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« on: February 05, 2018, 18:08:12 »

Stonehouse on the Golden Valley Line is one of the latest to get a new passenger information system.



I am told all new installations will be of this design (white on black) as has been trialled on one screen at Didcot Parkway for a while.

I am not sure of the work is complete as the automated annoucements were not working this morning.  There is also a problem with other platform furniture being "unhelpful" for those waiting on the London bound platform.



The short platforms have long been a problem for HST (High Speed Train) services (and indeed anything longer than two coaches) and work is well underway to extend the platforms the Stroud side of the footbridge



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« Reply #1 on: February 05, 2018, 18:17:51 »

That platform support construction looks interesting.  Is it dense polystyrene or concrete?

...and the people in those houses aren't going to be happy once its commissioned... Roll Eyes Tongue
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« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2018, 18:19:03 »

...There is also a problem with other platform furniture being "unhelpful" for those waiting on the London bound platform.

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Oops. Looks like they didn't learn from Falmouth Town.  Huh Roll Eyes
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« Reply #3 on: February 05, 2018, 18:45:28 »

That platform support construction looks interesting.  Is it dense polystyrene or concrete?

I am not sure to be honest.  Similar work is going on at Stroud.  Each piece has a number sprayed on it to ensure the jigsaw is completed correctly.

...and the people in those houses aren't going to be happy once its commissioned... Roll Eyes Tongue

I suspect that location cabinet in the left foreground is not that chuffed either...  Grin
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« Reply #4 on: September 08, 2018, 19:59:38 »

And yesterday the new platform extensions were opened, unsure if 800 ASDO (Automatic Selective Door Operation) has been reprogrammed. Platforms can apparently platform 6 (7 HST (High Speed Train)) carriages. Will take a trip tomorrow to see if they are being used, hopefully they are so the butterfly switch is not required for 166s. Also means only one HST carriage is not platformed.

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« Reply #5 on: September 30, 2018, 17:15:03 »

This is good news.
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