Onboard PIDs

[ozbob]

Coming in on SMU 222 this morning noticed these retro-fitted PIDs.  Good move!  Synchronised with the announcements.







Photographs R Dow 13th April 2010

[stephenk]

Extra handrails would probably be more useful!

[ozbob]

The PIDs are great for those hard of hearing, particularly at night.   

[Golliwog]

I agree, this is a good move. Will definately help for those who aren't familiar with every line.

[Jon Bryant]

Agree the PIDs are a great idea.

[ButFli]

I think we need more than just the next station displayed. The next couple of stations would be good.

The New York Subway has a map of the entire line with an indicator to show you where you are. It would be a bit harder to do here because any train can travel on any line, but surely something could be worked out.

[Golliwog]

Perhaps they could change the programing and make it scroll through the next 3 stops? eg: "1. Keperra ...... 2. Grovely ....... 3. Oxford Park"

[somebody]

Sydney's Millenium trains scroll through all the stops the train is stopping at, and a DVA (Digital Voice Announcement) of the next stop.  If you do more than display the next stop, you should really show all the stops.  Otherwise it could be confusing.

[stephenk]

I think we need more than just the next station displayed. The next couple of stations would be good.

The New York Subway has a map of the entire line with an indicator to show you where you are. It would be a bit harder to do here because any train can travel on any line, but surely something could be worked out.

The NYC subway has flexible PIDs on newer R160s trains that can adjust to different lines, as in this photo
http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?97030 

However, these provide little more information than scrolling dot matrix signs commonly found on UK regional trains. Larger letters as found on the latter are better for the visually challenged.