I've done some looking around but couldn't see anything relevant to this topic - please let me know if there's already an explanation!
When waiting to watch the GBRf tour yesterday, I noticed that the announcements played when a train approaches include a notice telling passengers that the end doors on an IET aren't for passenger use. There are also notices in the door windows telling passengers this: I've put a picture below but it's not perfect.

(Image shows one of the doors closest to the cab in carriage A of a GWR IET, with a red sign reading "Please use the door at the other end of this carriage." below a no entry pictogram)
I think this is a recent change - I've certainly only started hearing these announcements in the past month or so - but does anyone have any more information about it (i.e. when the change started being rolled out, or why)? There seems to be two different versions of this sign - I didn't get a photo of it, but yesterday I noticed an end door had a notice written in the standard GWR font and white text near the top of the window. I wondered if it was to do with coronavirus*, in the same way in which some other trains have had areas blocked off for staff only? Just curious!
Thanks,
-Peter
*(if this is the case then I expect the thread should have gone in the coronavirus forum?)
When waiting to watch the GBRf tour yesterday, I noticed that the announcements played when a train approaches include a notice telling passengers that the end doors on an IET aren't for passenger use. There are also notices in the door windows telling passengers this: I've put a picture below but it's not perfect.

(Image shows one of the doors closest to the cab in carriage A of a GWR IET, with a red sign reading "Please use the door at the other end of this carriage." below a no entry pictogram)
I think this is a recent change - I've certainly only started hearing these announcements in the past month or so - but does anyone have any more information about it (i.e. when the change started being rolled out, or why)? There seems to be two different versions of this sign - I didn't get a photo of it, but yesterday I noticed an end door had a notice written in the standard GWR font and white text near the top of the window. I wondered if it was to do with coronavirus*, in the same way in which some other trains have had areas blocked off for staff only? Just curious!
Thanks,
-Peter
*(if this is the case then I expect the thread should have gone in the coronavirus forum?)