martin wrote:
Why can http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/livetravel...de=WGN&Go =Go
tell me when the next three Westbound trains are due at Wood Green,
but the board on the platform only tells me the destination of the
next train as it's pulling into the platform?

(In anticipation of the above link breaking, see also http://tinyurl.com/cemshc
)

I asked LUL a similar question a couple of years ago. Turnpike Lane also
shows just one Westbound train only once it has left Wood Green.
Apparently because trains can be turned round at Wood Green, they get
slotted in trains between trains originating further back (i.e.
Cockfosters etc.) Consequently the departure boards only reflect
destinations once they have departed Wood Green.


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On Wed, 08 Apr 2009 08:32:24 +0100
Phil Richards wrote:
Apparently because trains can be turned round at Wood Green, they get
slotted in trains between trains originating further back (i.e.
Cockfosters etc.) Consequently the departure boards only reflect
destinations once they have departed Wood Green.

I suppose you can't argue with that, what with them being called
departure boards Now if there were called arrival boards on the other
hand...

B2003