"Piccadilly Pilot" wrote in message ...
Boltar wrote:
Steve Fitzgerald ] wrote in message
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BTW, we don't run north or south, but east to west, I assume you're
referring to the eastbound?

I use real directions , not LU directions. Calling the line going
south
from Cockfosters "westbound" is utterly absurd given that it actually
runs
southeast to oakwood and south from there! It may be consistent for
internal
LU uses to just use east-west but I know from personal experience
that it
completely confuses out of towners.


Nevertheless, Cockfosters is to the east of both Uxbridge and Heathrow,
therefore eastbound and westbound make more sense when considering the l;ine
as a whole. Unless you are suggesting that the description should change
with every twist and turn the railway makes?

Yes. Or would you suggest every railway in the country only uses one direction
measurement no matter how it twists and turns? Besides which north and south
bound were used for years north of kings cross.


In my experience most people not versed in internal LU terminology have no
difficulty with east/west or north/south bound since they don't know their
east from their sou'-sou'-west. They merely establish the direction they
wish to go in and follow the signs, easy innit?

Last time I took some friends around london they looked at the piccadilly line
on the map , saw it going north-south and so naturally looked for the north and
southbound signs. Imagine their pleasent surprise when they didn't find them.
NO its not easy at first if you're in a crowded station looking for a sign
saying north and only have ones saying east and west (oh , but the northern
line which goes in the same direction as the piccadilly DOES have northbound).
Theres logic for you.

B2003