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Mornington Crescent is a station the you only stop at going one direction on the London underground. If you go in the other direction it disappears. Here it's

Mornington Crescent is a station the you only stop at going one direction on the London underground. If you go in the other direction it disappears. Here it's being used as a short-hand for a complex situation/set of rules. The usage is probably drawn from the fact there was a comedy radio programme in the UK that played a ridiculous game involving many sets of convoluted rules upon rules and the name of the game was Mornington Crescent.

tboughen 7y ago
Specifically, the rules of Mornington Crescent are made up as you go along.
- zapzupnz 7y ago
  Except when they might put you in nip by crossing their laterals. Then it's very serious business.
twic 7y ago
> Mornington Crescent is a station the you only stop at going one direction on the London underground. If you go in the other direction it disappears. I'm not sure if this is a valiant attempt to confuse Americans, but this isn't true. Trains stop in both directions. A reason it might not seem like that is that there are two branches of the Northern line running in parallel between Euston and Camden Town, and Mornington Crescent is only on one of them. So depending on which way you turn when you reach the southbound platform at Camden, you may or may not pass through Mornington Crescent on your way into town.
- ummwhat 7y ago
  You just demonstrated why "Mornington Crescent" is good shorthand for "a preponderance of edge cases and tribal knowledge"
- Symbiote 7y ago
  Mornington Crescent used to have trains only stopping in one direction (prior to 1966, according to Wikipedia). Then for a long time, it was one of the less-used stations for somewhere relatively central, and wasn't open at weekends. Nowadays, the next station (Camden Town) and that area's various alternative/subculture markets make the area very busy all the time, so all trains stop at Mornington Crescent at all times.
NeedMoreTea 7y ago
Was? "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue" is still going, running since the seventies I think. There was a series this year. Sadly no longer with Humph.
TheOtherHobbes 7y ago
In fact it only appears on one branch of the Northern line. But you can get to it from either direction on that branch. Train nerds will doubtless be fascinated that geographically it's on the east of the other branch, but on tube maps it's shown on the line to the west. There are some complicated track crossings in the area and it's easier - and more useful - to keep the branches straight on the tube map than to show what's really happening underground.

tboughen 7y ago

Specifically, the rules of Mornington Crescent are made up as you go along.

zapzupnz 7y ago
Except when they might put you in nip by crossing their laterals. Then it's very serious business.

twic 7y ago

> Mornington Crescent is a station the you only stop at going one direction on the London underground. If you go in the other direction it disappears. I'm not sure if this is a valiant attempt to confuse Americans, but this isn't true. Trains stop in both directions. A reason it might not seem like that is that there are two branches of the Northern line running in parallel between Euston and Camden Town, and Mornington Crescent is only on one of them. So depending on which way you turn when you reach the southbound platform at Camden, you may or may not pass through Mornington Crescent on your way into town.

ummwhat 7y ago
You just demonstrated why "Mornington Crescent" is good shorthand for "a preponderance of edge cases and tribal knowledge"
Symbiote 7y ago
Mornington Crescent used to have trains only stopping in one direction (prior to 1966, according to Wikipedia). Then for a long time, it was one of the less-used stations for somewhere relatively central, and wasn't open at weekends. Nowadays, the next station (Camden Town) and that area's various alternative/subculture markets make the area very busy all the time, so all trains stop at Mornington Crescent at all times.

NeedMoreTea 7y ago

Was? "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue" is still going, running since the seventies I think. There was a series this year. Sadly no longer with Humph.

TheOtherHobbes 7y ago

In fact it only appears on one branch of the Northern line. But you can get to it from either direction on that branch. Train nerds will doubtless be fascinated that geographically it's on the east of the other branch, but on tube maps it's shown on the line to the west. There are some complicated track crossings in the area and it's easier - and more useful - to keep the branches straight on the tube map than to show what's really happening underground.