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« Reply #105 on: September 27, 2010, 16:16:47 »

Yatton now features Digital Doris Mk2 (Mark 2 coach).. she now announces trains passing at speed and a slightly revised "next train" notifier.  Wink
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« Reply #106 on: September 27, 2010, 17:26:46 »

Yatton now features Digital Doris Mk2 (Mark 2 coach).. she now announces trains passing at speed and a slightly revised "next train" notifier.  Wink

Has it been revised in the same way i said Teignmouth had?
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« Reply #107 on: September 27, 2010, 19:05:06 »

Yatton now features Digital Doris Mk2 (Mark 2 coach).. she now announces trains passing at speed and a slightly revised "next train" notifier.  Wink

Has it been revised in the same way i said Teignmouth had?

As my memory calls, she made three announcements:

2x "The next train to arrive at.."
1x "The train now standing at"

She also omitted to notice that a train had been out the station a few minutes before making another "The train now standing at" announcement to an empty platform.

The passing at speed announcement was done twice though.
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« Reply #108 on: September 27, 2010, 19:51:48 »

noticed that teignmouth's has already been trashed!

however for those who use this station on a regular basis..... Grin .... surprise!!

coome junction halt now has the system and it is in full working order :-)





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« Reply #109 on: September 27, 2010, 22:00:55 »

Yatton now features Digital Doris Mk2 (Mark 2 coach).. she now announces trains passing at speed and a slightly revised "next train" notifier.  Wink

Has it been revised in the same way i said Teignmouth had?

As my memory calls, she made three announcements:

2x "The next train to arrive at.."
1x "The train now standing at"

She also omitted to notice that a train had been out the station a few minutes before making another "The train now standing at" announcement to an empty platform.

The passing at speed announcement was done twice though.


Ah i see! Thats completely different compared to Teignmouth (Except for the passing at speed announcement, which goes off on platform 1 twice and platform two once.)!

Does anyone know how long the current setup at Teignmouth has been in place?

What did Yatton used to have? Was it just 1x "The next train to arrive" and then 1x "The train now approaching"?

I noticed while at Liskeard on sunday Wink, that there was only 1 announcement made for every trains, not good considering there used to be 2!
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« Reply #110 on: September 27, 2010, 22:26:31 »

Those new help machine features gave me an idea...

Prospective passenger: pushes blue button.

Operator replies: 'Hello caller what I can I do for you?"

Passenger: 'There don't seem be any trains'  Huh

Operator: 'Have you pushed the yellow button sir, they won't come if you don't'.

Operator to his mates:  'Another happy customer'   Cheesy

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« Reply #111 on: September 27, 2010, 22:37:04 »

Nice one, Paul!  Wink
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« Reply #112 on: September 27, 2010, 22:37:28 »

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« Reply #113 on: October 02, 2010, 22:25:03 »

Dawlish warren now complete with 2 help points with screens.
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« Reply #114 on: October 03, 2010, 02:01:26 »

Are the Nailsea one still covered I wonder? Perhaps 'chrisfromnailsea' can shed some light!
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« Reply #115 on: October 03, 2010, 13:34:36 »

Chris from Nailsea can indeed update you on these points: as of an hour ago -

 

Platform 1 - machine uncovered, but nothing happened when I pressed the Information button; Platform 2 - machine still under wraps.

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« Reply #116 on: October 03, 2010, 18:57:18 »

Shall we take a sweepstake on how long it'll be til they're trashed?
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« Reply #117 on: October 03, 2010, 19:07:22 »

Help Point machines at Redland, Montpelier and Teignmouth have already been ... erm, trashed.  Angry

Which is odd: they obviously contain no cash - indeed, they have nothing of particular value, outside their working environment.  Seeing inside one of the machines at NLS, while the chaps were installing it, I was rather surprised at just how little hardware there is, inside those big white circular cases!

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« Reply #118 on: October 03, 2010, 19:26:39 »

Shirehampton's also out of action yesterday. Now sporting quite a collection of dents and etchings.
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« Reply #119 on: October 03, 2010, 20:34:00 »

I've not had a close-up look at them, but hopefully the front panel is modular and could be replaced fairly cheaply when damage has been done?
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