Richard J. wrote:
Paul Corfield wrote:

On Wed, 09 Feb 2005 14:40:06 +0000, Dave Newt
wrote:

Some stations achieve a balance but the odd one doesn't and a
wait of more than two minutes can mean you hear a stream of
noise over and over again.


Agreed. Hearing more than once that there is a "good service" while
waiting for your train is particularly irritating. Or at Leicester
Square last night awaiting a westbound Piccadilly: "There is a good
service on the Northern line". The Paris Metro answer is to display
network-wide service disruption details on a monitor as you enter the
station, and I find this much more sensible.

That is done to some extent at places like Baker Street and Notting Hill
Gate where there is a large LED display showing the status of each line,
although an actual disruption map would be more useful to those
unfamiliar with the network.

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Dave Arquati
Imperial College, SW7
www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London