Re: Useful passenger information? Check. Spell check? Fail.

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Re: Useful passenger information? Check. Spell check? Fail.

« on: August 31, 2013, 18:43:41 »

The 0638 Westbury to Gloucester this morning consisted of a SWT^▸ branded Class 158 and a FGW^▸ branded 150 on the way to Bristol TM^▸ . At Bristol TM the SWT unit was to be detached. So as not to confuse passengers, a handy message was added to the departures screens. Just a shame that whoever typed the message went for phonetic rather than accurate....

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