PIS Display at a station

[CentralTrainer]

As a user of the rail who knows a little but also knows not a lot - we’ve just come through Bromsgrove on the way to Worcester Foregate Street from Birmingham New Street.

The on platform matrix sign scrolled through the calling points - but had a weird entry I’ve not seen before:

Worcester Shrub Hill (x) - 2058

What does the (x) denote?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

The on platform matrix sign scrolled through the calling points - but had a weird entry I’ve not seen before:

Worcester Shrub Hill (x) - 2058

What does the (x) denote?

Request stop, possibly?! Does that make sense, though?

 

[Agent_Squash]

The (x) indicates request stop.

Edit: beaten to it!

 

[CentralTrainer]

Worcester Shrub Hill a request stop?

That doesn’t make sense as it’s a pretty major station here and we’d have to dwell for a few minutes for the crew to change end due to the reversal around the Worcester Triangle

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I’ll see what the signs at Droitwich are displaying

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Looking at the on board screens (thank you WMR for putting them in) - we get to Shrub Hill at 2044 - and will then sit there for 15 minutes before taking the two minute or so onward down to Foregate

 

[VideozVideoz]

Worcester Shrub Hill a request stop?

That doesn’t make sense as it’s a pretty major station here and we’d have to dwell for a few minutes for the crew to change end due to the reversal around the Worcester Triangle

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I’ll see what the signs at Droitwich are displaying

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Looking at the on board screens (thank you WMR for putting them in) - we get to Shrub Hill at 2044 - and will then sit there for 15 minutes before taking the two minute or so onward down to Foregate

It’s got to be a mistake. No way could that station be a request stop (x). There is no other reason I can think of for putting a (x)

 

[CentralTrainer]

I’ve just had a message back from a guard who works for WMT - apparently it means “Reverses Here”

 

[Mcr Warrior]

I’ve just had a message back from a guard who works for WMT - apparently it means “Reverses Here”

Makes sense in context, but not seen that one before!

 

[VideozVideoz]

Makes sense in context, but not seen that one before!

I have never seen (or heard) that one before either! They’d be better off putting (r) instead because (x) is def request stop