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OH well, the much lauded new temporary information screens at Oxford have indeed become temporary. The old and unreliable system is still soldiering on but 2 of the 3 new LCD screens on the main concourse have been switched off for days and the solitary screen on platform 2 has had the same incomplete and out of date information showing for 2 days now.
Long live the old system, we are going to need it!
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« Reply #1 on: December 07, 2008, 21:39:13 » |
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There were posters up at the station a few weeks ago (they may still be there, didn't check when I came though tonight) saying that a new CIS▸ (I know it's childish but I always preferred the abbreviation PIS▸  ) was going to be installed shortly. I don't know what type of system is envisaged but it would be good if it was similar to the system that the "old" FGW▸ fitted to the intercity stations at Reading, Swindon, Bristol TM‡ etc which is both easy to read and seems to behave itself reasonably well mush of the time. |
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« Reply #2 on: December 08, 2008, 06:06:13 » |
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Anyone recall the old Italian made Telesign flap indicators? They used to make such a comforting clatter as information was changed/updated.
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« Reply #3 on: December 08, 2008, 08:01:55 » |
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The last time i was at Charing Cross they had those, this was 2 years ago, is that still the case??
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« Reply #4 on: December 08, 2008, 10:30:26 » |
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I doubt it - Network Rail has been making a concerted effort to replace the old Solari boards with LED screens. They might not be so much fun but much more flexible and more reliable. I remember changing trains at New Street some years ago when the main Solari board (as it was then) had failed and the place was in choas.
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« Reply #5 on: December 08, 2008, 12:20:36 » |
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Though part of the atmosphere of the concourse at Waterloo was watching and listening as the Solari boards updated, particularly when it meant every service moved one column to the left, so there was a wave of clicking as one by one the updating happened.
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« Reply #6 on: December 08, 2008, 21:36:14 » |
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I can just remember the old Solari boards at Paddington that went long before the ones at Waterloo.
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« Reply #7 on: December 15, 2008, 22:26:03 » |
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In a "message from the chief operating officer" written for the CLPG» 's Cotswold & Malvern Line News before his departure, Andrew Haines says that Oxford and Slough will be the first installations of the new information screens, which will be driven by the system in use at Reading and Swindon. Installation should be early in the new year. And Hanborough has just been given a new super help-point which incorporates a screen, though I have yet to see it switched on.
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« Reply #8 on: December 16, 2008, 19:24:23 » |
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Today, the screens at Oxford showed trains to/from Stratford Upon Avon!  Just a little confused about the new timetable I think... |
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« Reply #9 on: December 19, 2008, 00:36:35 » |
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And Hanborough has just been given a new super help-point which incorporates a screen, though I have yet to see it switched on.
Hanbourough was switched on, on Tuesday, had problems with the connection and had a booster fitted on Wednesday afternoon. It should be working now. - Chatted to engineer who fixed it |
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« Reply #10 on: December 19, 2008, 17:56:27 » |
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Good to know.
Can anyone explain why Stratford was showing up on the Oxford CIS▸ ?
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« Reply #11 on: December 19, 2008, 21:56:00 » |
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And Hanborough has just been given a new super help-point which incorporates a screen, though I have yet to see it switched on.
Two Photos.... |
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« Reply #12 on: December 20, 2008, 00:32:27 » |
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Can anyone explain why Stratford was showing up on the Oxford CIS▸ ?
Sometimes the late evening trains from the previous evening 'hang' on the system the following day. Was it an arrival from Stratford that was showing? That is due in just after midnight. I've learnt to expect anything being displayed on those screens over the years though! |
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To view my GWML▸ Electrification cab video 'before and after' video comparison, as well as other videos of the new layout at Reading and 'before and after' comparisons of the Cotswold Line Redoubling scheme, see: http://www.dailymotion.com/user/IndustryInsider/ |
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« Reply #13 on: December 20, 2008, 00:33:39 » |
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Yes it was on the arrival board.
That makes sense, as I believe a Chiltern service runs in late at night to Oxford.
Thanks!
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« Reply #14 on: December 20, 2008, 00:37:00 » |
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The CIS▸ /Help phone combo thing at Hanborough looks fairly impressive I have to say. An ideal way of providing information at smaller stations which have a train or two an hour.
I just hope it will be reliable and not damaged by vandals.
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