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First link doesn't work.

dg writes: fixed, thanks.

Welcome | 27.07.24 - 7:04 a.m. | #

So pleased you turned your "smart" 'phone to landscape for your video clip. So many people do not trouble and I have to watch peculiar vertical strip videos

John | 27.07.24 - 7:38 a.m. | #

The accessible page also has sign language for the announcements (hands icon at the top right). I don't understand sign language but it looks as if he's only signing the departures, not all the other announcements.

dg writes: Wow, missed that. Updated, thanks.

Steve Rochford | 27.07.24 - 8:25 a.m. | #

Were you viewing the battery train in monochrome? Although black and grey do feature in the livery (on the upper part of the cab front and on the doors respectively) the predominant colour of its GWR livery is dark green. (this is supposedly a nod to the livery of the pre-1948 GWR, although only its locomotives, not its carriages, were that colour)

timbo | 27.07.24 - 8:39 a.m. | #

Hoxton - it might not be worth the faff of cleaning up the feed just for a trial.

Old Street - I suspect that the sponsors expected it to be a slow news day when they planned the event, nothing happening at the end of July - media desperate for filler material etc.

Still Anon | 27.07.24 - 8:44 a.m. | #

I’m not sure the man is AI, I think it’s a video done like the voice announcements are - loads of little clips strung together.

Kirk | 27.07.24 - 8:45 a.m. | #

I apologise for the stream of inaccuracies in today's post. Hopefully all fixed.

diamond geezer | Homepage | 27.07.24 - 8:46 a.m. | #

I see you went out of your way not to reveal our Old Street Sponsor. Yes, I do know, and that left me even less impressed.

davews | 27.07.24 - 8:51 a.m. | #

lets be generous and say TfL used all the money they made from their silly station renaming to develop the accessibility app which potentially could be very useful to those who may be reluctant to use public transport even though they can. As such the Karma of TfL would be balanced and we can all have a nice weekend.

keith the Kraut | 27.07.24 - 9:46 a.m. | #

Actually, I think the Old Street sponsored renaming is much cleverer than previous attempts.

timbo | 27.07.24 - 9:50 a.m. | #

Oh dear, yet another campaign only accessible to those with a smartphone that can read QR codes. I know I might be a Luddite compared to lots of others (my phone is deliberately dull) but, especially if the point of the Hoxton campaign is accessibility, the campaign would reach the greatest number of people by starting from the lowest level of interaction needed: by just printing the URL on the poster, perhaps.

Labourer | 27.07.24 - 9:59 a.m. | #

Highbury and Islington Hell, was that?
And Rother heeth?

crispy | 27.07.24 - 10:17 a.m. | #

Not being able the hear the "See it, say it, sorted" message must be a small consolation for being deaf.

Mikey C | 27.07.24 - 10:32 a.m. | #

Not all the platform roundels and name frieze panels were altered. Was this a sop to the “Burberry Street” fiasco?

Kim | 27.07.24 - 11:07 a.m. | #

The Hoxton thing... I'm not hard of hearing and have no particular expertise in these matters, but I l’d have thought sign language provision is most useful where the alternative is audio (such as for speeches). Does a written departures list benefit from a sign language alternative?

Anonymous | 27.07.24 - 11:15 a.m. | #

Regarding the Overground links, other stations are available, but with a non-obvious URL - for example, Rotherhithe is available by changing the station name to RTHERHI.

ConnorP | 27.07.24 - 11:17 a.m. | #

My favourite of the accessibilty glitches is “..text the British Transport Police on sixty-one-thousand-and-sixteen”.

DeDomenici | Homepage | 27.07.24 - 11:34 a.m. | #

Not sure I understand the tone of derision toward TfL for accepting sponsorship for station renaming. These are temporary, time-limited and tiresome .. and as such, easy to ignore. For TfL however, Ker-ching!

dg writes: principles, Frank, principles

Frank F | 27.07.24 - 12:09 p.m. | #

I’ve had a dabble with the url too, and have discovered that departures can be found for Feltham and Ilford amongst others. On the Ilford page, the train operator is shown as TfL Rail, whilst a number of calling stations have ‘Crossrail’ after their name.

Rob Healy | 27.07.24 - 5:01 p.m. | #

I was at Harlesden, Kensal Green and Kensal Rise overground stations today and the enamel route map panels have all been updated but with vinyls of the old route stuck over the top so it looks as if they're well on the way to launching the new names and 16 September should definitely be possible.

Steve Rochford | 27.07.24 - 9:59 p.m. | #

Hope the Hoxton thing is expanded to all stations and bus stops (just the next buses will do for that)! The current webpage each bus stop gets is not the fastest thing to load and incredibly unergonomic for mobile. Of course, all the info is on the TfL Go app but one shouldn't need to rely on an app.

matthieu1221 | 28.07.24 - 12:55 a.m. | #

This link shows the background behind this project at Hoxton.

dg writes: updated thanks

Rob Healy | 28.07.24 - 1:52 a.m. | #

Still despair about the Overground renaming nonsense. North London Line, East London Line, South London Line, West London Line, Watford DC Line, GOBLIN & Lee Valley Line were all in common use going back decades. What happens if they finally Open the Dudding Hill Line to electrified passenger services on the Overground?

dg writes: you’ll despair more

Andrew Jarman | 28.07.24 - 12:43 p.m. | #

Andrew, I've always thought the names of the Elizabeth, Jubilee & Bakerloo lines are pretty merde too and come to think of it, most of the others aren't up to much either. You've heard it many times, Northern in South London? Metropolitan, way out from the Metropolis? District, which district?

The new Overground names do have a contemporary, 2020s feel about them and in fifty years time, people will be waxing lyrical about the good old 2020s Overground names.

Steve | Homepage | 28.07.24 - 1:20 p.m. | #

Interesting that the Hoxton etc initiative seems to be entirely down to Arriva, with TfL not even getting a mention. Have they done this entirely off their own bat?

Betterbee | 29.07.24 - 4:22 a.m. | #

betterbee - I suspect the initiative behind the signage is actually a hardware supplier covering most of the costs in an attempt to set a new standard, which, of course, they will be uniquely positioned to fulfil in bulk. With said hardware supplier working with Arriva (as the TOC), which may be somewhat quicker than working with TfL.

MilesT | 29.07.24 - 1:25 p.m. | #

Island line on IoW has been experiencing excessive wheelset wear issues with their 3rd rail powered version of the D-train.

I wonder if GWR will experience the same wheelset issues with their D-train

MilesT | 29.07.24 - 5:59 p.m. | #











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