Things you've seen on bus destination displays other than the route/number?

Passenger John · 9 Jun 2019

Around Cambridge there are Whippet "Puppy" routes, when out of service the blind simply says "WOOF"

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DJames · 9 Jun 2019

Diamond's Redditch garage now advertise that they accept Contactless by showing the symbol on their blinds, along with an 'I'm New' sign on there for new vehicles. Oh, and I made both of those for them to use.

F262YTJ · 9 Jun 2019

I've seen >>>Please Board Bus In Front>>> and <<<Please Board Bus Behind<<< on stand by rail replacement buses in Liverpool.

AlexanderPS · 9 Jun 2019

Seen on a Gibson 'Choo Choo I'm a train for rail replacement

https://flic.kr/p/bEPsKh '

Deerfold · 9 Jun 2019

carlberry said:
That means the bus now needs wifi capability, the depot needs it and it needs to extend across the whole depot parking area just so somebody can say 'Happy Christmas' instead of just leaving the route description and destination that the passengers actually wants!

It means the system needs to be able to connect to WiFi. There's many electrical items manage that - anything new enough to have an updateable display should have had WiFi too. I'm not saying they do - just there's no good reason for them not to.

London's Buses have had all the ticket machines updating over WiFi since 2009. The garage WiFi area usually includes the bus wash area as buses will have to stop for a couple of minutes in there.

If you're arguing they shouldn't be changing displays, that's fair enough - I find many of them make it hard to tell what the route number is. But if you're going to do it, you shouldn't need someone scuttling around the depot in the middle of the night and possibly missing buses.

Ant158 · 9 Jun 2019

Have seen Merry Christmas messages on a number of North West operators. Transdev also have a brand for nearly every route (which the displays alternate between ie ‘Hotline’ and ‘Preston 152’
Also things like buy a day saver adverts.

jamesst · 9 Jun 2019

Arriva Merseyside quite often display the destination plus calling points when operating Merseyrail rail replacements

ACBest · 9 Jun 2019

Marshalls of Sutton on Trent’s not in service display includes a rotation advertising that they were finalists in the UK Bus Awards top independent category last year.

The hybrid they’ve got on loan also has a coloured green tag line on the not in service display that says ‘We’ve gone green!’.

They’ve also got Swimming Bus with a pictogram of a swimmer for the school swimming runs.

Then there’s this... which nobody will likely ever use again, as I was the only one who knew where it was on there! (Attachment is bus with ‘Bus Stop Maintenance’ on the display, with a pictogram of a bus next to a bus stop flag)

Phatcontroller · 9 Jun 2019

Brighton and Hove 29 Brighton...scroll..UP THE ALBION...scroll..29 Brighton

randyrippley · 9 Jun 2019

a few years back, the shuttle service for the Great Dorset Steam Fair carried the headboard "Steam Fail" on at least one bus
Damory of course..........

satisnek · 10 Jun 2019

Saturday just gone, there was a Harlequin bus on the V3 service - the display could do no more than show 'trentbarton' and the driver was showing a 'victory' sign with his right hand hand and holding up three fingers on his left at the pick-up stops in Derby city centre! But once on board, Doris was quite au fait with the route.

Things you've seen on bus destination displays other than the route/number?

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