Halton Transport

[Raawwwrrr!]

RE: Halton Transport

(13/08/2013 06:59)Valandil Wrote:  

(12/08/2013 21:13)Raawwwrrr! Wrote:  I would imagine for the 62A "Hough Green Liverpool Rd" will be shown on buses with blinds and "Hough Green Farm 62A" would be shown on the buses with LED's, and via points, just as the 14 short and longs do.

Thinking about it, the 64 uses this setup whenever I've seen it leaving Warrington, just displaying "Hough Green Farm 64".
It's a shame though: I reckon Halton could be missing out on passengers because of the obscure destinations shown.
As much as I dislike Arriva's style of display on the 110, cramming everywhere it goes onto the display, it is much more useful to know that a bus is going to e.g. Runcorn then Widnes then *somewhere obscure*, than just *somewhere obscure*.

It's a bit worse when "Black Blank 64" is shown also. It's a real shame as it would get Widnes passnegers home a hell of a lot faster, if they are aware of the route

There's some differencing in programming with the ELC's however, There is at least one which tends to show just the school/college route number on it's own in the middle on the front dest, and there is at least one which shows it at the end with a black blank. (They're not set up badly by drivers either as it's the same bus, different routes, different drivers. I think #48 rings a bell for one of them).