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All About the London Tube and London Tube Maps and Tickets

By Kathleen Crislip, About.com

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Find London Train Tunnel Direction

Picture - Tunnels to Bakerloo Line, London Tube

Tunnels to Bakerloo Line

© Kathleen Crislip
London trains and platforms are described by the compass point to which they're bound depending on the tube line's direction, as in eastbound, northbound, westbound or southbound. Tunnels inside the tube station are marked with train line names and the compass direction of a given tube stop.

A readerboard on the front of a London train, and signs on the tube stop platform, show the train's final destination. By ascertaining the train's final London destination, you can find its line and, subsequently, whether your stop is on it. Each London train line/route has a color -- as in red or brown -- which makes it simple to follow its route on a map.

Find a London tube map to find the direction you're bound and follow signs to tube tunnels within the train station accordingly; follow the tunnel and you'll wind up on the right platform to board the right train going the right way.

Please go on to the next page to learn about reading London tube signs.

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