Wrapped go card readers on rail stations

[ozbob]

Slowly all the readers are being wrapped, Oxley the latest.





When I touched it sounder louder as well.

Photographs R Dow 30th June 2010

[ozbob]

Oxley platforms 1/2 east now has two readers.  Hopefully another will be placed on the exit to the subway when platform one recomissioned.



Photograph R Dow 30th June 2010

[Derwan]

Boondall has been done as well.

[stephenk]

Bowen Hills and Enoggera also have the wraps. Quite why TransLink did not do this when the Go-Card was first introduced is anyones guess!

[ClintonL94]

South Bank and Altandi are also done.

[Jon Bryant]

Morningside done as well Beeps no louder though I think?

[stephenk]

Morningside done as well Beeps no louder though I think?

Why would a large orange sticker make beeps louder?

[ozbob]

I posted earlier in this thread that the reader at Oxley sounded louder.  Jonno's comment was just a followup to that.  I know that new speakers are being progressively fitted to the bus devices, maybe to some of the station  readers too?

[somebody]

Why are they botherring?

[#Metro]

I think wraps for trains and wraps for readers are a cheap and effective way of deterring graffiti and making the thing look nice.
Make the stations look good, and people will use PT and vandalism will go down.

[stephenk]

Why are they botherring?

So that people can see them. It's harder to forgetfully walk past a grey reader than a bright orange reader. There is also something saying  "touch here", just to help the truly clueless (and there are many about - I saw someone trying to swipe a paper ticket against a gate arrow sign a few weeks ago!)

[somebody]

There are many, many, many better things for them to be doing.

[stephenk]

There are many, many, many better things for them to be doing.

For cost vs benefit, I think it was a good idea. They should have been wrapped when the Go-Card was introduced.

[Jon Bryant]

I decided to watch the passengers swipe off at Morningside tonight and I swear they were swiping off quicker.  The scanner and light seemed clearer and their speed was something I had not observed before.  Probably anecdotal but was amazing to watch.

[ozbob]

612 ABC Brisbane Breakfast  with Spencer Howson

Go Card readers supporting Netherlands in the World Cup final?

Click here!

Have you ever struggled to find the Go-Card Reader on a train platform?

They seem to blend in with all the other silvery, shiny things - especially on refurbished platforms.

But there's good news!

Translink is in the process of fixing that! And this morning 612 ABC Brisbane Breakfast reporter Anne O'Keeffe is finding out how:

[beetsje]

Are lcd screens being replaced?  I found them impossible to read in sunlight, and some at Wacol were hard to read anytime.  And do not get me started on the vertical screens on buses!

[ozbob]

Welcome beetsje!

Yes, a new LCD screen is being developed and the angle of the screens is being varied.  Some pilots soon to go out.

Cheers
Bob