On train information and the lack thereof, post your experience - Page 7

Mark Gleeson · 20-03-2006, 10:35

There are clear instructions on how to delete a stop when required

Mark Gleeson · 20-03-2006, 10:37

8:05 Greystones Howth
No maps in front coach 8602
No displays working
PA working but volume inconsistent
Train does not have CCTV despite PA insisting it does
No destination shown on rear coach

Mark Gleeson · 21-03-2006, 09:11

8:05 Greystones Howth
No maps in front coach 8109

7:18 Drogheda Bray
Showing Drogheda as destination on all coaches

17:15 Bray Malahide
8614/13/15/16
No external displays
No maps

17:25 Howth Bray
8636/35/30/29
Usual silence when the time came to say Sydney Parade

Colm Donoghue · 21-03-2006, 10:04

I just remembered about one of my trips on the dart on la le Phadraig, there were no maps and no announcements of stops and no working display in the carriage I was in.

Mark Gleeson · 22-03-2006, 09:22

7:18 Drogheda Bray
Showing Drogheda as desintation yet again

8:05 Greystones Bray
Coach 8127 has only one map instead of 8

17:15 Bray Malahide
8621/22/33/34
Showing Bray as destination on rear coach

17:25 Howth Bray
8636/35/30/29
Usual silence when the time came to say Sydney Parade

Mark Gleeson · 23-03-2006, 15:27

7:18 Drogheda Bray
Showing Out of Services as destination (third day in a row its been wrong)

8:05 Greystones Bray
Coach 8127 has only one map instead of 8

Mark Gleeson · 27-03-2006, 08:02

7:18 Drogheda Bray
Showing Ballina as destination on front and nothing on rear

8:05 Greystones Bray
Showing Greystones on front, Bray on rear.
No PA, displays or maps working
8611/12/8114

17:50 Pearse Dundalk
External panels lit up and died after about 3 seconds
29x20/07

17:25 Howth Bray
Usual silence when the time came to say Sydney Parade

17:40 Bray Malahide
Showing out of service as destination on the rear coach

Mark Gleeson · 28-03-2006, 08:46

7:18 Drogheda Bray
Showing Mallow as destination on front and nothing on rear and Greystones elsewhere

8:05 Greystones Bray
No PA, only one display working in lead coach at outer end
All we got was the seats are not for feet/no smoking message
8604/03+

17:25 Howth Bray
Usual silence when the time came to say Sydney Parade

Mark Gleeson · 29-03-2006, 08:24

7:18 Drogheda Bray
Showing Mallow as destination on front and nothing on rear and Arklow elsewhere

8:05 Greystones Bray
No PA, no displays working
8604/03+

17:25 Howth Bray
Usual silence when the time came to say Sydney Parade

Thomas J Stamp · 29-03-2006, 15:04

Ok, I bet it says Cork on it.

Who else wants to have a go?

submarine · 29-03-2006, 18:41

It might interest all that none of the railcars in the Limerick area have any destination indicators at all, at all

Mark Gleeson · 29-03-2006, 18:55

We know this, those railcars never had destinations shown when in Dublin either

In response to a written query I'm told electronic displays are on order to rectify this, the first batch where due February

Mark Gleeson · 30-03-2006, 08:06

7:18 Drogheda Bray
Clearly wasn't showing Bray for what is now the 7th day in a row.
It was very confused today

12:30 Connolly Tallaght Luas
Showing Out of Service but most definitely in service
Was informing people to change for Crumlin Hospital and the next stop on the LED panel

18:35 Heuston Thurles
Garbled PA just as the doors closed, at each stop thereafter the PA chimed but nothing was said because the member of staff didn't wait for the chime to sound he just starting talking instantly

ACustomer · 30-03-2006, 08:11

What is it with the 07.18 Drogheda-Bray? Does it appear daily here not because it's expectional but because it happens to be the train you take every day? Is there some bolshy driver rostered for it; or is it the same rolling stock which is faulty?

Maybe you should only post about the 0718 when all systems actually work: that would be news!

