Destination Displays
Destination Displays
(12 Dec 2021, 3:39 pm)Rob44 No idea but all the buses i used have the information screens and were showing what tickets you could buy, telling about the cap if you used the same debit/credit card for all journeys, information about the extension of the trams, what buses you need to get to specific place ( like the XX to the zoo or the YY to the castle. pleasant drivers who were happy to see you and said goodbye when you alighted. Great service.
(12 Dec 2021, 3:39 pm)Rob44 No idea but all the buses i used have the information screens and were showing what tickets you could buy, telling about the cap if you used the same debit/credit card for all journeys, information about the extension of the trams, what buses you need to get to specific place ( like the XX to the zoo or the YY to the castle. pleasant drivers who were happy to see you and said goodbye when you alighted. Great service.
(12 Dec 2021, 4:27 pm)Dan To be fair, you get most of this on a Go North East bus (those fitted with next stop announcements, anyway).
Be under no illusion that away from the main core network, Lothian have older buses without all the bells and whistles too, just like Go North East.
Appreciate other operators in the North East are lacking with this level of information on their screens.
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(12 Dec 2021, 4:27 pm)Dan To be fair, you get most of this on a Go North East bus (those fitted with next stop announcements, anyway).
Be under no illusion that away from the main core network, Lothian have older buses without all the bells and whistles too, just like Go North East.
Appreciate other operators in the North East are lacking with this level of information on their screens.
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(12 Dec 2021, 4:36 pm)Rob44 the main GNE buses i use dan are the 28a and 28b and the 29 so you can imagine the lothain buses i used to get around were positively luxurious
(12 Dec 2021, 4:36 pm)Rob44 the main GNE buses i use dan are the 28a and 28b and the 29 so you can imagine the lothain buses i used to get around were positively luxurious
(12 Dec 2021, 4:44 pm)Dan I can imagine, yes. These are the type of routes which made little to no profit pre-Covid and are likely to be hugely loss-making right now.
Lothian have routes like this themselves, where lower specification buses are allocated. Comparing apples with pears really!
Until just recently, Lothian were running 57/08-plate buses on frontline work which had no bells and whistles. The Versa used on the 28 were of an equal/higher specification (as the Lothian buses didn’t have Wi-Fi).
I love Edinburgh and very regularly visit - after a few times you can see it’s not as great as it’s made out to be, or how it feels once you’ve used a few buses in and out of Princes Street.
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(12 Dec 2021, 4:44 pm)Dan I can imagine, yes. These are the type of routes which made little to no profit pre-Covid and are likely to be hugely loss-making right now.
Lothian have routes like this themselves, where lower specification buses are allocated. Comparing apples with pears really!
Until just recently, Lothian were running 57/08-plate buses on frontline work which had no bells and whistles. The Versa used on the 28 were of an equal/higher specification (as the Lothian buses didn’t have Wi-Fi).
I love Edinburgh and very regularly visit - after a few times you can see it’s not as great as it’s made out to be, or how it feels once you’ve used a few buses in and out of Princes Street.
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(12 Dec 2021, 5:14 pm)ne14ne1 Surely the ‘route diversion’ wording/symbol is displayed from the very beginning of the route so that all passengers boarding can ask the driver if they are unaware of the diverted route.
(12 Dec 2021, 5:14 pm)ne14ne1 Surely the ‘route diversion’ wording/symbol is displayed from the very beginning of the route so that all passengers boarding can ask the driver if they are unaware of the diverted route.
(12 Dec 2021, 4:44 pm)Dan Until just recently, Lothian were running 57/08-plate buses on frontline work which had no bells and whistles. The Versa used on the 28 were of an equal/higher specification (as the Lothian buses didn’t have Wi-Fi).
I love Edinburgh and very regularly visit - after a few times you can see it’s not as great as it’s made out to be, or how it feels once you’ve used a few buses in and out of Princes Street.
(12 Dec 2021, 4:44 pm)Dan Until just recently, Lothian were running 57/08-plate buses on frontline work which had no bells and whistles. The Versa used on the 28 were of an equal/higher specification (as the Lothian buses didn’t have Wi-Fi).
I love Edinburgh and very regularly visit - after a few times you can see it’s not as great as it’s made out to be, or how it feels once you’ve used a few buses in and out of Princes Street.
(12 Dec 2021, 5:21 pm)citaro5284 You could have a bus say leave Consett and by the time they get to the Redheugh Bridge there is an accident on it and it needs to be diverted say across the Tyne Bridge and miss out Central Station, but when the bus left Consett, nothing was wrong.
