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Post by Chris M on Apr 10, 2017 21:14:36 GMT
Approaching Hackney Downs southbound on a train ex-Chingford the DVA announces "The next station is Hackney Downs. Change her for trains to Enfield Town."
Does anyone know why there is no mention of Cheshunt, London Fields or Cambridge Heath (the latter two are not served by Chingford line trains but the map only indicates this by dagger)? The DVA does mention that the next stop is Bethnal Green, but only as the train is about to depart so too late for anyone to alight if they are on the wrong train.
edit: DVA = the audio announcements. I can't remember exactly what stands for but it's something like Digital Voice Announcer.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2017 14:29:01 GMT
I've noticed this as well unfortunately. Probably because of Abellio Greater Anglia's laziness + 2 possible routes can be made to Cheshunt from Hackney Downs (via Seven Sisters or via Tottenham Hale) but I expect that problem to be resolved by the time the new trains are in service.
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Post by snoggle on Apr 11, 2017 14:43:12 GMT
Approaching Hackney Downs southbound on a train ex-Chingford the DVA announces "The next station is Hackney Downs. Change her for trains to Enfield Town." Does anyone know why there is no mention of Cheshunt, London Fields or Cambridge Heath (the latter two are not served by Chingford line trains but the map only indicates this by dagger)? The DVA does mention that the next stop is Bethnal Green, but only as the train is about to depart so too late for anyone to alight if they are on the wrong train. edit: DVA = the audio announcements. I can't remember exactly what stands for but it's something like Digital Voice Announcer. Three possibilities 1. It didn't dawn on anyone to list the other possible destinations. 2. You'd have to be nuts to change for London Fields / Cambridge Heath as you'll have a nigh on 15 min wait because both trains depart south at the same time. One of the daftest bits of timetabling I know and, yes, I know it's all about pathing of faster trains and the stoppers are flighted close together. Still doesn't make it right. 3. There is some sort of constraint over message length in the DVA system? Who knows??  I think DVA is Digitised Voice Announcer (happy to be corrected). I won't share the Urban Dictionary definition - I'd never be allowed to post here again.   |
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Post by stapler on Apr 11, 2017 15:04:52 GMT
You also have a long trek via the stairs to change for either.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2017 15:29:18 GMT
DVA stands for Digital Voice Announcer
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