I think it's very likely to be front 4 to KLn and back 8 terminating CBG but I wonder if that one is wrong in the source feed because Waterbeach boards are not showing a length for those trains.Guess it means that the whole train is for Kings Lynn and the back 8 are for Cambridge, but the programming to allow this to be shown has not been properly tested or is a fudge/hack until they get it working correctly.
Infotec wouldn't be seen dead churning out units with such bugs.
And have you checked your network?
It's likely that the CIS operators need to enter this information manually, and they won't know if they aren't told.They clearly aren't picking up reverse train formations
Sounds like wrong formation information has been entered into the system.Hmm...
Tottenham Hale. Front 12 carriages are for King's Lynn, and rear 8 for Cambridge.
Is that longer or shorter than a eurostar?
You'd be very, very surprised at what Infotec can come up with.Infotec wouldn't be seen dead churning out units with such bugs.
It's likely that the CIS operators need to enter this information manually, and they won't know if they aren't told.
You'd be very, very surprised at what Infotec can come up with.
Not been to BIS for a little while. Per my post #41 earlier in this thread, have they managed to put a visible departures board on platform 1 yet, or do you still have to cross the bridge or pass through the ticket gates in order to see information about anything other than the next departure from that platform?
I'm sure Infotec are not perfect, but some of the current problems with the GA system are basic issues, there is a whole thread full of them from various people, a system that was first rolled out 4 years ago in Scotland should not have this level of problems.
On Monday evening during disruption the screens at Colchester were showing the 17:03 to Colchester!!! (Which was the 16:00 ex Norwich terminating short at Colchester) as being simultaneously as on time and cancelled (which I suppose in some ways it was but hardly helpful for the passengers!)
I'm not sure if things are getting better or not. Sometimes the boards seem improved, sometimes worse than ever.
I did manage to help someone to not miss their train last week, when there was a last minute platform change at Ely from 2 to 1. The departures board did point out 'this train will now depart from platform 1'. However the platform 2 board - literally right next to it - was still showing the train as the next departure from platform 2 - right up until it arrived on 1
No. This was at Cambridge station, which just has a platform 6.Was it using a section that is normally called an a/b/c etc?
Pretty immaterial if the train is canceled. It is probably not using any platform.No. This was at Cambridge station, which just has a platform 6.
Same very good set-up at Wokingham.Rather surprisingly SWR are actually doing something right! In that at Kingston (the only one I know about so far) and progressively at more stations across their network, they have these big full colour displays in the ticket hall that are far more easy to read than when there's just a massive screen of LEDs yet on the platform they've opted for white LED dot matrix displays that are clear, can be seen from far and are rather reliable.
was at Cambridge yesterday and it said a train to Stansted was going to go out of platform 6
which seemed unlikely given 6 is a bay platform facing the wrong way with the station building directly behind it
at Bishops Stortford they also kept saying trains that the Stratford service would be on platform 1, again facing the wrong way, while the actual train was at platform 3
More weirdness at Ippo this morning. I know the 745s are fast but:
A - They’re not that fast
B - It wasn’t a 745
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Picture showing a departure screen for the 0909 service to Liverpool Street, ‘expected at 0846’ and with clock showing 0855.
Just had the pleasure of passing through Worcestershire Parkway today and have to say the screens in the main hall are vastly better than the ones that Greater Anglia have. They also use colour and animation but are far more subtle with only scrolling for animations and when something changes, no constant refreshing.
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A similar set-up at Greater Anglia stations with more screens would be far better than what we have at present and would provide a lot more substance. Good to see GWR investing in things like this and not getting carried away with being too flashy.
Those at Worcestershire Parkway are Infotec T Series TFTs. I’m not sure if it’s been mentioned yet but these Blackbox displays are an Abellio aspiration hence their introduction on Anglia, ScotRail, East and West Midlands.
They are preferred because of their ability to show full screen adverts.
IIRC the way the old Infotec displays worked was that the display integrated with an existing PIS solution, whether provided by Atos, KeTech, Amey or someone else. However, TTS is nothing new on the railways: for quite a while now some Infotec screens have integrated a system provided by Acapela Group which effectively reads the contents of the display, in a feature which the company calls "Micro PA"I hope other operators under the Abellio company don’t go the same way as GA have and replace their P.A system with an inferior text-to-speech system.
I think the TTS system is provided by Blackbox but it’s optional as to whether the TOCs want to use it or not.
IIRC the way the old Infotec displays worked was that the display integrated with an existing PIS solution, whether provided by Atos, KeTech, Amey or someone else. However, TTS is nothing new on the railways: for quite a while now some Infotec screens have integrated a system provided by Acapela Group which effectively reads the contents of the display, in a feature which the company calls "Micro PA"
Incidentally I wonder if the Infotec displays could work with the Blackbox data feed?