"Mrs Redboots" wrote in message
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The other day, I was in a car being driven northbound past Euston
station, and happened to catch sight of a bus whose destination blind
read "Short journey; ask driver!"

We pondered this for awhile and assumed it would mean that the bus in
question was stopping somewhere its destination blind didn't say, which
is fair enough. But this sparked a discussion as to why modern buses
don't have electronic destination blinds. I know the system was tried -
I used to see the odd 35 with them - but presumably it was too prone to
failure? On the other hand, if they can have electronic destination
blinds on trains (which they not only can, but do), why don't they have
them on buses? Inside the bus, too, would be helpful - how often have I
had to ask the driver what number bus I've actually boarded......

I think electronic destination displays on buses are fairly common. Around
here (Oxfordshire) the Oxford Park-and-Ride buses and the buses from Didcot,
Abingdon etc use them. They are mainly matrix displays (a matrix of LEDs)
rather then the LCD type that you tend to find on the front of trains and
also inside the carriages (eg over the inter-carriage doors).