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unusual facts about Passenger information system


British Rail Class 365

Internal LED Passenger Information Display Systems (PIDS) and Auto-Announcers are fitted across the entire fleet.


Chillingham Road Metro station

It is located adjacent to the tracks of Heaton TMD and the East Coast Main Line at the end of a long path from Chillingham Road, and is unusual in that electronic displays showing the arrival times of the next trains were only installed in 2009.


see also

British Rail Class 168

The Clubman fleet has problems with its passenger information system, which is based on GPRS and GSM technology, but frequently fails to accurately find its position, resulting in misleading information being displayed to passengers.

London Underground D78 Stock

adding an audio passenger information system guided by GPS and odometer, voiced by Emma Clarke: announcements for each station name include connecting lines, and provide warnings to "mind the gap between the train and the platform"