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Jack Taylor · January 26th 08, 10:56 AM posted to uk.transport.london

wrote:

The board is controlled from the signal computer at Baker Street. The
computer decides it's "moves" in advance, then updates the information
board. It then recalcuates the best moves and if it decides it's first
choice was wrong, changes them, but doesn't always update the board.
There is a project to upgrade both the board itself and the amount of
updates provided by the computer, but I haven't heard any news
recently as to when this will happen. From what I recall, the new
board will display the scheduled departure time of the the trains,
which should make life a little easier for regular customers to plan
which train to head for.

That sounds a vast improvement (as, indeed, the existing board was in the
mid 90s, when it first went in!). The only other thing that I can think of
is that, in addition to the *scheduled* departure time of services, it would
be useful to have an indication if they are running late, so that a
judgement call can be made whether it's better to wait or to take a Circle
in either direction (sometimes I find it quicker to take an outer Circle to
Embankment and then up the Bakerloo).