Chiltern 165/168 PIS Rule Exemption

[reecestrains]

Just found this online regarding 168's wanting to be exempt from the passenger information rules from 2010:

RVAR 2010 exemption: Chiltern Railways passenger information system

www.gov.uk

Chiltern Railways seeks exemption for the non-compliance of the passenger information system on its 67 class 165 and class 168 units, totalling 174 vehicles

 

[py_megapixel]

Just found this online regarding 168's wanting to be exempt from the passenger information rules from 2010:

RVAR 2010 exemption: Chiltern Railways passenger information system

www.gov.uk

To summarise the problem: the passenger information system is a fairly primitive design by modern standards, which is limited to announcing pre-programmed station calling patterns. Modifying them requires manually uploading an updated version, which itself has to be created with specialist software, to the controller in each cab one-by-one. This means the information can't practically be updated to reflect short-term changes. The solution would be to replace the system with a more modern one that doesn't suffer from this problem, but no funding is available.

 

[12LDA28C]

Just 168s? I don't think you've read that document thoroughly.

 

[reecestrains]

Just 168s? I don't think you've read that document thoroughly.

165's as well.

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I have had a read through it.

 

[12LDA28C]

165's as well.

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I have had a read through it.

Then you'll have seen that exemption has been in place for many years and the reasons for allowing it.

 

[reecestrains]

Then you'll have seen that exemption has been in place for many years and the reasons for allowing it.

I did see the article was published recently according which is December 2024, so that's why I thought I share it.

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To summarise the problem: the passenger information system is a fairly primitive design by modern standards, which is limited to announcing pre-programmed station calling patterns. Modifying them requires manually uploading an updated version, which itself has to be created with specialist software, to the controller in each cab one-by-one. This means the information can't practically be updated to reflect short-term changes. The solution would be to replace the system with a more modern one that doesn't suffer from this problem, but no funding is available.

That clears it up, I believe funding is an issue across the board at the moment.