On Wed, 1 Sep 2004, Richard J. wrote:

Tom Anderson wrote:

Oh, and the Circle line directions should be Clockwise and
Anti-Clockwise. This is not an opinion - this is a fact, proven by
science.

What is this "fact" proven by science?

THAT I AM RIGHT.



Personally, I find it much quicker to relate Inner Rail and Outer Rail
to a direction than Clockwise and Anti-Clockwise, which I find
unnecessarily indirect. (I have to remember first which way analogue
clocks move, which to a mathematician is the "wrong" or negative
direction. Why people still want to tell the time by looking at the
angles of two sticks is a mystery to me.)

Personally, i find that much slower, since i have to remember first which
side the trains drive on.

i suggest Ana and Kata, these being the traditional extra directions
in maths.

I think your traditions are rather younger than mine.

It is more likely that i have misapprehended them.

Hmm. It would be nice if, [...]

Have i missed any interchanges in the centre of town? The map
doesn't show any as parallel, but they might be in reality.
Anyway, basically, it works, with 'kata' more or less meaning
'east' - the Northern line is the only major exception.

Warren Street to Stockwell: via Victoria line ana-bound; via Northern
Line kata-bound.

That wasn't a criterion! There are probably quite a few cases where you
can make the same trip by going in different directions on different
lines; i was only concerned with specifically parallel interchanges.

Similarly, the cross-platform interchanges between the Victoria Line and
the Bank branch of the Northern Line would be between an ana-bound and a
kata-bound train.

I wasn't aware that such things existed - is that at Euston?

An interesting intellectual exercise, but please don't get a job in LU!

Oh, i don't think they need my skills in the
confusing-the-hell-out-of-people department.

tom

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