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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Why?
Because it's a (barely) established abbreviation for exactly those directions.
I think it would limit accessibility for people with limited knowledge about that, while you'd want to make the train as accessible as possible
"you are absolutely right."
*you are absolutely starboard.
Fify
If you want to include logic in the matter, then yes; you are absolutely right.
But i do like nautical terms.
Fair haha
How do you define abbreviation?
Maybe its the wrong english word but portside is shorter than "left in the direction of travel".
Even more in my language.
I don't doubt they exist but I've never heard a train announcement use the "in the direction of travel" part. The ones I've been on either say left/right or even not say a direction but simply open the doors with lights flashing above it