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« Reply #735 on: October 04, 2013, 18:59:56 »

The stations I listed including Camborne have never been fitted with anything more than the help points with yellow next train buttons, although I'd agree that a screen at Camborne probably would be at risk of vandalism.
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« Reply #736 on: October 05, 2013, 11:22:48 »

At Maidenhead the other morning the announcements for Platform 4 were being announced on Platform 3 and vice versa.. At exactly the same time as each other... It made a few people smile once they'd stopped looking puzzled.. Smiley
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« Reply #737 on: February 09, 2014, 14:48:53 »

Camborne now has overhead Matrix units that show the next trains due, and these also have a speaker system.
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