What would you advertise on the floor of your station

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grahame

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What would you advertise on the floor of your station

« on: October 13, 2019, 00:09:16 »

From the floor of Belfast (Lanyon Place - ex Central) Station.

What would you advertise??


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Bob_Blakey

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Re: What would you advertised on the floor of your station

« Reply #1 on: October 13, 2019, 08:57:34 »

Shoe Polish


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TaplowGreen

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Re: What would you advertised on the floor of your station

« Reply #2 on: October 13, 2019, 09:15:09 »

Haemorrhoid treatment - it'll be needed after hours spent sitting on cold benches/the floor waiting for delayed and cancelled trains.


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CyclingSid

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Re: What would you advertised on the floor of your station

« Reply #3 on: October 13, 2019, 10:07:03 »

Hopefully something a bit more appropriate than the Oracle in Reading. Comedown one of the escalators and view a floor advert marking the Oracle's 20th anniversary, in front of another shuttered unit.


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Bmblbzzz

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Re: What would you advertised on the floor of your station

« Reply #4 on: October 13, 2019, 12:13:24 »

Allied Carpets!


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johnneyw

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Re: What would you advertised on the floor of your station

« Reply #5 on: October 13, 2019, 12:39:59 »

Flash floor cleaner.

(Other domestic cleaning products are available).


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bobm

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Re: What would you advertise on the floor of your station

« Reply #6 on: October 13, 2019, 13:57:58 »

In my experience you could advertise what you like. Many people seem to be glued to their phones and wouldn't see it anyway (or anything/anybody else).


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Surrey 455

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Re: What would you advertise on the floor of your station

« Reply #7 on: October 13, 2019, 19:06:59 »

"Mind your Head"

"Oh, Too Late. Sorry!"


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eightonedee

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Re: What would you advertise on the floor of your station

« Reply #8 on: October 13, 2019, 21:09:55 »

Perhaps a more immediately effective version of the current "Beware of the Edge" campaign?

It would be interesting to find out by a random survey of casual travelers how many of them notice or use the zonal platform markings installed in the past year.


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broadgage

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Re: What would you advertise on the floor of your station

« Reply #9 on: October 14, 2019, 13:27:19 »

Adverts for osteopaths and chiropractors.


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A proper intercity train has a minimum of 8 coaches, gangwayed throughout, with first at one end, and a full sized buffet car between first and standard.
It has space for cycles, surfboards,luggage etc.
A 5 car DMU^▸ is not a proper inter-city train. The 5+5 and 9 car DMUs are almost as bad.

johnneyw

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Re: What would you advertise on the floor of your station

« Reply #10 on: October 14, 2019, 13:55:18 »

I was thinking that there would also be plenty of space for some non-advertising "floor art" but this might be a very bad idea in a busy concourse with the possible flow of people being significantly interrupted. Moreover, a combination of diverted attention and sudden stops sounds like a parade of accidents waiting to happen with the ambulance chasers circling around in the shadows.


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