please empty your brain below

Thank you.
This is the first genuinely useful post of all the many hundreds of Purple postings I've seen this week.
Thanks. Another way of reading this, if you are travelling in the rush hour and want a seat, *do* board in the middle.
Given all the escalators are at the ends, does this mean that the middle of the trains will be less crowded?
I'm guessing that before long "there'll be an app for that" (as I think there is for the NY subway that also has some vey long platforms)
For advanced carriage optimisation gurus, if you're switching from the Elizabeth line to the Jubilee line at Canary Wharf, you may want to consider which part of the train you'd like to be in on the Jubilee line itself. If you want to be at the Stratford end then I would definitely follow this advice.

However, if you want to be at the Stanmore end, then I would suggest you travel in the part of the train that's best for the DLR (unless it's raining heavily as this route is more outdoors than the other one or unless you want to pop into Waitrose or Robert Dyas en route...)
Archimedes said, 'Give me a place to stand, and I will be up out of the station before anyone else'
This reminds me of the Olympics, the excitement of this long awaited big event coming in London, coupled with your really useful advice on how to navigate the thing, which otherwise would not be easy to find. Thank you!

I am gutted though that Google maps still recommends I take the Jubilee Line/Bakerloo to get from Canada Water to Paddington, apparently quicker by 7mins than Overground to Whitechapel> Liz line to Paddington! I'll still take the crosstail route though.
What about changing to/from the Central Line?
After yesterday, this would have justified a headline along the lines of 'R U an Exit Expert yet?'.

Of course I'd have done it to nearest door.
Generally speaking, walking is good I'd say. Whilst recognising, of course, there are occasions when time is of the essence, and precise location can help hugely.
These Wordle variants are getting out of hand ...
Yes, all this supposes that you want to minimise total journey time. And relies on the fact that walking along the platform can usually be done in the otherwise wasted time while waiting for the train.
However, these days walking to the best carriage can often be done inside the train en voyage.
'Paddington for Bakerloo line be in the middle'. But although that Bakerloo line looks deceptively close when I did just that yesterday it is still an awfully long corridor until you get there, almost needed to use those seats you mentioned the other day.. At least the centre of the train where I by chance got on was very quiet.
Can’t quite believe Crossrail is open. My entire career from starting my masters in the early 00s has seen Crossrail go from government backing, planning, hybrid bill and construction.

I’ve worked on pedestrian modelling, the business case for a couple of stations and feasibility studies for extensions; one of which may get built and tried to estimate how many new homes have and will be built around Crossrail stations.

Great to see it open and if though I don’t now live in London I’m enjoying reading all about it.
Citymapper has been pretty good at recommending the best train section from day 1. Not to this level of detail, though, so thanks for that!
Rob, we’ve had an App out for ages (since 2012) that already lists all the exit positions for the tube, and am adding in the Purple Train ones just as soon as I’ve researched them all myself …
Couldn't they remove all the middle carriages and make dozens of new trains from them? They could all be front and rear carriage trains held together by an 250 metre long cable - worth a try.
An interesting modelling exercise. Factors would be a combination of entrance and exit points, how crowded each part of the platform is, how crowded each carriage is, how much walking time is available before the train arrives etc etc…
geofftech - Fab! I use your TubeExits app all the time.
Now THIS is a useful post, other blogs take note
This was a useful post until I tried to apply it to my commute. I became so confused that even re-reads of the post no longer make sense. Did it ever? Have I had a stroke? I've decided to give up and put it in the hands of citymapper.
Yes I agree Still Anon, if detail and saving seconds / being first on the escalator thereby avoiding the crush counts in your commute; then doors it is.
Do the carriages have screens in them informing passengers where the exits are on the platforms at the next stop, like trains and subways in Tokyo?
love this!! Can you update for bond Street please?










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