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Martin Underwood · March 9th 06, 06:28 AM posted to uk.transport.london

Mark Brader wrote in
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Also, my favourite in the days of slam-door EPBs, the same announcer
came up with something on the lines of "Please join the front four
coaches only at platform 4 for the service to ... no, I said the
front four coaches only ... will the party, I think they are boy
scouts or something, please get off the rear train, which is not in
service, and join the front four coaches ..."

Of course, the boy scouts might have had an easier time complying with
the first announcement if there was some obvious marking to
distinguish which end of the train was the front.

I'd take "front" to be furthest from the barrier / buffer stops. The
difficulty is sometimes determining where the rear train ends and the front
train begins, especially if the two trains are so close together that they
are virtually coupled together: the use of signs on the platform "Front
train begins here" is by no means universal in this situation.