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The old, large boards on the concourse by McDonald's and adjacent to Platform 2 are still hanging in there.
Same with the screens on 1c and 9b! I keep having to go to 1c when I'm going in or out of Leeds for some odd reason!The old, large boards on the concourse by McDonald's and adjacent to Platform 2 are still hanging in there.
And long may they! I don't have cataracts, but I am finding the white ones harder to read. I'm guessing that's why there's underlining as well, which we didn't have on the orange ones, so separate the text out now that it's harder to read.The old, large boards on the concourse by McDonald's and adjacent to Platform 2 are still hanging in there.
Four of them changed, four of them unchanged. The rest will get changed in due course.The A to Z boards between Platforms 12 & 15 have half been changed, so it’s 3 white boards and 3 orange boards at the moment.
One of the new screens outside McDonald's shows arrivals. Which is nice.Four of them changed, four of them unchanged. The rest will get changed in due course.
The screens opposite platform 3 and half of the screens outside McDonald's have now been changed but not working at the moment...
This morning... The other two have now been replaced but not set up properly yet.
Except, the two departure screens are on the right. They used to be on the left which, in my observation, is the side most people use when walking in. It caught me out yesterday when I was glancing up as I always do to confirm which platform my train was on while walking hurriedly past.One of the new screens outside McDonald's shows arrivals. Which is nice.
They say its to save energy and easier to read information.Perhaps a stupid question but what is the benefit of white screens? I’ve never had an issue with the orange ones - but I don’t have any issues with my sight so might be approaching it from the wrong angle
Which it used to do when it was in orangeOne of the new screens outside McDonald's shows arrivals. Which is nice.
Despite checking that screen at least 2 days each week, the first time I noticed arrivals being displayed was on the new screen.Which it used to do when it was in orange
South entrance has already been changed. If you're talking about the newer ones in the main concourse above the ticket barriers, they should be getting replaced soon.Are they changing over every board, including the recently put in yellow ones on the south concourse? Seems like a waste of money to me if so, and would make it harder to read if quickly passing by in a rush.
The same thing also happened at Market Harborough, with EMR. New orange LED displays were replaced not too long after installation to white LED, to keep the consistency in place with other stations which have received the new displays.They did the same at Edinburgh Waverley where after a number of years when the newer orange ones were installed from Platform 5 and 6 extensions there, they were replaced to white LED.
Probably cost, I'm expecting the main screens just to be white LED when they start doing those.I still don’t understand why we’re not getting modern LCD displays like many stations now have. Seems a lot of effort and cost to replace all these displays with something already outdated.
Phew! Leeds is such a dull, grey station that the orange screen provide one of the rare bits of colour. Same with the red and green on the gate line...So I've found out some more information, and the main screens on the concourse above the barriers are relatively new and fall outside of the scope of the project for updating the screens despite being orange.
It's the older life expired ones that are getting replaced. Older orange screens, clocks, etc.
Where exactly is the taxi rank now - from the description 'next to wetherspoons' it's out the 'back' on that stupid bit of road that seems to do a figure-8 to block itself... asking for the wife as she will need to get a cab back next week. The few times I've driven there it changes every time and gets worse (sorry if this is already mentioned in this thread)
Thanks - yes that's what I figured. She wants a cab rather than an uber - the times we've uber'd from the station they've been awful messy cars, black-and-whites have been better in the past.Go out the side entrance between spoons and what used to be KFC, and it's to the left. That's (mostly) where Ubers pick up too, although they're a law unto themselves.
There is a queue (of sorts); there's a big sign on the wall, wait there and the taxis will circulate round (they stack up on the road over the river). I don't think the sign indicated which way the queue should run though... The taxis themselves use the inner track, the outer track is for pick-up/set-down, and the centre road is for through traffic, but usually clogged up with Private Hires/Ubers/the public doing pick-ups and set-downsThanks - yes that's what I figured. She wants a cab rather than an uber - the times we've uber'd from the station they've been awful messy cars, black-and-whites have been better in the past.
People baling out in the centre road - sounds like some dubious bashing moves from the 1980s!There is a queue (of sorts); there's a big sign on the wall, wait there and the taxis will circulate round (they stack up on the road over the river). I don't think the sign indicated which way the queue should run though... The taxis themselves use the inner track, the outer track is for pick-up/set-down, and the centre road is for through traffic, but usually clogged up with Private Hires/Ubers/the public doing pick-ups and set-downs
Leeds can't even manage clear signposting on their inner-city motorway, so it's no surprise that the taxi-rank at the station is poor too!There is a queue (of sorts); there's a big sign on the wall, wait there and the taxis will circulate round (they stack up on the road over the river). I don't think the sign indicated which way the queue should run though... The taxis themselves use the inner track, the outer track is for pick-up/set-down, and the centre road is for through traffic, but usually clogged up with Private Hires/Ubers/the public doing pick-ups and set-downs
As is the on platform signage, But, the on bridge huge platform numbers are greatLeeds can't even manage clear signposting on their inner-city motorway, so it's no surprise that the taxi-rank at the station is poor too!
As is the on platform signage, But, the on bridge huge platform numbers are great