Cambridge Station Advertising Screen in the Middle of Platform 4

[bspahh]

Cambridge Station has an advertising screen in the middle of platform 4. It has all the traffic to get from four platforms to the exit. Who thought this was a good idea?

 

[jfollows]

Cambridge Station has an advertising screen in the middle of platform 4. It has all the traffic to get from four platforms to the exit. Who thought this was a good idea?

The same people responsible for the signs and advertising at Euston station. Convenience of passengers is subsidiary to making money.

 

[The exile]

Or the retail outlets in the inadequate subway at Temple Meads where the queues stretch out either across the subway or the steps to the platforms. Not helped by the tendency of queues to self-distance. Unfortunately not by a full 2 metres - which would make them less of an obstruction!

 

[rower40]

Mobile phones got smaller and smaller through the 1990s and 2000s, but appear to be getting bigger again now. Hasn't someone just left theirs behind?

 

[wagnaga]

Brilliant that will make a last minute platform change from 1 to 7/8 or vice versa even more hard work.

 

[dk1]

We get a bright view of it driving trains in & through platforms 1+4 too. Been there a good while now I think.

Brings in good advertising revenue no doubt.

 

[Trainfan344]

Does it not cause issues at night for the drivers

 

[dk1]

Does it not cause issues at night for the drivers

Not really. We only focus on the signals midway along the platform that are not that close to cause issues.

 

[mcmad]

Given there is already a pillar/support behind it and it's maybe a sixth of the width behind the yellow line it seems more complaining for complainings sake tbh

 

[lachlan]

Or the retail outlets in the inadequate subway at Temple Meads where the queues stretch out either across the subway or the steps to the platforms. Not helped by the tendency of queues to self-distance. Unfortunately not by a full 2 metres - which would make them less of an obstruction!

I tend to find at Bristol it's the stairs and gates that cause more hold ups rather than the subway - a bridge adjacent to the peak hours entrance may help with that. Plus the pasties are nice

 

[Nodding Cat Ch]

... Another thing about Cambridge station. Why just one foot bridge to platforms 7 & 8, it's utterly useless when a long train empties.

 

[Magdalia]

... Another thing about Cambridge station. Why just one foot bridge to platforms 7 & 8, it's utterly useless when a long train empties.

There is no footbridge at the south end of Cambridge station because there is nowhere to put the stairs/lift on the platforms 1-3 side.

Space for the stairs/lift at the north end was created by truncating platform 5, but it isn't possible to do that on platform 2 because it needs to take 8 car trains.

 

[Nodding Cat Ch]

Something needs to be done, the short stretch along Platform 4 to the exit is a crush zone.

 

[dk1]

... Another thing about Cambridge station. Why just one foot bridge to platforms 7 & 8, it's utterly useless when a long train empties.

It was the only space to build one when platforms 7 & 8 were constructed which then made platform 5 shorter. You couldn’t get away with chopping out part of platform 2. Only additional access you’ll ever get is by building the much talked about station entrance on the other side of the sidings and extending that footbridge to it.

 

[The exile]

I tend to find at Bristol it's the stairs and gates that cause more hold ups rather than the subway - a bridge adjacent to the peak hours entrance may help with that. Plus the pasties are nice

Agreed on the stairs and gates. Pasty shop queue has never caused me a problem (and the smell is certainly tantalising) - it’s the one opposite (Smiths?) that has the wayward queues at times.

 

[Deepgreen]

Not really. We only focus on the signals midway along the platform that are not that close to cause issues.

Interesting. There was another thread recently about large poppies mounted on a station's platform canopy pillars that were removed as they were thought to be likely to cause confusion to drivers. Meanwhile here is a huge illuminated screen in direct line of sight for drivers and there's no problem...

Given there is already a pillar/support behind it and it's maybe a sixth of the width behind the yellow line it seems more complaining for complainings sake tbh

I strongly disgree - it's yet another obstacle to smooth passenger flow and lines of sight. The railway is becoming ever more cluttered by this sort of stuff and it all adds, little by little, to a less passenger-friendly environment. It's the rail equivalent of the ever-increasing number of A boards along shopping streets adding to clutter, congestion and danger for partially-sighted and blind people.

 

[dk1]

Interesting. There was another thread recently about large poppies mounted on a station's platform canopy pillars that were removed as they were thought to be likely to cause confusion to drivers. Meanwhile here is a huge illuminated screen in direct line of sight for drivers and there's no problem...

As a driver myself I thought that poppy on the platform drama was ridiculous & over the top too. Wouldn’t bother or confuse me in the slightest. We have them on one of my routes too.

 

[MikeWM]

Cambridge Station has an advertising screen in the middle of platform 4. It has all the traffic to get from four platforms to the exit. Who thought this was a good idea?

It is certainly a nuisance and does impede moving around the station at exactly the busiest part of the platform. Along with the big new and incredibly ugly yellow barrier opposite the entrance to the platforms, they seem determined to make using the station less pleasant for some reason.

I'm not calling for it to be increased, but the minimum connection time at Cambridge still being 5 minutes is totally divorced from reality now. Just about fine when it had only one platform face (eg. even back of platform 3 to a departure from platform 6 could be done in 5 minutes, if a bit tight). But now, while it may still work for some connections, there are some the average person couldn't do in 5 minutes, eg. London end of 7/8 to a departure off 2 or 3, especially if the bridge is busy and now there is this new bottleneck too.