Re: Central Station - "New" Destination Indicator

[ROY HOWARTH <rhowarth@tig.com.au>]

Sounding sentimental here, but it would be a shame if those old light 
indicators went. They're almost old enough to warrant a heritage order, 
but I guess they are somewhat out of place in the age of VDU's. 

Will they be preserved in some form? If not they should be, being the 
last example of the once common "switches and dials" inidcators once seen 
at Town Hall, Wynyard, St James etc. Was quite surprised to see stations 
like Macarthur, Holsworthy and most recently Olympic Park added to the 
displays as if they had always been there!

Roy H

Robert Harris <bob@fastlink.com.au> wrote:
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>Graham Fry wrote:
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>> To my amazement I see at Sydney's Central Station two new train
>> destination boards are being constructed. They are located on the
>> country train side adjacent to the toilets.
>> However, the most remarkable aspect is the technology - wood, 4 sided
>> turnover blocks, manual clock and not a wire in sight! While this
>> technology is still common on suburban stations I find it amazing that
>> at one of the busiest stations in Sydney we go back to this system.
>> Does this indicate that all these new electronic indicators may not be
>> as good as claimed or that their costs cannot be justified?
>> Will this replace the current light system indicator located behind the
>> barriers?
>>
>> Any ideas?
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>Apparantly so. The Lifts are going near where the current indicators are.
>They really are in a bad spot anyway. Apparantly since the "joining" of Syd
>Terminal and Central, all staff swap and apparantly some of the former Syd
>Terminal staff are to perplexed by the indicators. What they will do with
>the old indicators I don't know.
>I believe the wooden indicators are the best. Simple and you don't have to
>worry about power failures and other such problems.
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>rgds
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