(24 Jul 2015, 6:19 am)Dan wrote Does anyone know how Tyne and Wear Metro's Next Stop Announcement system works?
Currently on 4062 and one screen is showing "Next station is East Boldon" then the usual patter which follows it, but another screen is repeatedly flashing "Seaburn", as if it is stuck on the "This is" / "Seaburn" announcement.
I regularly notice problems like this on the Metro, but we never seem to have problems like this on buses (although admittedly there's only one screen).
There's a sensor underneath the Metrocar and a sensor on the track which when the metro passes over it, Activates the " Next station is " or " This is ****** "
the sensor on the track is also connected to a network of cables underneath the track which will record the trains headcode and destination and then display it on the station moniters and the control centre in South Gosforth.
99% of the time its the refurbished metrocars that are always faulty, think its something to do with a error that happened while Wabtec where rewiring them.
