I have a question about the tube.

I'm planning to visit London for a week, and right now I am preparing
myselve to travel there.

It's a bit difficult for me to explain what I'd like to ask, but ...
Is there anybody that can explain to me, what's on the metro's (train's)
sign if you walk into a tube station.
In other words, wich direction do I keep when I walk into Bayswater station,
and I want to go to St. Jame's Park with the yellow line (circle).
Do you look to the end station, or is there another method?

Thanks in advance for any answers.
Ruud.

It should be very easy, Ruud: when you get into the station, there will be a
line diagram listing all the stations that can be reached from each platform.

For example, if you enter Bayswater, there will be a sign with a line-diagram
on it listing all of the stations on the Circle (yellow) Line that will be
reached from that platform, i.e. Notting Hill Gate, High Street Kensington,
etc. In this particular example you will then need to wait on the platform
until a "CIRCLE LINE" train arrives, making sure not to get a DISTRICT LINE
train that would take you to Earl's Court.

Good luck and bon voyage!

Marc.

For example, if you enter Bayswater, there will be a sign with a
line-diagram
on it listing all of the stations on the Circle (yellow) Line that will be
reached from that platform, i.e. Notting Hill Gate, High Street
Kensington,
etc. In this particular example you will then need to wait on the
platform
until a "CIRCLE LINE" train arrives, making sure not to get a DISTRICT
LINE
train that would take you to Earl's Court.

Just to add confusion, the circle line has no terminus point (except at
night but theyre not classed as such), but the trains to St. James'(s?) park
will say Circle Line Via. Victoria

"Joe" schreef in bericht
...
For example, if you enter Bayswater, there will be a sign with a
line-diagram
on it listing all of the stations on the Circle (yellow) Line that will
be
reached from that platform, i.e. Notting Hill Gate, High Street
Kensington,
etc. In this particular example you will then need to wait on the
platform
until a "CIRCLE LINE" train arrives, making sure not to get a DISTRICT
LINE
train that would take you to Earl's Court.

Just to add confusion, the circle line has no terminus point (except at
night but theyre not classed as such), but the trains to St. James'(s?)
park
will say Circle Line Via. Victoria


OK guys, thanks very much, I'm beginning to learn ;-)

But let me put it slightly different.
If I enter Bayswater station, I must choose between going north (to Baker
street) or going south (to Sloane Sq).
How do I choose that?

Ruud.

In article , Joe
writes
Just to add confusion, the circle line has no terminus point (except at
night but theyre not classed as such), but the trains to St. James'(s?) park
will say Circle Line Via. Victoria

Apart from the Circle Line, the normal practice is to label the two
possibilities with the general compass point, e.g. Eastbound versus
Westbound, or Northbound versus Southbound. This is clear enough,
except when the track runs diagonally, or changes direction.

Thus if were to start from King's Cross and take the Northern Line one
stop in the Northbound direction, then change to the Victoria Line and
take it one stop, again in the Northbound direction, you might be
surprised to find that you had got back at King's Cross, where you
started. But if you look at the map, you can see that this almost makes
sense.


--
Clive Page

Circle Line

do not Circle Line trains do one day on the iner line and the next on the
outer.....so each train does the same mileage.......

"Ruud" wrote in message
...

Do you look to the end station, or is there another method?

Usually the direction the trains are going, either "Eastbound", "Westbound",
"Northbound" or "Southbound".

On the Circle Line, "Eastbound" and "Westbound" are used on the north side
and south sides of the Circle, so on the Eastbound platform at Moorgate, a
Circle Line train will take you to Tower Hill, and from the Eatsbound
platform at Tower Hill a Circle line train will take you back to Moorgate.
(I can't remember what is used on the west side of the Circle.

--
John Rowland - Spamtrapped
Transport Plans for the London Area, updated 2001
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acro...69/tpftla.html
A man's vehicle is a symbol of his manhood.
That's why my vehicle's the Piccadilly Line -
It's the size of a county and it comes every two and a half minutes

"Ruud" wrote in message
...
Hi everybody,

First of all, sorry for any errors in my English.
I'm from the Netherlands, and I have a question about the tube.

I'm planning to visit London for a week, and right now I am preparing
myselve to travel there.

It's a bit difficult for me to explain what I'd like to ask, but ...
Is there anybody that can explain to me, what's on the metro's (train's)
sign if you walk into a tube station.
In other words, wich direction do I keep when I walk into Bayswater
station,
and I want to go to St. Jame's Park with the yellow line (circle).
Do you look to the end station, or is there another method?

If the station has more than one line, you need to look for the name
of line on a sign with the signature colour of that line. You'll need
a map, which you can pick up at any station, to help you learn the
colours.

As to finding the correct direction, they are indicated using the
compass directions, North, South, East or West and it is usually
obvious which one you need to look for.

tim





Thanks in advance for any answers.
Ruud.

tim wrote:
"Ruud" wrote in message
...
Hi everybody,

First of all, sorry for any errors in my English.
I'm from the Netherlands, and I have a question about the tube.

I'm planning to visit London for a week, and right now I am preparing
myselve to travel there.

It's a bit difficult for me to explain what I'd like to ask, but ...
Is there anybody that can explain to me, what's on the metro's
(train's) sign if you walk into a tube station.
In other words, wich direction do I keep when I walk into Bayswater
station, and I want to go to St. Jame's Park with the yellow line
(circle).
Do you look to the end station, or is there another method?

snip
As to finding the correct direction, they are indicated using the
compass directions, North, South, East or West and it is usually
obvious which one you need to look for.

However, it's not obvious at Bayswater. The Tube Map shows the line as
running north-south, but it actually runs east-west at this point!

You will find that at Bayswater:
Platform 1 ("Westbound") is for District Line trains to Wimbledon (via
Earl's Court), and Circle Line trains via Victoria (and St James's
Park).
Platform 2 ("Eastbound") is for District Line trains to Edgware Road,
and Circle Line trains via King's Cross.
The signs after you pass through the ticket gates should make this
clear, and the train destinations will be shown on the platform
indicators.

On the Circle Line trains, the indicator on the front will read just
"Circle Line" for both directions, but you will have Emma's friendly
voice in the cars telling you where it's going.
--
Richard J.
(to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address)

From: "tim"
Date: 25/02/2004 21:37 GMT Standard Time

As to finding the correct direction, they are indicated using the
compass directions, North, South, East or West and it is usually
obvious which one you need to look for.

I like the use of the words "usually" and "obvious" in close proximity here!
Catching an Eastbound Piccadilly to get to Cockfosters (which is about as far
north as you can get) is, to say the least, counter-intuitive and seems to have
very little to do with "obvious" or "usual" :-)