SWR class 444 displaying two digit headcode - new?

[boiledbeans2]

Did someone try to enter a route code, followed by a "/0"?

(The attached file shows a Class 450 on a Dorking service on 14th June, with the display showing "NAN")

 

[norbitonflyer]

Not so sure about this statement, if you are standing on the up platform at Fratton for instance the trains could be heading for any number of destinations in addition to Waterloo - in fact Waterloo is the minority destination, try Southampton, Brighton, London Victoria, Littlehampton or even Cardiff for instance !

There are relatively few places on the SWR network where that is the case though - certainly once you are past Basingstoke, Havant, or Epsom the train is unlikely to be going anywhere other than Waterloo

 

[The exile]

Route numbers are useful for everyone, provided that stopping patterns are consistent and the route numbers are deployed on all information sources and remain consistent for as long as possible. However, it’s the sort of thing those pesky continental Europeans do, so of course it’s a non-starter here.

 

[Towers]

Numbers are also routinely displayed on GWR Turbos in the Reading area, as part of what I assume was originally the same system? In these modern days of LED screens it’s difficult to find a decent photograph, but they appear alongside the written destination - 01 is Reading to Basingstoke, I believe.

 

[NSEWonderer]

Still get the odd Nan issue crop up, often after someone has manually message input one of the old southern codes into the pis and the next Guard tries to input the pis code for the new Journey.

Seems the spotter below found it truly sensational.

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Did someone try to enter a route code, followed by a "/0"?

(The attached file shows a Class 450 on a Dorking service on 14th June, with the display showing "NAN")

Dorking codes for some reason, quite commonly do that.

 

[boiledbeans2]

In November 2025, I saw "1A76 Lon. Wat." on a Class 450 side display (see attachment). Probably a trainspotter guard who entered it?
Didn't manage to get a photo of the front/rear display, but from my notes, it was simply "L. Wat."

 

[lxfe_mxtterz]

In November 2025, I saw "1A76 Lon. Wat." on a Class 450 side display (see attachment). Probably a trainspotter guard who entered it?

Most probably - and just an interesting point as an aside, during engineering works or "special turns", the PIS codes are often omitted from our schedule cards rendering it necessary to manually input the destination and make manual announcements.

Some guards like to use the "closest" PIS code to the (probably amended) calling pattern, but personally I don't mind doing manual announcements so just tend to leave it as is.