wrote:
I read somewhere I cannot remember where but they were going to put
projector adverts at tube stations? Do you know when they are doing this and
at which tube stations?

They've had them for years at QVB station (Sydney CBD). They also used
to show news and weather. I would like to see that in London but I
expect it isn't as much of a revenue source as advertising.

In message , Chris
Hills writes
wrote:
I read somewhere I cannot remember where but they were going to put
projector adverts at tube stations? Do you know when they are doing this and
at which tube stations?

They've had them for years at QVB station (Sydney CBD). They also used
to show news and weather.
Circular Quay Station had them in 2001, too. I hated the idea, just as
much as I hate the "on train" TV of which Central Trains seem so proud.

I would like to see that in London but I
expect it isn't as much of a revenue source as advertising.

That said, I'm not sure we're talking about he same thing on this
thread. The once on escalators are basically plasma "moving" versions of
the ubiquitous escalator ads which have been around for almost as long
as the Tube. But we may be talking about actual "programmes" (as
opposed to just animated posters for want of a better word) on
platforms.

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Ian Jelf wrote:

Circular Quay Station had them in 2001, too. I hated the idea, just as
much as I hate the "on train" TV of which Central Trains seem so proud.

I don't like CT's version, but I do like the Train-Infoscreen "silent"
version that is used on Hamburg's U-Bahn. It's a bit like a Powerpoint
presentation, and isn't at all disruptive, and (making it all the more
useful) it shows the next station information as well, together with a
nice picture of the station concerned.

To get back on thread, the same thing is shown by projector at Hbf-Sued
station, and isn't at all disruptive, nor in any way unpleasant. It's
been in use since at least 1999.

Neil

In message .com, Neil
Williams writes
I don't like CT's version, but I do like the Train-Infoscreen "silent"
version that is used on Hamburg's U-Bahn. It's a bit like a Powerpoint
presentation, and isn't at all disruptive, and (making it all the more
useful) it shows the next station information as well, together with a
nice picture of the station concerned.

There was something vaguely similar to that on the RV1 bus when it was
first introduced, apparently using GPS technology and it *was* useful.
But it seemed to fall out of use after a while.

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Ian Jelf, MITG
Birmingham, UK

Registered Blue Badge Tourist Guide for London and the Heart of England
http://www.bluebadge.demon.co.uk