I read on the WYMetro website that Halifax Bus Station's real time information screens are being upgraded.
All well and good, but isn't there some way of over-riding them when things go awry?
For example, last Saturday morning about 10am, I was amongst a group of people awaiting a Calder Valley Service [Group 590 ]. We'd all seen the pictures of the flash flooding at Mytholmroyd the night before, and were sympathising with the lot of the flood victims, and wondering what service[if any]would be provided.
In the meanwhile, the new information screens were announcing the departures - to Burnley, then to Todmorden, then to Heptonstall, etc, as thought it were a normal Saturday. The time for departure came, and the screen changed to the next one, etc. The only slight problem was no bus appeared during any of this time, and the screen was left happily amusing itself.
Eventually a bus arrived on the stand, and the driver resorted to the low- technology method of shouting "Luddenden Foot only" as he opened the doors.
Mis-information is worse than no information, and if these new screens cannot be overriden at times like this, then give me the old chalk and blackboard any day.
All well and good, but isn't there some way of over-riding them when things go awry?
For example, last Saturday morning about 10am, I was amongst a group of people awaiting a Calder Valley Service [Group 590 ]. We'd all seen the pictures of the flash flooding at Mytholmroyd the night before, and were sympathising with the lot of the flood victims, and wondering what service[if any]would be provided.
In the meanwhile, the new information screens were announcing the departures - to Burnley, then to Todmorden, then to Heptonstall, etc, as thought it were a normal Saturday. The time for departure came, and the screen changed to the next one, etc. The only slight problem was no bus appeared during any of this time, and the screen was left happily amusing itself.
Eventually a bus arrived on the stand, and the driver resorted to the low- technology method of shouting "Luddenden Foot only" as he opened the doors.
Mis-information is worse than no information, and if these new screens cannot be overriden at times like this, then give me the old chalk and blackboard any day.