Peter Smyth wrote:
Presumably though the new trains will all have in-car displays and automatic
announcements about the next station so there shouldn't be any need to look
out of the window to see where you are.

But will they have the innovation I've seen in Germany, of having
electronic arrows pointing at which side of the train the platform will
be on? Never really understood why this doesn't happen in the UK:
gradually I'm remembering which sides I want but arrows would greatly
help people flow.

--
Abi

On 1 Sep 2006 04:09:16 -0700, wrote:

Peter Smyth wrote:
Presumably though the new trains will all have in-car displays and automatic
announcements about the next station so there shouldn't be any need to look
out of the window to see where you are.

But will they have the innovation I've seen in Germany, of having
electronic arrows pointing at which side of the train the platform will
be on? Never really understood why this doesn't happen in the UK:
gradually I'm remembering which sides I want but arrows would greatly
help people flow.

I believe that Chicago and New York have tacked on "Doors open on the
(left/right)" to their announcements.
--
Chris Hansen
chrishansenhome at btinternet dot com

Christian Hansen wrote:
I believe that Chicago and New York have tacked on "Doors open on the
(left/right)" to their announcements.

Not New York, unless there's something about the brand new R-160 cars
(which first entered their testing phase and were then pulled from
testing both while I was in London) that I'm unaware of.
--
David of Broadway
New York, NY, USA

wrote:
Peter Smyth wrote:
Presumably though the new trains will all have in-car displays and
automatic announcements about the next station so there shouldn't
be any need to look out of the window to see where you are.

But will they have the innovation I've seen in Germany, of having
electronic arrows pointing at which side of the train the platform
will be on? Never really understood why this doesn't happen in the
UK: gradually I'm remembering which sides I want but arrows would
greatly help people flow.

Greatly? It's a marginal benefit. If the train is crowded, then you
can't in practice move to the correct doors before the train stops, and
if it's not crowded, you can easily see which side the platform is as
the train enters the station and move towards that side before the doors
open.

--
Richard J.
(to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address)