Automated information defects on the railways

Trowres

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Re: Automated information defects on the railways

« Reply #30 on: September 03, 2018, 21:51:34 »

I was on 150002 the other day when the automated announcment lost sync with reality due to request stops. This precipitated the rapid movement down the unit of an agitated passenger seeking guidance from the conductor. I am rather sceptical of the value of slavish adherence to PRM^▸ -TSI or whatever, if the result isn't going to provide accurate information!

While on the subject of on-train electronic wizardry, does anyone else find the scrolling orange dot-matrix displays rather irritating (as the scrolling is too attention-grabbing)? On the aforementioned 150002, I found that reflections in the windows, ceiling and internal glass partitions put seven scrolling images within my field of view.

( Mods: may I suggest that this thread is renamed to reflect its topic of automated information defects, in the interest of future searches? )


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JayMac

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Re: Automated information defects on the railways

« Reply #31 on: September 03, 2018, 22:24:42 »

Scrolling text on train PIS^▸ can be quite amusing when grammar and syntax are ignored.


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Re: Automated information defects on the railways

« Reply #32 on: September 03, 2018, 22:33:42 »

Quote from: bignosemac on September 03, 2018, 22:24:42

Scrolling text on train PIS^▸ can be quite amusing when grammar and syntax are ignored.

~~Is that the new display for the 5 vice 10?~~


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Clan Line

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Re: Automated information defects on the railways

« Reply #33 on: September 04, 2018, 21:07:50 »


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Chris from Nailsea

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Re: Automated information defects on the railways

« Reply #34 on: June 18, 2025, 23:17:45 »

Quote from: Trowres on September 03, 2018, 21:51:34

( Mods: may I suggest that this thread is renamed to reflect its topic of automated information defects, in the interest of future searches? )

With my very belated thanks for your suggestion (which I missed at the time), Trowres, I have now done that.

CfN.


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