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Notting Hill Gate is the same. That combined with the fact that TfL can't get the live train feed (for apps/their site) to work for the west edge of the circle line makes it a irritating station to go to, in terms of knowing if there's a train coming.
Turnham Green is similar, except you have to climb stairs there to reach the platform and the Westbound District line is quite a long way from the display which is facing the ticket barrier. So maybe they do not want people running along.However as I mentioned earlier this week, when I want a Richmond train, it is nearly always an Ealing one that is coming!.
Maybe TfL are conducting a randomized trial to see if announcing the actual next train does lead to more accidents, or not, and at the end of the trial they will set all the indicators accordingly.
I'll check at Camden at the top of the escalators but at the bottom, it definitely shows all the way down to "here". Which is fine as the trains often rest a while to "regulate" the service in the central section of the line.
White City has the '2 minute' rule cut off, and yet you can walk at a SLOW pace from the point to platform in 45 seconds.
Woodford (Westbound) is the same. In this case the next train indicator is just inside the ticket barriers so you can see it as you are swiping in. At the same time you can see a train is already in the platform or just pulling in. Ticket barrier to nearest train door is < 10 seconds (walking) and no stairs. If there is no train in the platform, the barrier indicator often says, e.g. 5 minutes, then the platfrom indicator, which you see 5 seconds later, says 1 minute. Daft logic indeed!
The ultimate example is the NTI at the top of the escalators of the Northern Ticket Hall at King's Cross St. Pancras station.

To reduce health and safety risks to the minimum, it is covered by a big Underground roundel sticker.
I knew we'd be hearing about Mile End sooner or later.

Can we assume they've finally sorted out a sensible arrangement at platform level, then?
No, swirlythingy, they haven't.

I could devote an entire Tube week to Mile End and its major deficiencies. Probably best I don't.
Oh go on DG - give us a rant!
At High Barnet, if the ticket hall indicator says 1 minute you might be OK, if its blank you'll be lucky to get it, and if it says Ready, you've missed it. Of course regulars know this. But even the most regular regular has no defence against the fact that it (and the platform indicators too) sometimes show the wrong platforms for the trains.
Just to add to geofftech's point about White City - trains often sit there for at least a minute so even if the train is already in the platform at a fast/medium pace you can usually get it...
Euston has a wall of information at the bottom of the escalator, but it's virtually meaningless. There's far too much info, and it's only relevant to Northbound passengers boarding at Euston.
You're all spoilt. West Kensington still hasn't got any next train indicators of any kind whatsoever, and Barons Court only has the original edwardian (I presume) arrow indicators










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