{"locales":[],"address":"","node_image_licence":"","node_image_url":"","username":"Andrew Black","fax":"","timestamp":"2006-01-19T22:13:52","os_x":"","website":"","country":"United Kingdom","city":"London","os_y":"","summary":"Conventions used on London Underground for announcing where trains are going","node_image":"","version":"3","latitude":"","longitude":"","categories":["Tube"],"url":"http://london.openguides.org/wiki/id=Tube_Directions;version=3","formatted_content":"

Underground transport systems in the world have different systems for indicating which way a train is going, and which platform to use. The New York Subway uses uptown and downtown, qualified by fast or slow. The Paris Metro uses the concept of \"diréction X\".

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The London Underground uses a combination of compass directions (northbound, southbound, eastbound, westbound), destination and via.

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","phone":"","postcode":"","content":"Underground transport systems in the world have different systems for indicating which way a train is going, and which platform to use. The New York Subway uses uptown and downtown, qualified by fast or slow. The Paris Metro uses the concept of \"diréction X\".\n\nThe London Underground uses a combination of compass directions (northbound, southbound, eastbound, westbound), destination and via.\n\n* '''[[Circle Line]]''' takes its direction from whichever other cut and cover line it is sharing tracks with. On this website, we have indicated \"clockwise\" or \"anticlockwise\", but this term is not used in the stations themselves. All train directions are announced as \"via\".\n\n* '''[[Metropolitan Line]]''' runs northwest to east. [[Baker Street Station|Baker Street]] to [[Aldgate Station|Aldgate]] is west to east.\n\n* '''[[Hammersmith And City Line]]''' runs west to east.\n\n* '''[[District Line]]''' runs west to east throughout, even though the branches to [[Richmond Station|Richmond]] and [[Wimbledon Station|Wimbledon]] turn south.\n\n* '''[[Piccadilly Line]]''' runs west to northeast. [[Heathrow Terminal 1,2,3 Station|Heathrow]] to [[King's Cross St. Pancras Station|King's Cross]] is west to east. [[Finsbury Park Station|Finsbury Park]] shares a [[cross platform interchanges|cross platform interchange]] with the [[Victoria Line]], and is north south.\n\n* '''[[Victoria Line]]''' runs northeast to south. All indications are northbound or southbound.\n\n* '''[[Northern Line]]''' runs north south with two routes through central London and two branches in north London. So, to be unambiguous, announcements quote both \"to\" and \"via\", e.g. a [[High Barnet Station|Barnet]] train via [[Charing Cross Station|Charing Cross]], or an [[Edgware Station|Edgware]] train via [[Bank Station|Bank]]. Note that trains to both destinations can go via both routes.\n\n* '''[[Jubilee Line]]''' runs northwest to east. [[Stratford Station|Stratford]] to [[Bond Street Station|Bond Street]] is east to west. [[Baker Street Station|Baker Street]] shares a [[cross platform interchanges|cross platform interchange]] with the [[Bakerloo Line]], and is north south (not totally sure, [[fix please]]).\n\n* '''[[Bakerloo Line]]''' runs northwest to southeast, but is indicated as northbound or southbound.\n\n* '''[[Central Line]]''' runs east west. There is no ambiguity until the fork at [[Leytonstone Station|Leytonstone]], where the trains on the Hainault loop go via [[Newbury Park Station|Newbury Park]]. There are also some trains that go the other way round the loop, i.e. to [[Hainault Station|Hainault]] via [[Woodford Station|Woodford]].\n\n* '''[[East London Line]]''' runs north south.","opening_hours_text":"","version_indpt_url":"http://london.openguides.org/wiki/Tube_Directions"}