The "First train out" sign at Tower Hill

Its often quite amusing at Acton when you get Piccs in both eastbound platforms, everyone just assumes that the one leaving from the fast will go first so bombs across, even when the driver is shouting "this train will be leaving first.. this train will be leaving first..." as happened recently!!!

Not so clever if the T/Op closes the doors before you get half way across. ;D

Yeah, I've lost count of the number of times I've stood at Arnos just repeating "The train on Platform 3 will be first train.. The train on platform three is the first train to Central London... Platform 3 is the first train..." while a train slides into platform four and everyone tries to jump on it.

Leytonstone westbound has got to be the worst. Often, trains arrive simultaneously in the two westbound platforms. Then, it is a lottery to work out which goes first! Sometimes, they both depart at the same time - this is possible since there are two westbound lines for about half a mile out of Leytonstone before they merge into one. When this happens, obviously one train will be checked at a signal (or block marker board while the other sails past). I have seen this alarm passengers on some occasions, because they know thet the two tracks are about to merge, and think that the trains are going to crash!

More annoyingly, there are times when one train departs from Leytonstone and then stops outside the station, sometimes for up to two minutes, where it waits for the train behind to go first. Surely it wouldn't hurt for the train in front to be allowed to continue - is it that important to keep them in the right order, just for 600 passgengers to sit on a train for two minutes without moving?

Same as Tower Hill happens at Harrow on the Hill-thankfully, I know what a platform repeater means!!

the t/d signs are earls court e/b have a NEXT TRAIN TO DEPART WITH A ARROW this are fed from what are called train descriminators the programme machines for the starters decide what goes first then this is fed into the descriminators which light up the sign when they eventually take down the signs at earls court these added signs will also be taken down but not replaced until they bring back the old signs once refurbed the only way the signal operator has controll over this sign is they have to put either S5 (plat 1) or S9 (plat 2) into push button mode and once the signal has been selected it will show the sign to the relevent platform but because say two upministers enter the platforms at same time but both signals clear at same time EC 6 and EC 11 rt2 its usually the route from platform 1 will get to the junctipon first as to clear EC 6 u need to also select EC 7 either rt1 or rt 2 this does not happen very often though and on a note this only applys to earls court different sites use different arrangements so its not a standard pratice anyone who works on LUL will know nothing is to a standard

Generally speaking the arrows and train descriptions are only relevant while the train is held at a red signal. Once the starter is cleared the arrow may or may not change depending upon the circuitry. It will definitely change once the train drops onto the replacing track of the starter.

Camden Town was the place where people grumbled most about the arrows because they invariably pointed to the train that was next to leave (nothing wrong with that) even though the previous train had not yet departed usually sitting at a green!

High Barnet too. Got on the [supposed] first train, but it was the third! ;D

My method at Upminster if the trains are in platforms 3 and 4 and one of them has the number at the top of the stairs lit, as next train, is to check if the other one has a green signal. If it has then I jump on, as the sign changes to the second as soon as the signal goes green for the first one even if the driver isn't ready to depart.

This system has worked for me for years.