![]() Generally even numbers denote trains heading towards Beijing while odd numbers are those heading away from the capital. Trains run through Beijing may have two or more numbers, for example, the train from Harbin to Shanghai K58/55 uses two different numbers: on the Harbin–Tianjin section, the train runs toward Beijing, the train is known as K58, but on the Tianjin–Shanghai section, the train is known as K55 the opposite train from Shanghai to Harbin is known as K56/57, while K56 is used from Shanghai to Tianjin and K57 is used from Tianjin to Harbin. In China, railway directions with terminus in Beijing are described as "up" ( 上行, shàngxíng) and "down" ( 下行, xiàxíng), with up towards Beijing trains leaving Beijing are "down", while those going toward Beijing are "up". This distinction is less meaningful for trains not travelling towards or away from London for instance a CrossCountry train from Manchester to Bournemouth uses "up" lines as far as Reading and "down" lines thereafter. Hence the down Night Riviera runs to Penzance and the up Flying Scotsman to London King's Cross. Trains running towards London are normally referred to as "up" trains, and those away from London as "down". ![]() Individual tracks will have their own names, such as Up Main or Down Loop. Mileposts normally increase in the "down" direction, but there are exceptions, such as the Trowbridge line between Bathampton Junction and Hawkeridge Junction, where mileage increases in the "up" direction. On the Northern Ireland Railways network, "up" generally means toward Belfast (the specific zero milepost varying from line to line) except for cross-border services to Dublin, where Belfast is "down". On the former Midland Railway "up" was towards Derby. ![]() The Valley Lines network around Cardiff has its own peculiar usage, relating to the literal meaning of traveling "up" and "down" the valley. In most of Scotland, with the exception of the West and East Coast Main Lines, and the Borders Railway, "up" is towards Edinburgh. On most of the network, "up" is the direction towards London. Since British trains run on the left, the "up" side of a line is usually on the left when proceeding in the "up" direction. This convention is applied not only to the trains and the tracks, but also to items of lineside equipment and to areas near a track. In British practice, railway directions are usually described as "up" and "down", with "up" being towards a major location. Many rail systems use the concept of a center (usually a major city) to define rail directions. ![]()
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