Unlikely I know but I've just had an odd experience on the Baker loo line, wondering if any mners can back me up

[StealthPolarBear]

I got on the bakerloo line northbound at Waterloo. Needed to change at Oxford circus. All fine until the stop before (picaddilly circus?) then at the next stop the automated announcement said

"the next stop will be Waterloo"
I tuned in but assumed I must have misheard. She then went onto say

"change here for...." and listed all the lines at Waterloo - I was following them on the sign.

I then panicked and assumed I'd done something stupid, even though logically I could see that even if I'd got on going in the wrong direction I couldnt be BACK in Waterloo.

I felt as if I was in the twilight zone until we pulled into... Oxford circus.

I was the only one who seemed bothered. I know what I heard but these announcements are automated and presumably are difficult to get wrong!

I have had this. Reminds me of a Two Ronnies Mastermind spoof.

@StealthPolarBear, no the train lover is my wife! I just remember from having lived in London for 3 years.
Hull is not the only flat place on the East coast! Think of the counties of East Anglia which, like around Hull, were drained by the Dutch centuries ago. Going west from Hull you only really get into hillier country around the Vale of York, it ain't all Herriot country!
See en-gb.topographic-map.com/maps/22nu/Yorkshire/

I was in Melbourne last week and the train I was on was out of sync. Good thing I was going to the end of the line anyway!

I was flying from London to Los Angeles, first time I'd flown, and the in-flight announcement as we were waiting to get going said we were going to Tokyo that freaked me out, I even went and asked a stewardess(I was young!)

When I was growing up they didn't have any announcements or any displays in the carriages, so I don't pay any attention to them. I just make sure I'm on the right platform and check the front of the train (never known that to be wrong in 40 years).

The audio announcements can often be wrong. I was on a bus the other day which was making announcements for a completely different route in a differnt part of London.

Don't get me started on their weird pronounciations! "The next stop will be ... Higgut"

@LoveMySituation now that WOULD freak me out!

I remember reading once that the announcements are linked to the number of wheel rotations that have happened (ie 1000 rotations between announcing Waterloo and announcing Embankment) and sometimes if it’s damp (rain for the lines that go outside, I’m guessing minor leaks for those that don’t) the wheels get slippery, rotate more than usual and then the announcements get screwed up. Don’t know if it’s true but liked the explanation!

I've jumped onto a north bound Northern line tube at Bank once when the train was there so I didn't actually see whether or not it was definitely the north bound platform but I was fairly certain it was. Then the announcements said it was the train bound for Morden. Jumped off at what it said was London Bridge only to realise I was actually at Moorgate. The announcements were completely back to front and was v confusing.

It did, it's not like I could just get off either No one else seemed to notice..

@PickleSarnie at least you were on the right tube going in the right direction, did you jump back on or did all this cause you to have to wait for the next one?!