390 Refurbishment/Modernisation

[Huntergreed]

I have noticed on twitter that 390047 has had fancy new internal screens installed displaying the destination and stops, as well as scheduled arrival times in the vestibules, I also note that this set has also received more modern destination boards on the exterior of the passenger doors. Is there any more plans to update the interior/exterior of the Pendolino fleet, as they are definitely getting a little dated, at the current time, and how many other sets have these changes currently been implemented on?

 

[DenmarkRail]

Where did you find these? Can you share the twitter handle who shared them?

 

[Huntergreed]

Apologies - here is the handle:

https://twitter.com/jackb156/status/932216172677926915

 

[DenmarkRail]

Ah I see... like them

 

[All Line Rover]

The external door displays haven't changed in any significant way. And the white on black text is less visible than the current green on black.

 

[Domh245]

The external door displays haven't changed in any significant way.

Perhaps not in terms of basic function (showing the destination and next stop, a departure time and a service ID) - but technologically they've gone from LCD to LED which I would anticipate has some sort of benefit beyond being able to use a more traditional looking font.

 

[xc170]

The external door displays haven't changed in any significant way. And the white on black text is less visible than the current green on black.

I actually disagree.

I'm visually impaired and have always found the Pendolino green on black to be quite poor.

White on black looks like it may be better, visually.

 

[childwallblues]

390020 is now in the new livery.