(12 Dec 2021, 5:21 pm)citaro5284 You could have a bus say leave Consett and by the time they get to the Redheugh Bridge there is an accident on it and it needs to be diverted say across the Tyne Bridge and miss out Central Station, but when the bus left Consett, nothing was wrong.
(11 Dec 2021, 6:31 pm)S813 FVK Go North East appear to be giving the 'On Diversion' a go:
Go North East 6363/NK70 BYN by Garry McLeary, on Flickr
As one would expect, pretty clear on these displays. Would be interested to see how it's being done on the regular single-screen displays. Lothian have had to reduce theirs down to a symbol tucked to the side with no text.
(11 Dec 2021, 6:31 pm)S813 FVK Go North East appear to be giving the 'On Diversion' a go:
Go North East 6363/NK70 BYN by Garry McLeary, on Flickr
As one would expect, pretty clear on these displays. Would be interested to see how it's being done on the regular single-screen displays. Lothian have had to reduce theirs down to a symbol tucked to the side with no text.
(12 Dec 2021, 4:44 pm)Dan I can imagine, yes. These are the type of routes which made little to no profit pre-Covid and are likely to be hugely loss-making right now.
Lothian have routes like this themselves, where lower specification buses are allocated. Comparing apples with pears really!
Until just recently, Lothian were running 57/08-plate buses on frontline work which had no bells and whistles. The Versa used on the 28 were of an equal/higher specification (as the Lothian buses didn’t have Wi-Fi).
I love Edinburgh and very regularly visit - after a few times you can see it’s not as great as it’s made out to be, or how it feels once you’ve used a few buses in and out of Princes Street.
(12 Dec 2021, 4:44 pm)Dan I can imagine, yes. These are the type of routes which made little to no profit pre-Covid and are likely to be hugely loss-making right now.
Lothian have routes like this themselves, where lower specification buses are allocated. Comparing apples with pears really!
Until just recently, Lothian were running 57/08-plate buses on frontline work which had no bells and whistles. The Versa used on the 28 were of an equal/higher specification (as the Lothian buses didn’t have Wi-Fi).
I love Edinburgh and very regularly visit - after a few times you can see it’s not as great as it’s made out to be, or how it feels once you’ve used a few buses in and out of Princes Street.
(15 Dec 2021, 11:48 am)Rob44 why would that make a difference? Its been pointed out on here that councils can't organza a pee up in a brewery ?
(15 Dec 2021, 11:48 am)Rob44 why would that make a difference? Its been pointed out on here that councils can't organza a pee up in a brewery ?
(15 Dec 2021, 11:48 am)Rob44 why would that make a difference? Its been pointed out on here that councils can't organza a pee up in a brewery ?
(15 Dec 2021, 11:48 am)Rob44 why would that make a difference? Its been pointed out on here that councils can't organza a pee up in a brewery ?
‘Q3 to City Centre’?
https://flic.kr/p/2mUDd6G
Is that Barras Bridge, Eldon Sq, Market St, or Quayside?
(01 Jan 2022, 9:00 am)ne14ne1 ‘Q3 to City Centre’?
https://flic.kr/p/2mUDd6G
Is that Barras Bridge, Eldon Sq, Market St, or Quayside?
(01 Jan 2022, 9:00 am)ne14ne1 ‘Q3 to City Centre’?
https://flic.kr/p/2mUDd6G
Is that Barras Bridge, Eldon Sq, Market St, or Quayside?
(01 Jan 2022, 9:01 am)Dan It automatically changes to Newgate Street at Regent Centre (although in this instance it was actually going to Haymarket).
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(01 Jan 2022, 9:01 am)Dan It automatically changes to Newgate Street at Regent Centre (although in this instance it was actually going to Haymarket).
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(01 Jan 2022, 3:58 pm)ne14ne1 What’s the point in having ‘City Centre’ prior to Regent Centre though?I would have thought the residents of Great Park would know where the bus goes in the City Centre. The Nexus information at the stops is pretty good also, showing the route and main stops.
Surely it’d be useful for those in Great Park etc to know where in the city centre the service will terminate rather than it being a surprise.
Also, did the NSA say it was ‘…to City Centre’?
(01 Jan 2022, 3:58 pm)ne14ne1 What’s the point in having ‘City Centre’ prior to Regent Centre though?I would have thought the residents of Great Park would know where the bus goes in the City Centre. The Nexus information at the stops is pretty good also, showing the route and main stops.
Surely it’d be useful for those in Great Park etc to know where in the city centre the service will terminate rather than it being a surprise.
Also, did the NSA say it was ‘…to City Centre’?