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« on: October 13, 2019, 00:09:16 »
From the floor of Belfast (Lanyon Place - ex Central) Station.



What would you advertise??
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« Reply #1 on: October 13, 2019, 08:57:34 »
Shoe Polish
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« Reply #2 on: October 13, 2019, 09:15:09 »
Haemorrhoid treatment - it'll be needed after hours spent sitting on cold benches/the floor waiting for delayed and cancelled trains.
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« Reply #3 on: October 13, 2019, 10:07:03 »
Hopefully something a bit more appropriate than the Oracle in Reading. Comedown one of the escalators and view a floor advert marking the Oracle's 20th anniversary, in front of another shuttered unit.
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« Reply #4 on: October 13, 2019, 12:13:24 »
Allied Carpets!
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« Reply #5 on: October 13, 2019, 12:39:59 »
Flash floor cleaner.

(Other domestic cleaning products are available).
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« Reply #6 on: October 13, 2019, 13:57:58 »
In my experience you could advertise what you like.  Many people seem to be glued to their phones and wouldn't see it anyway (or anything/anybody else).
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« Reply #7 on: October 13, 2019, 19:06:59 »
"Mind your Head"

"Oh, Too Late.  Sorry!"
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« Reply #8 on: October 13, 2019, 21:09:55 »
Perhaps a more immediately effective version of the current "Beware of the Edge" campaign?

It would be interesting to find out by a random survey of casual travelers how many of them notice or use the zonal platform markings installed in the past year. 

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« Reply #9 on: October 14, 2019, 13:27:19 »
Adverts for osteopaths and chiropractors.
 
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A proper intercity train has a minimum of 8 coaches, gangwayed throughout, with first at one end, and a full sized buffet car between first and standard.
It has space for cycles, surfboards,luggage etc.
A 5 car DMU▸ (Diesel Multiple Unit) is not a proper inter-city train. The 5+5 and 9 car DMUs are almost as bad.
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« Reply #10 on: October 14, 2019, 13:55:18 »
I was thinking that there would also be plenty of space for some non-advertising "floor art" but this might be a very bad idea in a busy concourse with the possible flow of people being significantly interrupted. Moreover, a combination of diverted attention and sudden stops sounds like a parade of accidents waiting to happen with the ambulance chasers circling around in the shadows.
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