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TfL yellow Way Out signs

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Why are these yellow? Wouldn’t it be better to standardise on green like everywhere else (except USA which is red for some strange reason)?
 
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ess said:
Why are these yellow? Wouldn’t it be better to standardise on green like everywhere else (except USA which is red for some strange reason)?
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Because a green illuminated sign on a platform might be confused with a green handsignal?
 
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1. White on green is for emergencies.
2. Yellow on black makes them stand out against other colour-coded signage.
 
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Whilst in the majority of cases on a railway station, the normal entrance/exit will also be the emergency exit to be used in the eent of an evacuation. However, certain stations have additional non-normal use emergency exits to permit persons to exit the facility avoiding areas that may have been compromised in an incident.
 
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Such as emergency exit stairwells in stations with lifts, which you aren't supposed to use except in emergencies, though I think they do get used!
 
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the way out signs have to be back-illuminated. They also stand out prominently against all the other direction signs.
 
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Just wondering if there was a newer updated TFL sign and colour manual (later than 2002 shown in link above). One that included the Overground and the soon-to-be Elizabeth line.
 
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Yes that’s the same link I went to.

Page 117 explains the logic that we’re all getting at, and it is prescribed in regulations post Kings Cross:
‘Emergency exit’ signs must be used only to indicate a designated safe exit. For most exits, standard ‘Way out’ signs must be used.
Only designated emergency exits (leading to a safe area) may be marked as such, and normal exits (generally leading to ticket halls) must be signed as ‘Way out’
as they are not deemed a guaranteed ‘safe’ exit.
This is outlined in regulation 4 (7) of the Fire Precautions (Sub-surface Railway Stations) Regulations 1989. One of the lessons learnt from the King’s Cross fire is that emergency exits must be separate routes leading to an independent safe area. Normal ‘Way out’ routes must not be signed as emergency exits.
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