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Post by snoggle on Aug 17, 2018 12:20:21 GMT
Looks like Londonist have found a new "mini Countdown" display attached to a normal bus stop flag. londonist.com/london/transport/unusual-bus-stopCould work on lower frequency routes where you don't need lots of lines of display and where wait times info is important. Not so sure about busier stops with mutiple routes. |
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Post by NWBusConnoisseur on Aug 18, 2018 17:33:55 GMT
Interesting, the font makes it look very European if that makes any sense. I wonder if it's easy to view when there is a lot of sunshine or if there is any background lighting to fix that.
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Post by ServerKing on Aug 18, 2018 22:32:22 GMT
Looks like Londonist have found a new "mini Countdown" display attached to a normal bus stop flag. londonist.com/london/transport/unusual-bus-stopCould work on lower frequency routes where you don't need lots of lines of display and where wait times info is important. Not so sure about busier stops with mutiple routes. Looks like TfL benefited from Maplin's collapse  looks like the electronic bric a brac that was popular in their stores along with drones and mixing decks for DJ's  I feel sorry for the Incident Response teams who have to go round fitting CR2032 watch batteries in every bus stop flag now I can see it helping on bus stops with no Countdown displays, but want to know if it is backlit for night time or illegible in bright sunlight. Hopefully TfL's electronics innovation phase will be more popular than the branding phase was?  |
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Post by capitalomnibus on Aug 19, 2018 19:37:58 GMT
Looks like Londonist have found a new "mini Countdown" display attached to a normal bus stop flag. londonist.com/london/transport/unusual-bus-stopCould work on lower frequency routes where you don't need lots of lines of display and where wait times info is important. Not so sure about busier stops with mutiple routes. These were to be introduced a few years ago IIRC, I thought the plans may have been ditched. |
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Post by snoggle on Aug 19, 2018 22:41:19 GMT
Looks like Londonist have found a new "mini Countdown" display attached to a normal bus stop flag. londonist.com/london/transport/unusual-bus-stopCould work on lower frequency routes where you don't need lots of lines of display and where wait times info is important. Not so sure about busier stops with mutiple routes. These were to be introduced a few years ago IIRC, I thought the plans may have been ditched. Ah thanks. There was a lingering doubt in my mind as to whether these were really brand new. I thought one had been trialled somewhere else. Probably just Londonist being out of date. |
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Post by abellion on Aug 23, 2018 12:32:08 GMT
Interesting, the font makes it look very European if that makes any sense. I wonder if it's easy to view when there is a lot of sunshine or if there is any background lighting to fix that. I agree. It's a bad idea to use it in busy places |
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Post by vjaska on Aug 23, 2018 13:07:04 GMT
Looks like Londonist have found a new "mini Countdown" display attached to a normal bus stop flag. londonist.com/london/transport/unusual-bus-stopCould work on lower frequency routes where you don't need lots of lines of display and where wait times info is important. Not so sure about busier stops with mutiple routes. There's another one of these on a stop in Bromley which the 138 & 162 serve. |
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Post by busaholic on Aug 23, 2018 16:08:03 GMT
Looks like Londonist have found a new "mini Countdown" display attached to a normal bus stop flag. londonist.com/london/transport/unusual-bus-stopCould work on lower frequency routes where you don't need lots of lines of display and where wait times info is important. Not so sure about busier stops with mutiple routes. There's another one of these on a stop in Bromley which the 138 & 162 serve. The current issue of 'Buses' mag quotes another location too: I read it last night, and don't have the mag to hand, but I think it was Lower Sloane St. |
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Post by Londonbuses54 on Sept 11, 2018 19:20:57 GMT
Looks like Londonist have found a new "mini Countdown" display attached to a normal bus stop flag. londonist.com/london/transport/unusual-bus-stopCould work on lower frequency routes where you don't need lots of lines of display and where wait times info is important. Not so sure about busier stops with mutiple routes. There's another one of these on a stop in Bromley which the 138 & 162 serve. Which stop? |
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Post by lonmark on Sept 12, 2018 6:20:18 GMT
There's another one of these on a stop in Bromley which the 138 & 162 serve. Which stop? I was meant to tell you about this stop .. I think called 'Broadoaks Way' Bus stop. both bus toward Bromley Town Centre. :-) If I can remember it. |
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Post by someone on Jul 6, 2021 18:25:33 GMT
Looks like Londonist have found a new "mini Countdown" display attached to a normal bus stop flag. londonist.com/london/transport/unusual-bus-stopCould work on lower frequency routes where you don't need lots of lines of display and where wait times info is important. Not so sure about busier stops with mutiple routes. Shame these were only trialled at a few stops in central, north-west and south-east London, and most of them are beyond repair by now (July 2021), just 3 years after they were installed! |
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Post by lonmark on Jul 7, 2021 20:18:13 GMT
I was meant to tell you about this stop .. I think called 'Broadoaks Way' Bus stop. both bus toward Bromley Town Centre. :-) If I can remember it. Google map for you can look at it. I Will check it tomorrow if still working. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2021 15:59:31 GMT
Looks like Londonist have found a new "mini Countdown" display attached to a normal bus stop flag. londonist.com/london/transport/unusual-bus-stopCould work on lower frequency routes where you don't need lots of lines of display and where wait times info is important. Not so sure about busier stops with mutiple routes. Shame these were only trialled at a few stops in central, north-west and south-east London, and most of them are beyond repair by now (July 2021), just 3 years after they were installed! Saw them in Northwood and Harlington, the former a few years back and is no longer installed, whilst the latter had been installed but was switched off when I last looked |
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looks like the electronic bric a brac that was popular in their stores along with drones and mixing decks for DJ's 
I feel sorry for the Incident Response teams who have to go round fitting CR2032 watch batteries in every bus stop flag now 
