On the "Main Line" trains are usually referred to as going "up" or "down" by
the staff. However, it seems that, even "London Transport" refer to
Underground lines by their geographic direction; it's not just the public
signs that say "Northbound" etc. Is that correct? Did they ever use
up/down? I've seen it suggested that the reason for using "Southbound"
etc. is related to the American involvement in the building of some of the
tube lines; comments?

Help!

On Sep 27, 5:35*pm, "Graham Harrison"
wrote:
On the "Main Line" trains are usually referred to as going "up" or "down" by
the staff. * However, it seems that, even "London Transport" refer to
Underground lines by their geographic direction; it's not just the public
signs that say "Northbound" etc. * Is that correct? * Did they ever use
up/down? * I've seen it suggested that the reason for using "Southbound"
etc. is related to the American involvement in the building of some of the
tube lines; comments?

Help!

I make it a practice to always take an "up" train from Berwick-upon-
Tweed

David

On Mon, 27 Sep 2010 18:12:19 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote:

On Sep 27, 5:35*pm, "Graham Harrison"
wrote:
On the "Main Line" trains are usually referred to as going "up" or "down" by
the staff. * However, it seems that, even "London Transport" refer to
Underground lines by their geographic direction; it's not just the public
signs that say "Northbound" etc. * Is that correct? * Did they ever use
up/down? * I've seen it suggested that the reason for using "Southbound"
etc. is related to the American involvement in the building of some of the
tube lines; comments?

Help!

I make it a practice to always take an "up" train from Berwick-upon-
Tweed

To where?

--
Frank Erskine

I've never understood why the Piccadilly line from Kings Cross to
Cockfosters is described as 'Eastbound', when it patently isn't.

Peter

peter wrote:

I've never understood why the Piccadilly line from Kings Cross to
Cockfosters is described as 'Eastbound', when it patently isn't.

Have you also wondered why the whole system is called "Underground",
when it patently isn't.

--
http://gallery120232.fotopic.net/p9683688.html
(53890 (Class 116) at Birmingham New Street, 1985)

On 28/09/2010 08:59, Chris Tolley wrote:
peter wrote:

I've never understood why the Piccadilly line from Kings Cross to
Cockfosters is described as 'Eastbound', when it patently isn't.
Have you also wondered why the whole system is called "Underground",
when it patently isn't.

The same could be said for the Transport for London franchised part of
the Network Rail system, which is called "London Overground", although a
greater proportion of the "Underground" system is overground than the
"Overground" system is underground.

--
- Yokel -

Yokel posts via a spam-trap account which is not read

On Mon, 27 Sep 2010 23:35:24 +0100, "Graham Harrison"
wrote:

On the "Main Line" trains are usually referred to as going "up" or "down" by
the staff. However, it seems that, even "London Transport" refer to
Underground lines by their geographic direction;

First, try defining up/down on the Circle Line.

it's not just the public
signs that say "Northbound" etc. Is that correct? Did they ever use
up/down? I've seen it suggested that the reason for using "Southbound"
etc. is related to the American involvement in the building of some of the
tube lines; comments?

Help!

On 2010\09\28 02:28, Charles Ellson wrote:
On Mon, 27 Sep 2010 23:35:24 +0100, "Graham Harrison"
wrote:

On the "Main Line" trains are usually referred to as going "up" or "down" by
the staff. However, it seems that, even "London Transport" refer to
Underground lines by their geographic direction;

First, try defining up/down on the Circle Line.

Try defining north/south/east/west on the Circle Line. ;-)

On Sep 28, 2:52*am, Basil Jet wrote:

Underground lines by their geographic direction;

First, try defining up/down on the Circle Line.

Try defining north/south/east/west on the Circle Line. ;-)

We don't for internal use.

We use 'inner' and 'outer'

When you do track acusotmoised etc courses they tell you 2 acronyms
WIND and OUSE where rule specifics apply to one direction or the
other.

WIND = westbound inner northbound down

OUSE = outer up southbound eastbound

None of this helps customers of course.

--
Nick

On Sep 28, 5:30*am, D7666 wrote:
On Sep 28, 2:52*am, Basil Jet wrote:

Underground lines by their geographic direction;

First, try defining up/down on the Circle Line.

Try defining north/south/east/west on the Circle Line. ;-)

We don't for internal use.

We use 'inner' and 'outer'

When you do track acusotmoised etc courses they tell you 2 acronyms
WIND and OUSE where rule specifics apply to one direction or the
other.

WIND = westbound inner northbound down

OUSE = outer up southbound eastbound

None of this helps customers of course.

Out if idle curiosity, at what point on the Heathrow loop does
westbound become eastbound? Was there a change with the opening of
terminal 5? Also, is the direction maintained for the length of a
whole line, or do they change with geography? On the Jubilee line,
for example, from a compass perspective, what is northbound in the
east is southbound in the west for the same "logical" direction.

Robin