New Manchester Picc Departure Board

[BurtonM]

I concur, and as I've lamented before, there is space but for reasons unknown it's only really used for A-Z or advertising :roll:

 

[LLivery]

The blue and white ones. I quite like those new ones, though I would use a different layout.

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I mean the brand new ones, not the blue and white. I like them, just would also use a slightly different layout. The new Sydney style works quite well.
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Something something northern England?

I jest. There's nothing wrong with the orange LED boards, they just need to actually install the right ones in the right places.
I'll never understand why Piccadilly hasn't had a proper departure board since refurbishment - does it slightly predate them or something?

I quite like the old CRT monitors, there's something oddly welcoming about them, especially ones where the text is very low-res like Teletext.

I agree there is nothing wrong with the current ones. Just don't understand why they aren't being replaced with the new boards outside the TL core and the odd ScotRail. I was half expecting them at the new London Bridge through platforms.
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The new TL core screens are okay but it seems silly that it was designed to show key information at a glance, but then uses a very slow scrolling message to say how many coaches and if there's first class.

Surely one line can show icons, or better yet the carriages (like Virgin has done with more limited technology) which will show where first class is, how long the train is and - potentially - where you are when reading that individual screen.

Agreed, this could defiantly be done better.

 

[boyaloud]

Have they got a large clock you can meet under/at yet?

Anyone else think the lovely large presumably Victorian clock downstairs at Picc near Metrolink should be moved onto the main concourse? I've always HATED the tiny clock hidden in amongst the billboards, and tiny ones on train display boards. The Victorians had it right with huge clocks!

 

[Starmill]

I really don't see what the problem is. Every platform has the full list of departures on two screens, in addition to the fastest train to board. The summary of departures next to the new fastest train to board is the longest one on the station, you can see almost an hour ahead.

 

[mrbluelips]

Every platform has the full list of departures on two screens

Being a bit nit picky - but Platforms 1 and 12 don't...

 

[Thomas6187]

The second set of new departure monitors have been put up overnight. This just leaves the old set facing the main entrance

 

[Signal Head]

Personally I don't understand why a traditional departure board can't be installed above the gateline instead of advertising (as is customary?)...

I agree, this should have been done as part of the gateline work so you can see information without having to pass through the gates, as is common elsewhere, at MP it's arguably more necessary, to help you to decide whether the platform you need is inside the gateline or not.

I'm guessing the reason this wasn't done is purely financial.

Now, if I need to make a decision, I usually walk just past the staff on the ungated platforms a couple of feet so I can read the display, once they realise what you're trying to do they generally don't interfere.

 

[BurtonM]

Board number three is installed, hasn't been switched on yet.

 

[Leyland155]

Board number three is installed, hasn't been switched on yet.

All three boards are now up and running.

 

[Starmill]

I'm quite pleased - the new boards are easier to read, contain more information and there's a 50% increase in the area where people can stand to read the boards now.

 

[Thomas6187]

And they update straight away unlike the old one which updated every 5 minutes