Re: CityRail passenger info upgrade

[Eddie Oliver <eoliver@efs.mq.edu.au>]

"THE Boss!" wrote:
> 
> Ron BESDANSKY (formerly Ron BEST) wrote in message ...
> 
> >Could be confusing to people who don't know the system whilst both the old
> >and new indicators are in place. The old indicators show Erskineville and
> St
> >Peters, even though the light next to them may never be on. But then I've
> >heard of people not realizing that the light has to be on for the train to
> >stop at that station. Which is why they developed the type of indicator
> >which used to be used at Circular Quay, St James & Museum, which only
> >displayed the staion name if the next train actually stopped there. What
> was
> >wrong with that type of indicator anyway?
> 
> It worked - they can't have things that work, can they?

Like mechanical interlockings - they work, but they require people with
special skills to maintain them (although it's never been obvious to me
just what those special skills were in the case of the old-style
indicators; most of the time they seemed maintenance-free).

Eddie