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Group: uk.transport.london · Group Profile
Author: Paul CorfieldPaul Corfield Date: Aug 3, 2008 10:57
On Sun, 3 Aug 2008 09:52:38 -0700 (PDT), MIG
doreenbird.co.uk> wrote:
>Today I was on a 21 in the Old Kent Road and on the approach to each
>bus stop, both the display and the voice announced the same thing, eg
>"Trafalgar Avenue".
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>But when the bus was ready to leave each stop, the display announced
>"21 to Lewisham Centre" but the voice announced simply "Crystal
>Palace".
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>This was more like the way that the next stop is announced, although
>it corresponded to announcing the route and destination.
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>Maybe the voice says "Crystal Palace" every time it doesn't know what
>to say?
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>It reminds me of the SWT 450s which, while the display was showing
>"all seats on this service are standard class" (or something like
>that), the voice ominously announced "One".
I've not seen or heard anything that resembles a default message on an
I-Bus equipped vehicle. As London Central are still mid way through
their conversion sounds to me like a system fault or more likely the
driver has input incorrect trip and destination details in the system.
--
Paul C
Admits to working for London Underground!
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