Mark Gleeson · 30-03-2006, 08:16

Every morning waiting to go into town it passes by in the opposite direction

The following destinations where shown today (in alphabetic order)
Blank, Drogheda, Drogheda, Limerick Junction and Mallow

Mark Gleeson · 03-04-2006, 08:19

14:50 Greystones Howth
No PA, no displays working
8608/7+

James Shields · 04-04-2006, 20:26

17:31 Connolly to Drogheda (originating in Bray)

Displays and announcements working, but between Laytown and Drogheda, the internal display read something like:

Quote:

.mroftalp eht dna niart eht neewteb pag eht dnim esaelp niart eht gnivael sregnessaP .pots lanif eht si sihT .adehgorD si noitats txen ehT

I kid you not - the whole message was backwards.

ACustomer · 04-04-2006, 20:41

God, how did you manage to type that?!

Mark Gleeson · 04-04-2006, 21:06

Rhigt ttahs a sanrgte one, the haumn mnid can hdalne jblmeud up ltetres but bwrdackas is a ltilte far

Still with me good

And the translation is

The next station is Drogheda. This is the last stop. Passengers leaving the train please mind the gap between the train and the platform.

I'm sure that should be

The next station is Drogheda. This is the last stop. Passengers leaving the train at Drogheda please mind the gap between the train and the platform.

I programed LCD character displays enos ago and you simply can't have that kind of error, computers read forward they don't read backwards

James Shields · 05-04-2006, 01:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark Gleeson

Rhigt ttahs a sanrgte one, the haumn mnid can hdalne jblmeud up ltetres but bwrdackas is a ltilte far

Still with me good

And the translation is

The next station is Drogheda. This is the last stop. Passengers leaving the train please mind the gap between the train and the platform.

I'm sure that should be

The next station is Drogheda. This is the last stop. Passengers leaving the train at Drogheda please mind the gap between the train and the platform.

I programed LCD character displays enos ago and you simply can't have that kind of error, computers read forward they don't read backwards

I haven't done much with LCDs, but I agree it's very strange. Computers don't generally make that sort of error. And it only did it for one stop (that I noticed). The message I quoted was from memory, so it may not be exact. I think there was something about making sure you take your belongings with you in there too. The message seemed perfect except reversed, and not very readable.

Oh, and in place of the Irish translation was simply "06".

20-03-2006, 10:37	#122
Mark Gleeson Technical Officer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Coach C, Seat 33 Posts: 12,669	20-3-2006 8:05 Greystones Howth No maps in front coach 8602 No displays working PA working but volume inconsistent Train does not have CCTV despite PA insisting it does No destination shown on rear coach

21-03-2006, 09:11	#123
Mark Gleeson Technical Officer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Coach C, Seat 33 Posts: 12,669	21-3-2006 8:05 Greystones Howth No maps in front coach 8109 7:18 Drogheda Bray Showing Drogheda as destination on all coaches 17:15 Bray Malahide 8614/13/15/16 No external displays No maps 17:25 Howth Bray 8636/35/30/29 Usual silence when the time came to say Sydney Parade Last edited by Mark Gleeson : 21-03-2006 at 19:40.

22-03-2006, 09:22	#125
Mark Gleeson Technical Officer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Coach C, Seat 33 Posts: 12,669	22-3-2006 7:18 Drogheda Bray Showing Drogheda as desintation yet again 8:05 Greystones Bray Coach 8127 has only one map instead of 8 17:15 Bray Malahide 8621/22/33/34 Showing Bray as destination on rear coach 17:25 Howth Bray 8636/35/30/29 Usual silence when the time came to say Sydney Parade Last edited by Mark Gleeson : 22-03-2006 at 21:26.

23-03-2006, 15:27	#126
Mark Gleeson Technical Officer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Coach C, Seat 33 Posts: 12,669	23-3-2006 7:18 Drogheda Bray Showing Out of Services as destination (third day in a row its been wrong) 8:05 Greystones Bray Coach 8127 has only one map instead of 8

27-03-2006, 08:02	#127
Mark Gleeson Technical Officer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Coach C, Seat 33 Posts: 12,669	27-3-2006 7:18 Drogheda Bray Showing Ballina as destination on front and nothing on rear 8:05 Greystones Bray Showing Greystones on front, Bray on rear. No PA, displays or maps working 8611/12/8114 17:50 Pearse Dundalk External panels lit up and died after about 3 seconds 29x20/07 17:25 Howth Bray Usual silence when the time came to say Sydney Parade 17:40 Bray Malahide Showing out of service as destination on the rear coach Last edited by Mark Gleeson : 27-03-2006 at 17:59.

