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« Reply #285 on: January 12, 2011, 13:14:47 » |
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These new systems can't come quickly enough really. All stations between Reading and London Paddington (except Slough) had failed at some point during yesterday with screens locked up showing trains that departed long ago. I wish FGW▸ would prioritise the roll-out - let's face it Pangbourne could have waited until much later with its standard interval service and generally good punctuality throughout the day. Much more pressing are stations like Maidenhead, Ealing Broadway, Hayes and Southall with their frequent services to a wide number of destinations.
As an aside, the new integrated monitor + help points at Radley and Culham have been out of action for a month now. They're just showing the white out of use screen. Hopefully just a few initial problems with the system that can be sorted out, otherwise if they are this unreliable then it's questionable whether the investment was worth it.
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« Reply #286 on: January 12, 2011, 23:09:39 » |
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I personally think Twyford and Maidenhead should have been a priority - not just because I use Twyford - but because it is well known how often the current system fails or is just showing old information.
Also because of branchlines - particularly at Twyford where you will sometimes have a Henley service depart from Platform 4 instead of 5 - not good if screens not working - and train is on platform when you get there..
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« Reply #287 on: January 13, 2011, 00:54:17 » |
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Yes, Twyford and West Drayton would have been next on my list.
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« Reply #288 on: January 13, 2011, 11:25:28 » |
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As an aside, the new integrated monitor + help points at Radley and Culham have been out of action for a month now. They're just showing the white out of use screen. Hopefully just a few initial problems with the system that can be sorted out, otherwise if they are this unreliable then it's questionable whether the investment was worth it.
The web based info screens at Charlbury are now showing a white failure to connect screen more often than not at the moment, very grateful for the newer orange dot matrix display. |
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« Reply #289 on: January 13, 2011, 22:56:50 » |
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Slightly surprised you still have them at all Ian, as the one in the booking office window at Moreton-in-Marsh was removed the minute that the new system was working.
Teresa Ceesay tells me the new system is being installed at Evesham this week.
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« Reply #290 on: January 14, 2011, 09:28:31 » |
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Well, they were completely turned off this morning, so perhaps they will vanish. It would be a shame as they offer more information than the dot matrix (delay at last recorded point).
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« Reply #291 on: January 14, 2011, 11:46:51 » |
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Was it not Gerard Fiennes who, when a passenger complained at paddington that the clocks all showed different times, responded "what's the point of having several clocks, Madam, if they all show the same time?" (Probably apocryphal, but taken from his biography, by memory).
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« Reply #292 on: January 14, 2011, 11:54:16 » |
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Well, they were completely turned off this morning, so perhaps they will vanish. It would be a shame as they offer more information than the dot matrix (delay at last recorded point).
Ian does have a point there, although the LED screens are based on the delay where the train was last reported (minus any recovery time), it is useful knowing that your train was reported 5 minutes late leaving Oxford (for example) rather than expected at xx:xx which on occasions is wrong if some of the automatic reporting points have failed. Mind you, the exact same information is available on the internet, so anybody with a reasonably modern mobile would be able to access it should they wish. |
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« Reply #293 on: January 14, 2011, 17:35:05 » |
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Someone had revived the web screens later on, as all were working at about 3.15pm when I called in at Charlbury to photograph the track.
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« Reply #294 on: January 14, 2011, 19:40:37 » |
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The automatic announcements at North Camp are a joke. There have been no screens working for some time, but the voice twitters away happily giving duff information. The 08:04 to Gatwick is announced as being 21 minutes late every morning, even if it's on time.
Really FGW▸ should just shut down the system. It makes them look really amateurish!!!
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« Reply #295 on: January 15, 2011, 01:47:48 » |
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Really FGW▸ should just shut down the system. It makes them look really amateurish!!!
This is the old system still I take it? Things were pretty bad again this evening between Reading and Paddington with virtually all the systems locked up at various times during the day and screens advertising the wrong calling points as a result - the second time in a row that I've taken the time to check them this week. General confusion all round. |
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« Reply #296 on: January 15, 2011, 09:24:42 » |
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Yes it is the old system. To be honest I do think it'd be far better to just admit defeat, switch them all off and put up notices apologising but stating that new systems are on the way.
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« Reply #297 on: January 15, 2011, 12:05:44 » |
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I tend to agree, though the reason I was given when I suggested that was that FGW▸ would be in breach of their franchise agreements if they did switch them off. So, it's better for them to have a system switched on but completely wrong rather than switched off. Sounds about right!  |
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« Reply #298 on: January 15, 2011, 12:44:05 » |
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The screens at Dorking Deepdene and West also haven't been working for a long time.
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« Reply #299 on: January 16, 2011, 11:09:17 » |
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Was at Henley yesterday. The new display has been fitted but not yet in service.
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