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Old April 30th 10, 07:45 PM posted to uk.railway,misc.transport.urban-transit,uk.transport.london
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On Apr 30, 7:29*pm, maggie wrote:

On Apr 30, 11:03*am, Basil Jet wrote:
Having visited all the new stations by car at about 11pm, I think all
four of them could benefit from Maida-Vale style signs up on Kingsland
Road. Hoxton and Haggerston seem unsafe late at night too.


Can you explain "Maida-Vale style signs" please? *In the early 1970s I
lived close to Maida Vale station, no signposting stands out in my
memory as exceptional. *Did I miss something? *Or, is it new(er).


Date from the 1920's, recently restored - it's on the corner of Maida
Vale and Abercorn Place, pointing the way to the tube station- see:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24772733@N05/3364677049/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24772733@N05/3364671755/