Re: Parramatta Indicator Boards

["Eric Cartman" <erkemail@yahoo.com>]

Hi

As I was saying (b4 windows decided I was doing an illegal operation), the
effectiveness of the indicators depend on the staff concerned operating the
PC and Parramatta is not the only station with the problems written on this
thread.

As an aside, I remember seeing "FREIGHT TRAIN" indicated on a SPI @ Hornsby
once but too bad it was in the night time and I was not in a good position.

Eric
www.erk.au.com
Many indicator pics on my Transport section of my website

Vanguard wrote in message <3839e0fa@pink.one.net.au>...
>Hi,
>You think that's bad! It's ridiculous the number of times one board at one
>end of the platform will show something different to the one at the other
>end! Then one board will indicate the next train is going to Berowra for
>example, but will be scrolling the stops for the Campbelltown service!
>
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>Simon Buxton <sb@zip.com.au> wrote in message
>news:3839327f.1165838@news.zip.com.au...
>> Hi
>>
>> I had occasion to make trip to Parramatta recently and noticed the new
>> electronic indicator boards on the platforms.
>>
>> As I waited for a train the expected time worked down to zero minutes
>> at the time-tabled time and stayed showing that the train was expected
>> in zero minutes until it actually arrived 10 minutes later.
>>
>> Can someone tell me whether all these boards do is indicate the
>> timetable time and not when the train is actually expected to arrive?
>> If that is the case then they are really no more than an electronic
>> timetable and serve no very useful purpose.
>>
>> Simon
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