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Post by sawb on Jul 9, 2015 14:36:46 GMT
It would seem TfL have changed the direction of the Liverpool Street to Shenfield line from east-west to north-south. Just found this on the 6 month look ahead:
"Sunday 26th July: Shenfield to Gidea Park, southbound only"
This entry also appears for Saturday 29th to Monday 31st August and Sunday 20th September. Presumably they mean the eastbound direction, i.e. towards Shenfield?
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Post by domh245 on Jul 9, 2015 16:19:41 GMT
I'd have thought that southbound would mean towards London, seeing as it is both Geographically south of Shenfield, and depicted as such on the tube map
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Post by Chris W on Jul 9, 2015 17:40:18 GMT
Surely westbound - eastbound would be better, especially given that Crossrail v2 beckons on around 15 years..... Sorry, I'll be realistic based upon the delays that have occurred to v1...... 25 years  |
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Post by whistlekiller2000 on Jul 9, 2015 19:30:48 GMT
Surely westbound - eastbound would be better, especially given that Crossrail v2 beckons on around 15 years..... Sorry, I'll be realistic based upon the delays that have occurred to v1...... 25 years I'd go with that, "Crossrail" is a derivative of "Across Rail" and I've never heard the word "across" applied to anything other than left to right or west to east. As for the time frame I'll raise you 10 years by which time, Putin and overdoing it dependent, I'll be 85...... :-) |
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Post by domh245 on Jul 9, 2015 19:47:39 GMT
Honestly Whistlekiller, what have you done now to get yourself a place on a KGB watchlist? Accidentally caught Putin's pet Goldfish ;P
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Post by norbitonflyer on Jul 9, 2015 20:43:35 GMT
I'd go with that, "Crossrail" is a derivative of "Across Rail" and I've never heard the word "across" applied to anything other than left to right or west to east. I don't think "Cross Country" (Dundee to Plymouth) or the West Cross Route (Shepherds Bush to White City) or Birmingham's Crss City Line (Lichfield to Redditch) are aligned east west. For what t's worth, the nearest zebra crossing to me is also aligned north/south |
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Post by peterc on Jul 9, 2015 21:01:58 GMT
Having lived in the area I always viewed the line as essentially east-west rather than north-south but traffic reports for the roughtly parallel A12 use "northbound" and "southbound" so there is at least some consistency between modes.
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Post by pridley on Jul 9, 2015 21:54:29 GMT
The symbol for Crossrail shows three lines crossing. I reckon that that it refers to the crossing of Crossrail, Crossrail 2 and Thameslink, but think that it is being presented to the public in a different way. I reckon its name refers to the crossing of three across lines, as per the diagram!
Or can anybody else explain the curious logo design?
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Post by domh245 on Jul 9, 2015 22:14:49 GMT
It looks like an X (aka a cross) and the one through the middle symbolises the fact it's going east to west. Bear in mind, I was awful at semantics (and English Literature in general!)
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Post by norbitonflyer on Jul 9, 2015 22:23:42 GMT
Or can anybody else explain the curious logo design? A marketing man was paid lots of money, and TfL thought it would be a waste not to use what he suggested. |
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Post by Chris M on Jul 9, 2015 23:52:54 GMT
Or can anybody else explain the curious logo design? A marketing man was paid lots of money, and TfL thought it would be a waste not to use what he suggested. It could have been a marketing woman... |
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