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« on: March 26, 2024, 06:38:02 »

This is a good idea,but the cost is a little on the high side,
I suppose it would be something similar to what they have at Weatherspoons pub at BTM (Bristol Temple Meads (strictly, it should be BRI)).

I would have thought you could make up your own,through your phone a little bit cheaper.

There was a news item on  BBC» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page) points west local news at 06:25am

 https://ukdepartureboards.co.uk/store/product/desktop-departures/?desktop=true
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« Reply #1 on: March 26, 2024, 11:20:41 »

Geoff Marshall has covered these a few times on his YouTube channel, here's his most recent video about them from 4 months ago:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsImUtqSCZg
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« Reply #2 on: March 26, 2024, 11:28:59 »

This is a good idea,but the cost is a little on the high side,
I suppose it would be something similar to what they have at Weatherspoons pub at BTM (Bristol Temple Meads (strictly, it should be BRI)).

I would have thought you could make up your own,through your phone a little bit cheaper.

There was a news item on  BBC» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page) points west local news at 06:25am

 https://ukdepartureboards.co.uk/store/product/desktop-departures/?desktop=true

Have a look in the Three Lions pub, there is a large platform display hanging in the pub for Parson Street
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« Reply #3 on: March 26, 2024, 22:38:21 »

This is a good idea,but the cost is a little on the high side,
I suppose it would be something similar to what they have at Weatherspoons pub at BTM (Bristol Temple Meads (strictly, it should be BRI)).

I would have thought you could make up your own,through your phone a little bit cheaper.

There was a news item on  BBC» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page) points west local news at 06:25am

 https://ukdepartureboards.co.uk/store/product/desktop-departures/?desktop=true

Have a look in the Three Lions pub, there is a large platform display hanging in the pub for Parson Street

…but do be aware that the Three Lions is not best known for its train spotting clientele.
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« Reply #4 on: March 27, 2024, 07:41:39 »

This gives the same information without the cost

https://tiger.worldline.global/CRKRN/cisds;graphic=1
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« Reply #5 on: March 27, 2024, 10:31:32 »

I like that,any links to the larger stations that have these display screens from the GWR (Great Western Railway) network?
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« Reply #6 on: March 27, 2024, 10:57:01 »

I like that,any links to the larger stations that have these display screens from the GWR (Great Western Railway) network?

Yep, the forum map at http://new.passenger.chat/better/map.html - click on the station of interest and you'll get a whole list of what's available.

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« Reply #7 on: March 27, 2024, 11:29:32 »

We have one of these, though from traindepartures.com (which is rather cheaper) not ukdepartureboards.co.uk - I bought it as a present for Mrs F who commutes into Oxford every day.

It's a fun little thing in itself, and genuinely useful in that I'll often glance at it when walking through the house and get a heads-up of any disruption. My main issue with it is that you can either set it to show all departures from a station (e.g. Charlbury), or all departures that subsequently call at another given station (e.g. Charlbury to Oxford), but what I'd really like is for that to flip during the day - so that in the morning it shows Charlbury to Oxford, and in the afternoon it shows Oxford to Charlbury. In theory I could probably code something to reset it every 12 hours but that would require a fresh supply of Round Tuits.
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« Reply #8 on: March 27, 2024, 14:46:19 »

I have my office ukdepartures board alternating between train times at the local station and the upcoming arrivals at my two nearest bus stops.
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« Reply #9 on: March 27, 2024, 17:09:26 »


Have a look in the Three Lions pub, there is a large platform display hanging in the pub for Parson Street

…but do be aware that the Three Lions is not best known for its train spotting clientele.

Maybe Trainspotting. But a good friend of mine is, or at least was, a regular.

The bar of the hotel I stayed in last September, in Windermere, had a display indistinguishable from that on the platform of the nearby station.
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