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  • Announcements on the train should refer to "port / starboard side" instead of "left / right in the direction of travel", when pointing to the exits.

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  • Thats a good one. Do you have horizontal traffic lights, or what is the connection to the red light?

  • Announcements on the train should refer to "port / starboard side" instead of "left / right in the direction of travel", when pointing to the exits.

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  • True. That's a flaw with the english words.

    Yet the exit would always be on the stationboard side (left or right). So you would never know which side of the train to exit.

  • Announcements on the train should refer to "port / starboard side" instead of "left / right in the direction of travel", when pointing to the exits.

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  • I'm not sure. It has always been done like this here.

    I think it's just a convenience thing. Might be useful in crowded trains, so people know which doors they should not stand in front of.

  • Announcements on the train should refer to "port / starboard side" instead of "left / right in the direction of travel", when pointing to the exits.

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  • Maybe its the wrong english word but portside is shorter than "left in the direction of travel".Even more in my language.

  • Announcements on the train should refer to "port / starboard side" instead of "left / right in the direction of travel", when pointing to the exits.

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  • If you want to include logic in the matter, then yes; you are absolutely right.But i do like nautical terms.

  • Announcements on the train should refer to "port / starboard side" instead of "left / right in the direction of travel", when pointing to the exits.

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  • Because it's a (barely) established abbreviation for exactly those directions.

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    Announcements on the train should refer to "port / starboard side" instead of "left / right in the direction of travel", when pointing to the exits.