AN ACR LGT RPTS MISPLACED AND CONFUSING TXWY HOTLINES AT SDF.

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WE WERE INSTRUCTED BY GND TO FOLLOW ACFT B TO RWY 1 AND HE WAS INSTRUCTED TO HOLD SHORT OF 1/19. WE DEPARTED THE RAMP AND ENTERED HOTEL. ACFT B WAS QUITE SOME DISTANCE AHEAD ON HOTEL BUT NOT ON RWY 1/19. I NOTICED HOLD LINES AND STOPPED. WE ASKED GND IF THESE WERE THE HOLD LINES FOR 1/19 AND THEY SAID THEY WEREN'T SURE; THAT THE LINES MAY HAVE BEEN LEFT OVER FROM WHEN KILO HAD BEEN A RWY! AS WE CONTINUED; WE NOTICED THAT THERE WERE NO MORE HOLD SHORT LINES OR RWY MARKING SIGNS FOR 1/19 BTWN OUR POS AND THE RWY. ACFT B HAD MISREAD AND PASSED OVER THE LINES BY 100 YARDS. AN ACFT WAS CLRED TO LAND ON 1 WITH ACFT B WITHIN THE RWY SAFETY AREA. HE LANDED; WAS NOT ADVISED OF ACFT B'S POS; BUT TURNED OFF ON AN EARLIER TXWY. THE EXIT AT HOTEL WAS COMPLETELY BLOCKED BY THE ACFT B 737. THE ATTACHED CHART SHOWS THE POS OF THE SIGNS AND HOLD LINES. THE RED AND WHITE 1/19 SIGN DEPICTS TXWY KILO AS RWY 1/19! ON TXWY KILO; THE SIGNS AND LINES DEPICT HOTEL AS THE RWY! THIS AREA IS IN DIRE NEED OF CLEANING UP. ON THIS OCCASION; NO NEAR MISSES OR INCIDENTS OCCURRED. ADD DARKNESS AND FOG AND YOU HAVE A MAJOR ACCIDENT. AFTER TKOF; THE ACR B REALIZED THAT SOMETHING WAS NOT RIGHT (MY QUESTION ALERTED HIM) AND HE ASKED IF TWR HAD A PROB WITH THEIR HOLD SHORT POINT. THE TWR SAID EVERYTHING WAS OK. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTING CAPT IS ON THE ARPT STANDARDS COMMITTEE FOR HIS PLT'S UNION. THE UNION HAS BEEN NOTIFIED; AS WELL AS HIS CHIEF PLT. THE RPTR WILL CALL THE FAA SAFETY HOTLINE. THE SIT SEEMS TO BE WELL IN HAND FROM HIS POINT OF VIEW. HE SUBMITTED THE RPT TO ENLIST OUR AID TO RECTIFY THIS SIT. A CALL TO THE FACILITY ABOUT THE SIGNAGE REVEALS THAT THE SIT IS AS DESCRIBED BY THE RPTR; HOWEVER; THEY HAVE NOT HAD ANY PROBS FROM OTHER PLTS MISSING THE HOLD LINES OR TAXIING ONTO THE RWY. THE CTLR STATED THAT THE ARPT IS IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING THE SIGNS AND MARKINGS TO COMPLY WITH THE ADVISORY CIRCULAR. THEY DO NOT CONSIDER THIS TO BE A SAFETY HAZARD.