(30 Jan 2021, 11:06 am)Andreos1 wrote Would you prefer syphantic type comments all the time? Or comments which offer some real life customer perspectives and view points?
What is interesting to see, is that as people on the forum get older and rely on the network beyond what was their norm - their perspectives tend to change or evolve from the fanboy of old. Of course there's some that don't change - but that's their porogative.

I find the bus station comments interesting and have been thinking about the reasoning. I agree that the set-up and layout of bus stations will naturally lead to the perception that the number is 'better' on the other side. That's probably because as a nation we are right hand drivers and people board from the left.
However to counter that, the number of bus stations buses serve vs the number of bus stops on a route - it's negligible. If best practice suggests that people prefer the number displayed closest to them, then I'm guessing that's because the majority board at bus stops.
To design a display based on a dozen bus stations across the region vs thousands of bus stops... Not sure the priorities are right on that one mind. 

I think the official line was that it reads better. 'X20 to Langley Park' rather than 'Langley Park X20'.
But again, priorities. Do you go with what reads right or go with what works for customers?

I'm not arguing against people having opinions, I'm just stating that I think GNE are in a no win situation as you can't please everyone.

I agree with the official reasoning as it does read better. I always thought it was a bit odd reading "Durham 21".

I think that in the majority of cases - apart from extremely congested corridors such as Gosforth High Street - you will almost always tend to have sufficient gap between buses to ensure that the blind of one is not obscured by the other. In all honesty as well, in my experience I tend to find that you will always have some who won't pay any attention to the destination blind whatsoever. They'll get on a short Chester 21 or an X1 finishing at the Galleries and give the driver an earful as they're not going any further when it clearly said the terminus on the blind when they got on.



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