[learnstats2]

"Wait, why is the tube turning North? We're supposed to go East!".

This is actually very irritating for inexperienced tube users.

For example, the Piccadilly line is often signed as running Westbound and Eastbound, but a significant part of it runs North-South, according to all the maps, and compared to the Victoria Line which is indeed signed Northbound and Southbound.

Then Euston-Kings Cross is Northbound on one line, and Southbound on another.

[dcminter]

Or indeed my favourite anomaly the Circle Line which is signposted as "East" and "West" bound despite being a loop!

(Ok, it has a terminus now which it didn't used to - but that doesn't really clarify anything for baffled tourists at Bayswater).

[dgmdoug]

I concur -- travelling in Boston can be frustrating for those who are inexperienced. They use 'inbound' and 'outbound', but without knowledge of the centre point for that line this information is useless!

[mcphage]

> They use 'inbound' and 'outbound', but without knowledge of the centre point for that line this information is useless!

Especially since that changes once you cross the center—you can go "inbound" to your destination, and then "inbound" to go home.