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Old April 21st 07, 11:46 PM posted to uk.transport.london
James Farrar James Farrar is offline
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Default In a LT minute
On Sat, 21 Apr 2007 22:17 +0100 (BST), (Colin
Rosenstiel) wrote:

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(Andy) wrote:

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It's always been like this since the dot matrix indicators were
installed in the late-80s.

Fair enough. But how do LT work out their minutes?

The story I was told was they were designed to make customers feel
like they are getting a better service as people would not notice
the difference between lu and real time.

At East Putney it's the other way round. The sign says the next train is
due in 3 minutes as the train appears round the corner and enters the
platform.

Hammersmith (Picc westbound) is similar to this. It also annoys me
that it lists the first train, plus the next train to a different
destination. "1. Heathrow 1 min / Next train to Northfields in 5 min"
is not helpful if you're trying to go to Rayners Lane. And in any
case, the next train to Northfields is in 1 min.
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