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Harvey B said:
Thats a shame, I'll be upset when that happens. But I understand why they're doing it
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Why??? It's a horrendous PIS. It ought to scroll, but it doesn't, so it flashes between messages of various font sizes in an infuriating manner. Martin Oldfield is also far too loud, and I don't personally think he even sounds that good. Then again, I'm probably just traumatised by the fact he seems to make the same announcement ten times between two stations.
 
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Bantamzen said:
Yeah it's definitely not all, sat on one now with no mods done yet. And one I caught yesterday had the charging sockets but no screens installed.
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Was it a 333?

The only unit done in any form so far yet is 333011 which was released back into service yesterday. It does have the new screens (the advert type ones - they are fairly small and it is 1 per coach so easy to miss). The PIS screens have not been changed yet.
 
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skyhigh said:
Was it a 333?

The only unit done in any form so far yet is 333011 which was released back into service yesterday. It does have the new screens (the advert type ones - they are fairly small and it is 1 per coach so easy to miss). The PIS screens have not been changed yet.
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It was, and definitely had the USB sockets. I did look for the screens but didn't see any, however with only one per carriage I probably did miss seeing any.

Edit: And it was 333011 on the 15:26 Leeds to Skipton yesterday afternoon.
 
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STP 02/07 1048 Barton Hill - Neville Hill 5E18 dep 1053
https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:K04038/2022-07-02/detailed

STP 02/07 0938 Allerton - Wolverton Caped
https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:K04684/2022-07-02/detailed

STP 02/07 1253 Wolverton - Allerton Caped
https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:K04683/2022-07-02/detailed

STP 03/07 1227 Neville Hill - Barton Hill 5V81 dep RT
https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:K63590/2022-07-03/detailed

VSTP 05/07 5Q36 1253 Wolverton - Allerton dep 1300 323228
https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:54067/2022-07-05/detailed

VSTP 05/07 5Q70 1637 Allerton - Wolverton Caped
https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:53673/2022-07-05/detailed

STP 08/07 5Q70 323224 0942 Allerton - Wolverton
 
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1048 Bristol Barton Hill to Neville Hill Depot Leeds ran today. 158796 around 90 minutes early at Tamworth High Level. However 158796 back at Leeds Neville Hill. After further works at Bristol.
 
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STP 24/07 5V81 1227 Neville Hill - Barton Hill dep 1230
https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:K64132/2022-07-24/detailed
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158794. Confirmed on time through Water Orton. Amongst the Gbrf pair of 50s heading to Burton ot Wetmore sidings from the weekend tour.
Bringing some nostalgia to the station of how things still should be.
However 158794. Now at Bristol.
158794 was a reqular visitor there back Central trains days.
However can anyone please confirm is this the last 158 from Northern to go to Bristol for further works.
 
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As promised, now rolling out on the advert screens on all the legacy fleet. Where connections are available live departure information is also shown.

(Image shows train calling pattern and live times on a screen in the saloon of a refurbished train).
 

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skyhigh said:
As promised, now rolling out on the advert screens on all the legacy fleet. Where connections are available live departure information is also shown.

(Image shows train calling pattern and live times on a screen in the saloon of a refurbished train).
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Well now that’s progressing I wonder what is next for people on here to inevitably moan about.

Not the same style as the 195/331’s?
Too much information now?
Screens are a millimetre too small?
 
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Neptune said:
Well now that’s progressing I wonder what is next for people on here to inevitably moan about.

Not the same style as the 195/331’s?
Too much information now?
Screens are a millimetre too small?
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Do all of those things really matter?
 
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SteveyBee131 said:
I believe that is what Neptune was saying, these things don't matter, but it's only a matter of time until someone on here comes along saying it does. Let's wait and see... ;)
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Precisely. Those of an anti-Northern slant on here like to make issues of all sorts of minor things and when they are resolved they’ll always find a way to still complain at something that is irrelevant to 99.9% of the population.
 
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Precisely. Those of an anti-Northern slant on here like to make issues of all sorts of minor things and when they are resolved they’ll always find a way to still complain at something that is irrelevant to 99.9% of the population.
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If I'm being picky having a second screen per coach would have been nice, but obviously the important information is also displayed on the TrainFX screens. The equipment itself is designed by Infotec who have plenty of experience so I expect it will work reliably when fully rolled out - you now get pretty much identical information on the displays of a 150 as on a 195, so it's pretty impressive in my book.
 
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LOL The Irony said:
One thing I can say for Northern is that they have wifi fitted on pretty much all of their trains, something the big boys such as TPE and Avanti don't.
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TPE and Avanti do, it just doesn’t work 100% of the time.
 
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