20-03-2006, 10:35	#121
Mark Gleeson Technical Officer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Coach C, Seat 33 Posts: 12,669	There are clear instructions on how to delete a stop when required

21-03-2006, 10:04	#124
Colm Donoghue Really Regular Poster Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 873	I just remembered about one of my trips on the dart on la le Phadraig, there were no maps and no announcements of stops and no working display in the carriage I was in.

28-03-2006, 08:46	#128
Mark Gleeson Technical Officer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Coach C, Seat 33 Posts: 12,669	28-3-2006 7:18 Drogheda Bray Showing Mallow as destination on front and nothing on rear and Greystones elsewhere 8:05 Greystones Bray No PA, only one display working in lead coach at outer end All we got was the seats are not for feet/no smoking message 8604/03+ 17:25 Howth Bray Usual silence when the time came to say Sydney Parade Last edited by Mark Gleeson : 29-03-2006 at 08:24.

29-03-2006, 08:24	#129
Mark Gleeson Technical Officer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Coach C, Seat 33 Posts: 12,669	29-3-2006 7:18 Drogheda Bray Showing Mallow as destination on front and nothing on rear and Arklow elsewhere 8:05 Greystones Bray No PA, no displays working 8604/03+ 17:25 Howth Bray Usual silence when the time came to say Sydney Parade Last edited by Mark Gleeson : 29-03-2006 at 18:44.

29-03-2006, 15:04	#130
Thomas J Stamp Chairman/Publicity Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: The Home of Hurling Posts: 2,708	0718 Drogheda train- TOMORROW Ok, I bet it says Cork on it. Who else wants to have a go?

29-03-2006, 18:41	#131
submarine New to the board Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin Posts: 7	on train information It might interest all that none of the railcars in the Limerick area have any destination indicators at all, at all

29-03-2006, 18:55	#132
Mark Gleeson Technical Officer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Coach C, Seat 33 Posts: 12,669	We know this, those railcars never had destinations shown when in Dublin either In response to a written query I'm told electronic displays are on order to rectify this, the first batch where due February Last edited by Mark Gleeson : 29-03-2006 at 19:01.

30-03-2006, 08:06	#133
Mark Gleeson Technical Officer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Coach C, Seat 33 Posts: 12,669	30-3-2006 7:18 Drogheda Bray Clearly wasn't showing Bray for what is now the 7th day in a row. It was very confused today 12:30 Connolly Tallaght Luas Showing Out of Service but most definitely in service Was informing people to change for Crumlin Hospital and the next stop on the LED panel 18:35 Heuston Thurles Garbled PA just as the doors closed, at each stop thereafter the PA chimed but nothing was said because the member of staff didn't wait for the chime to sound he just starting talking instantly Last edited by Mark Gleeson : 31-03-2006 at 08:15.

30-03-2006, 08:11	#134
ACustomer Really Regular Poster Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 767	What is it with the 07.18 Drogheda-Bray? Does it appear daily here not because it's expectional but because it happens to be the train you take every day? Is there some bolshy driver rostered for it; or is it the same rolling stock which is faulty? Maybe you should only post about the 0718 when all systems actually work: that would be news!

30-03-2006, 08:16	#135
Mark Gleeson Technical Officer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Coach C, Seat 33 Posts: 12,669	Every morning waiting to go into town it passes by in the opposite direction The following destinations where shown today (in alphabetic order) Blank, Drogheda, Drogheda, Limerick Junction and Mallow Last edited by Mark Gleeson : 30-03-2006 at 08:19.

03-04-2006, 08:19	#136
Mark Gleeson Technical Officer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Coach C, Seat 33 Posts: 12,669	2-4-2006 14:50 Greystones Howth No PA, no displays working 8608/7+

04-04-2006, 20:41	#138
ACustomer Really Regular Poster Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 767	God, how did you manage to type that?!

04-04-2006, 21:06	#139
Mark Gleeson Technical Officer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Coach C, Seat 33 Posts: 12,669	Rhigt ttahs a sanrgte one, the haumn mnid can hdalne jblmeud up ltetres but bwrdackas is a ltilte far Still with me good And the translation is The next station is Drogheda. This is the last stop. Passengers leaving the train please mind the gap between the train and the platform. I'm sure that should be The next station is Drogheda. This is the last stop. Passengers leaving the train at Drogheda please mind the gap between the train and the platform. I programed LCD character displays enos ago and you simply can't have that kind of error, computers read forward they don't read backwards

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