(29 Jan 2021, 8:37 pm)S813 FVK wrote Appreciate that this thread may only get a few replies, but I was struggling to fit it in to one of the already existing threads so was left with no choice but to create a new thread entirely.

In essence, they've been fiddling around with the destination displays. Again.

This time it seems to be to make the route-varying letter smaller (see here: https://flic.kr/p/2kw3c9k). I've seen a couple of other photos this evening of a couple of 1As of which both had the smaller number so they must be seriously considering rolling this out.

What's the theory behind this one? Is there a small glimmer of evidence that suggests that passengers may find it easier to read the *full* route number when displayed in this way?

Nevermind the destination, I am surprised no one has mentioned the state of that panel yet 

In all seriousness though, I agree with most of what has been said already. There seems to be a desire to constantly tinker with the display format, which I think some customers will find confusing and to be honest, I don't see what the rationale is behind it. It feels a bit insignificant, in the mist of a pandemic. 

I think mb134 has probably put it best - 'Ideological preferences being put ahead of what is practically better.'

Transdev appear to do similar on a regular basis too. I've lost count of how many variations of the Coastliner destination I've seen, but this one (taken in 2017) is pretty similar to the current GNE X1 format - https://flic.kr/p/ZXBG61