In message
, at
23:58:22 on Mon, 27 Sep 2010, lonelytraveller
remarked:
When you enter the lift, are the escalators behind you, or are they
directly 'ahead' of you? Or to the side?
Behind you.

So you've done a u-turn since going through the barriers, and are now
facing west...

If you go in from the ticket hall, turn
round and face the SAME way as the door you came in through.

So now you are facing east, which means the passage you are looking at
heads east (which is away from the original lifts, and toward
Pentonville Road).

and the opposite side to the exit at level "-3").
When the doors open on -3, are the majority of the platforms directly
ahead of you (ignoring any kinks in short connecting passages), or are
they 'behind' you?
Most of the platform is behind you (to your left and right). You are
facing the east end of the platforms, looking at the escalators
leading to the piccadilly line.

That's consistent; once again you are looking east (because the new lift
is at the eastern end of the platforms).

Unfortunately, in your original posting you said it was looking west

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Roland Perry