Re: CityRail passenger info upgrade

[Railway Rasputin <bob@fastlink.com.au>]

mcfergus@my-deja.com wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Well, I was only joking when I asked whether CityRail were seriously
> considering installing CRT or plasma monitors at suburban stations, but
> apparently they are! According to
>
> http://www.smh.com.au/news/9906/22/national/national11.html
>
> all CBD stations, Redfern, North Sydney, Kings Cross, Edgecliff, Bondi
> Junction, Ashfield, Strathfield, Lidcombe and Penrith will get a Martin
> Place type of PID installation. Whilst it is good to see a commitment
> to improved passenger information (and a shame to see the union
> whingeing about supposed 'passenger confusion' caused by hi-tech PID
> systems), I really don't see why they want to use this type of system.
> It looks particularly vandal attractive, and I don't think the fancy
> monitors will last very long in some of the stations to get the
> installation. SPI has shown itself to be effective, and has coped well
> at stations such as Sutherland and Campbelltown. On the plus side, it
> seems that this new system will be remotely operated, hence providing
> more reliable information than some of the current installations do...
>
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The biggest thing I hate about the SPI indicators id that they take too
long to read the stops as they scroll along. If they use the same ones used
at Olympic Park it would be ok but the red led ones located at C/town,
Sutherland, Blacktown etc, are to slow.

rgds