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Post by PiccNT on Apr 26, 2014 8:13:40 GMT
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Post by Dstock7080 on Apr 26, 2014 8:53:09 GMT
. . . . didn't realise the District went to Hounslow West. Rich Until 1964. District to South Acton (withdrawn 1959) also shown. |
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Post by ruislip on Apr 29, 2014 1:09:16 GMT
I wonder how many passengers were naive to think by reading the back of the map that they could travel directly on the Northern City Line(Highbury Branch) to Cockfosters.
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Post by greenpark on Apr 29, 2014 18:54:02 GMT
While we are at it, here is the train describer at St James's Park (Westbound) on 17th April 1963  |
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Post by Dstock7080 on Apr 29, 2014 21:40:12 GMT
While we are at it, here is the train describer at St James's Park (Westbound) on 17th April 1963 Very nice photo! Incidentally the non-stopping plates were black-on-yellow, the 'not stopping at' being yellow-on-black. The space beside 'EALING' has Harrow and Uxbridge covered over. Quaintly, NORTHFIELDS has (West Ealing) underneath! |
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Post by ruislip on May 5, 2014 15:50:52 GMT
While we are at it, here is the train describer at St James's Park (Westbound) on 17th April 1963 I wonder what the fine print at the bottom of the signs say? |
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Post by John Tuthill on May 5, 2014 17:36:28 GMT
While we are at it, here is the train describer at St James's Park (Westbound) on 17th April 1963 I wonder what the fine print at the bottom of the signs say? I have a very vague recollection that one referred to "If no Circle line train shown, take the first train and change at earls Court." The second I think referred to the days when the District went thru' to Hounslow West, and certain trains ran fast from Hammersmith to Acton Town. Unless there is a book just detailing "Station Indicators" maybe someone has a clearer photo in their collection? |
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Post by castlebar on May 5, 2014 21:59:34 GMT
The notices underneath gave times that the "Not stopping at Gloucester Road & South Kensington" service ran, and also to change at Earls Court for Wimbledon if "no through train" was shown. I am sure there were no "fasts" on the District between Hammersmith and Acton Town. Yes, the "metal signs for the non-stoppers" were black on yellow, not black on white
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Post by ruislip on May 6, 2014 16:54:33 GMT
Wouldn't Gloucester Rd or South Kensington be a more logical place to change for a Circle than Earls Court? The Circle never served Earls Court.
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2014 17:03:47 GMT
Wouldn't Gloucester Rd or South Kensington be a more logical place to change for a Circle than Earls Court? The Circle never served Earls Court. Well I think surely it's advising you to go to Earl's Court and take an Edgware Road district line train "if no Circle line shown" presumably there were times when such trains were few and far between and it was just better to carry on to Earl's Court and head up towards High St. |
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Post by hobbayne on May 6, 2014 22:43:21 GMT
I see there are two White City stations. Wasnt the H&C one called Wood Lane??
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2014 15:23:50 GMT
I see there are two White City stations. Wasnt the H&C one called Wood Lane?? Only until 1947 - it was renamed when the Central Line station was replaced by the present White City station. |
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Post by brigham on Jun 26, 2014 14:58:40 GMT
Excellent picture. Time for a photo-gallery on Train Describers.
(Is there a book on the subject?)
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Post by theblackferret on Jul 24, 2014 20:52:47 GMT
I think we should maybe have a discussion, too, about whether these sort of describers were actually better than the "smallprint" ones we are lumbered with today.
I would think many visually-impaired passengers might find that larger print more helpful, for a start? Especially, if they could be adapted to show in brackets how many minutes before first & 2nd trains arrive.
I believe there's one station on the District Line that still has these on one platform-might be Earl's Court?
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Post by domh245 on Jul 24, 2014 21:10:46 GMT
Earls Court still has these old things, but I doubt that we would want them back en masse! Granted the current ones are a bit small, but that brings the benefit of lower maintenance costs. However where the new ones win is when it comes to flexibility, the ability to display all the possible destinations with a couple of keystrokes - here, you would only have that flexibility if the describer was the size of the platform! Perhaps a "best of both worlds" would be to have a larger dot matrix TD, with the regular destinations along the side and then the number of minutes across the edge, reading left to right, next train to later, I think a simple diagram is in order: Basing it on St James Park WB as in the photo: Destination 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th +-----------------+-------------------- |Ealing Broadway | 1 |Wimbledon | 3 |Richmond | 7 |Circle Line | 0 8 +-----------------+--------------------- or something similar to that, but to be honest, the current system works fine. If it ain't broke, don't fix it! (unless you are granted a large budget and told to do so!  )Also, it might be worth a mod splitting any discussion about TDs to a new one at your discretion |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2014 21:20:18 GMT
Also, it might be worth a mod splitting any discussion about TDs to a new one at your discretion We do seem to be having quite a few of them in various places don't we  |
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Post by theblackferret on Jul 24, 2014 21:27:13 GMT
Yep, happy if the mods want to pull this onto a new thread.
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