13 Jan 2016, 1:41 pm
#266
(13 Jan 2016, 12:42 pm)Dan Certainly wasn't implying anything! I was giving my opinion that it "makes very little sense" to use an abbreviation unnecessarily on a destination display. The only 'correct' way of making a destination is to include all relevant information to suit the bus operator's commercial needs - the styling is irrelevant. If Arriva thinks that abbreviating locations served on the route of a service meets their commercial needs, so be it.
I was fairly explicit in my previous response to Lee - as you have such an avid interest in the destination displays of other operators, I thought you'd like to look closer to home at Arriva's destination displays (which certainly aren't perfect!) 
In my personal opinion, I would prefer fewer via points (rather than the 20 to South Shields which seems to take an eternity to scroll). The destination screen is only there to reinforce information which is available at bus stops, and (in cases of route branded vehicles) key points on the side of the vehicles. I don't agree with the X12s showing 'Durham for Middlesbrough' then 'Durham via Chester-le-Street' - it should be showing a static 'for Middlesbrough' imo, but what do I know? As I'm constantly reminded, I'm 'just a driver'
