Train GraphicClick on the map to explore geographics
 
I need help
FAQ
Emergency
About .
 No recent travel & transport from BBC stories as at 09:35 05 May 2025
Read about the forum [here].
Register [here] - it's free.
What do I gain from registering? [here]		 10/05/25 - BRTA Westbury
10/05/25 - Model Railway Show, Calne
13/05/25 - Melksham TUG / AGM
14/05/25 - West Wiltshire RUG

On this day
5th May (1975)
Closure of Bridport Branch (link)
Train RunningCancelled
06:54 Swansea to London Paddington
07:43 Swansea to London Paddington
08:18 London Paddington to Cardiff Central
09:18 London Paddington to Cardiff Central
09:23 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central
09:49 Cardiff Central to London Paddington
10:15 London Paddington to Cardiff Central
10:41 Cardiff Central to London Paddington
11:16 London Paddington to Cardiff Central
11:50 Cardiff Central to London Paddington
12:13 London Paddington to Cardiff Central
12:50 Cardiff Central to London Paddington
13:50 Cardiff Central to London Paddington
14:54 Cardiff Central to London Paddington
15:54 Cardiff Central to London Paddington
Short Run
05:40 Penzance to Cardiff Central
06:01 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central
06:26 Swansea to London Paddington
06:28 Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour
06:40 Penzance to Cardiff Central
06:44 Exeter St Davids to Cardiff Central
07:20 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central
07:27 Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour
07:40 Penzance to Cardiff Central
08:00 Cardiff Central to Plymouth
08:19 Taunton to Cardiff Central
08:23 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central
08:27 Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour
08:48 London Paddington to Swansea
09:00 Cardiff Central to Penzance
09:28 Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour
09:32 Weymouth to Bristol Temple Meads
09:48 London Paddington to Carmarthen
10:00 Cardiff Central to Taunton
10:23 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central
10:30 Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour
10:50 Penzance to Cardiff Central
10:52 Plymouth to Cardiff Central
11:00 Cardiff Central to Penzance
11:23 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central
11:30 Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour
12:00 Cardiff Central to Taunton
12:23 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central
12:30 Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour
13:00 Cardiff Central to Penzance
13:11 Taunton to Cardiff Central
13:30 Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour
14:00 Cardiff Central to Penzance
14:30 Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour
14:59 Cardiff Central to Taunton
15:15 Taunton to Cardiff Central
15:30 Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour
16:27 Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour
16:31 Barnstaple to Axminster
Delayed
07:18 Swansea to London Paddington
etc
•
PollsOpen and recent polls
Open to 08/05 09:07 Steam Excursion - or diesel excursion with a featured steam section?
Open to 07/05 09:27 Should train, bus and coach operators be required to accept cash
•
Abbreviation pageAcronymns and abbreviations
•
Stn ComparatorStation Comparator
•
Rail newsNews Now - live rail news feed
•
Train companiesSelect from:
GWR
SWR
XC
Chiltern
TfL
TfW
WMR
Southern
• Site Style 1 2 3 4
Next departures • Bristol Temple Meads • Bath Spa • Chippenham • Swindon • Didcot Parkway • Reading • London Paddington • Melksham
Exeter St Davids • Taunton • Westbury • Trowbridge • Bristol Parkway • Cardiff Central • Oxford • Cheltenham Spa • Birmingham New Street
May 05, 2025, 09:36:42 *
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
Forgotten your username or password? - get a reminder
Most recently liked subjects
[152] Closure of Bridport branch
[126] Taplow-Hassocks
[79] Pilning Station - where are we, and looking at future options ...
[64] Walk to Pilning and return by train - 3rd May 2025
[49] BBC TV Licensing - ongoing discussion
[25] Subtle train time changes
 
News: A forum for passengers ... with input from rail professionals welcomed too
 
   Home   Help Search Calendar Login Register  
Great Western Coffee Shop > All across the Great Western territory > Smoke and Mirrors > Old posters showing outdated information
Pages: [1]
« previous next »
  Print  
Author Topic: Old posters showing outdated information  (Read 9473 times)
grahame
Administrator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 43988



View Profile WWW Email
« on: June 22, 2009, 07:30:51 »
I was researching a transport issue and came across this - from 21st March 2007

Quote
Q6) Are direct rail services between Swindon and Westbury now properly displayed at all stations on that route both on display boards and customer information screens (where available)?

A6) We do have problems with the reliability of the Customer Information System, and part of our investment plan is to replace with a superior system. In the meantime we will ensure that all other channels of customer communication, including timetable posters at stations, are up to date correctly displayed.

How little things change. Two years later, there are still reliability problems with the old Customer Information System.  And whilst the timetable poster at the station is current, the one in the main bus stop in Melksham Town Centre (where the main operator is First) is now over 13 months out of date ... showing train times as they were in spring of last year!

What's the longest-expired poster still on display in YOUR area?
Logged
Coffee Shop Admin, Chair of Melksham Rail User Group, TravelWatch SouthWest Board Member
TerminalJunkie
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 919



View Profile
« Reply #1 on: June 22, 2009, 08:43:35 »
I took this photo at Barnstaple Station in May 2004...

...and I think it's still there, but covered by a different poster!
Logged
Daily Mail and Daily Express readers please click here.
grahame
Administrator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 43988



View Profile WWW Email
« Reply #2 on: June 22, 2009, 09:26:38 »
Good heavens!  Perhaps our December 2007 to May 2008 timetable will still be displayed at the end of the franchise. Let's hope the services running by then are more appropriate!
Logged
Coffee Shop Admin, Chair of Melksham Rail User Group, TravelWatch SouthWest Board Member
JayMac
Data Manager
Hero Member
******
Posts: 19311



View Profile
« Reply #3 on: June 25, 2009, 05:31:23 »
Not necessarily outdated info, but definitely an old poster. I took this photo at London Euston a few weeks ago. Got told off by a jobsworth as well!
Logged
"Good news for regular users of Euston Station in London! One day they will die. Then they won't have to go to Euston Station ever again." - David Mitchell
Do you have something you would like to add to this thread, or would you like to raise a new question at the Coffee Shop? Please [register] (it is free) if you have not done so before, or login (at the top of this page) if you already have an account - we would love to read what you have to say!

You can find out more about how this forum works [here] - that will link you to a copy of the forum agreement that you can read before you join, and tell you very much more about how we operate. We are an independent forum, provided and run by customers of Great Western Railway, for customers of Great Western Railway and we welcome railway professionals as members too, in either a personal or official capacity. Views expressed in posts are not necessarily the views of the operators of the forum.

As well as posting messages onto existing threads, and starting new subjects, members can communicate with each other through personal messages if they wish. And once members have made a certain number of posts, they will automatically be admitted to the "frequent posters club", where subjects not-for-public-domain are discussed; anything from the occasional rant to meetups we may be having ...

 
Pages: [1]
  Print  
« previous next »
 
Jump to:  

Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP Powered by SMF 1.1.2 | SMF © 2006-2007, Simple Machines LLC Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS!
This forum is provided by customers of Great Western Railway (formerly First Great Western), and the views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that the content provided by one of our posters contravenes our posting rules via admin@railcustomer.info. Full legal statement (here).

Jump to top of page • Jump to Forum Home Page