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« on: September 11, 2010, 21:06:35 » |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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JayMac
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« Reply #1 on: September 11, 2010, 21:23:29 » |
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Is that screen going to be big enough to display all the trains that call at MKM» through the day?    |
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"Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for the rest of the day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."
- Sir Terry Pratchett.
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Chris from Nailsea
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« Reply #2 on: September 11, 2010, 21:38:03 » |
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If you squint a bit at that picture (sorry, the sun was shining on the display when I actually took that photo, on my way home this afternoon!), you can see details ... for both of them.  CfN.  |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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Louis94
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« Reply #3 on: September 12, 2010, 14:25:09 » |
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I wonder what the future of the auto announcement help point is now! |
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The Tall Controller
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« Reply #4 on: September 12, 2010, 21:53:39 » |
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All look to be on time! What a service this company runs!
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grahame
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« Reply #6 on: September 13, 2010, 08:56:31 » |
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What have I missed ...  Yes - this is a very significant step - and I'm delighted. Not only is it really useful in helping to fill the lamentable information gap, but it's also a sign of faith in the line by First in installing (I I understand it) a rather better / more informative / expensive unit than the minimum required. A big THANK YOU to them.  The new unit is fit for a station which has a service to speak of ... such as the every two hours that was recommended by Jacobs for the current franchise, the hourly service that's got such a good cost / benefit ratio in the GWRUS▸ , or the service that's suggested that will let passengers Go! from Yeovil via Melksham, Swindon and Oxford to Banbury and Birmingham without change of trains. |
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IndustryInsider
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« Reply #7 on: September 13, 2010, 14:05:05 » |
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They're popping up all over the place. Finstock (with less trains than Melksham!) and Culham are two that I noticed today. The display is well presented, the information useful - arrival times at calling points and location of the latest running report are two positive things for example - and we will just have to hope that they're well maintained as I'm sure the local low-life will soon start attacking them with their spray cans and knives.
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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 #8 on: September 13, 2010, 21:30:05 » |
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This is a good step. But why this type? It could easily get vandalised. Why not do what SWT▸ (and other TOCs▸ ) have done, and put in the dot matrix displays and departure screens with Ditra announcements?
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Louis94
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« Reply #9 on: September 13, 2010, 22:46:26 » |
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This is a good step. But why this type? It could easily get vandalised. Why not do what SWT▸ (and other TOCs▸ ) have done, and put in the dot matrix displays and departure screens with Ditra announcements? It a waste of time putting Ditra announcements, we would have to be there all day to get a recording! |
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JayMac
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« Reply #10 on: September 13, 2010, 23:21:33 » |
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A clock would be a handy addition to the display as well.....
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"Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for the rest of the day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."
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« Reply #11 on: September 14, 2010, 10:49:37 » |
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I'm sure the local low-life will soon start attacking them with their spray cans and knives. That may depend on the location. The prototype at Hanborough - albeit in a robust housing fixed to the ground - is still going strong and doesn't seem to have proved too tempting a target, presumably because it doesn't have money in. put in the dot matrix displays and departure screens I think that might qualify as overkill if implemented across FGW▸ 's network, given service levels at some stations, never mind what it would cost. Although the main Cotswold Line stations are getting big screens too, the type used in these help points has been a godsend since it was installed at several stations a while back, as they are a sight more accurate than the Thames Trains system, which regular travellers know is simply not to be trusted, never mind its habit of announcing trains are 10 minutes late just as they come into view running on time. |
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Tim
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« Reply #12 on: September 14, 2010, 11:27:14 » |
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A clock would be a handy addition to the display as well.....
presumably that would be easy to do the nexct time the software is ungraded |
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inspector_blakey
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« Reply #13 on: September 14, 2010, 16:35:25 » |
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It's not perfect but I think the screens are designed to update every minute or so, so the "last updated" time in the top corner at least gives a passable estimate. Unless it loses the data feed of course!
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