Trivia: Stations that still use CRTs for the information system

[TurbostarFan]

Wymondham and Thetford I think still have them.

Until recently they had old fashioned LCDs (but not CRTs), now Wymondham has a new Passenger Information Screen. I think it's the same with Thetford.

 

[Bungle965]

Until recently they had old fashioned LCDs (but not CRTs), now Wymondham has a new Passenger Information Screen. I think it's the same with Thetford.

That probably came in the same time as the new station announcer came in also.
Sam

 

[iphone76]

The old CRT information screens at Gidea Park and Seven Kings have been replaced over the past few weeks.

 

[Parallel]

Machynlleth has one, possibly two. Barmouth possibly still has one too.

Barmouth's (& Pwllheli's) have now been replaced with new dot matrix LED screens.

Last time I was there, Machynlleth still had one on Platform 2 though it wasn't working.

I wonder if there is still one in the car park at Pantyffynnon. I can't find any photos of the station from this year to see if it's been replaced or not.

 

[Sonadagothalus]

Wymondham and Thetford I think still have them.

I was there a few years back with work and was shocked, more that it still said Central Trains with a phone number to call at the bottom

 

[bluenoxid]

not railway but still CRT screens in bus shelters in Bradford. There is one on Leeds road in Thornbury

The project to replace all of these seemed to eradicate virtually all of these screens but some stragglers hang on.

 

[F Great Eastern]

That probably came in the same time as the new station announcer came in also.
Sam

Indeed, that awful text to speech system that is provided by the same people who provided the bug ridden displays that often both give out information that is not correct.

Some stations still have the Infotec orange screens and the original announcements which means you get good quality information pretty much all of the time, whereas many stations now have the new screens and haven't got the new voice yet, which means that if you don't look at a screen and just listen, you#ll probably be on the right platform and/or train.

 

[Old Yard Dog]

Hooton and Ellesmere Port have CRT monitors inside the ticket offices (and in the P1/P2 waiting room at Hooton) but more modern displays on the platforms.

 

[MrJeeves]

Thought I'd bring up the fact that Wivelsfield and Burgess Hill still had them until fairly recently when they were replaced with the larger dot matrix boards

 

[Hyphen]

I wonder if there is still one in the car park at Pantyffynnon. I can't find any photos of the station from this year to see if it's been replaced or not.

Don't have photos to hand sorry, but there was definitely no CRT there as of Sept last year. The display did look quite shiny, so maybe a very recent replacement.