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« 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 (Persons with Reduced Mobility)-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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« Reply #31 on: September 03, 2018, 22:24:42 »

Scrolling text on train PIS (Passenger Information System) can be quite amusing when grammar and syntax are ignored.

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

Scrolling text on train PIS (Passenger Information System) can be quite amusing when grammar and syntax are ignored.



Is that the new display for the 5 vice 10?
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« Reply #34 on: June 18, 2025, 23:17:45 »


( 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.

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