Pointless signs - Arriva XC Voyager at Reading

Pointless signs - West Brompton

Pointless signs - Cross Country Reservations

This from the Cynic...

Several years after they were installed, the little LCD reservation screens on the Arriva XC HSTs are now finally working. 

Or rather, they are now all now displaying something. 

 The same helpful message in every case...

UPDATE: This from CU...

Not quite so pointless - these are seats that may be reserved by 'Ten Minute Reservation'.

Sit in one and someone could reserve it while you are warming the cushion for them!

East Coast takes the PIS - Official

This from a Mr Swift (no, not that one)...

Anyone noticed the White Elephants along the ECML stations supposedly displaying all the delights of Real Time Train Information, Special Notices, Piss Poor Performance Figures and yes, Internet Access with a thermal printer!

This example is, or was, to be found at Retford.

Well progress indeed, having not worked for at least 12 months, the once beautiful pristine units, rusting away have now been replaced by a piece of tarmac, theft no, progress yes? 

One cannot help but think that the various franchise commitments to invest thousands in the greater flow of information to the public has seen money well spent!

Pointless signs - Diss

This from Gricerbritannia...

Two new “Help points” were installed at Diss station during the dying days of NXEA.

At the same time the PIS-poor TV style departure screen was switched off.

So, what do we have now?

The “Help point” on the Norwich bound platform has been taped over with brown sticky tape as “Out of use” while the one on the London bound platform is as shown here.


Not only does it have water ingress but careful examination will show that there is no information shown in any case (except computer-speak nonsense).


So, with the TV screen turned off and the new Help Point showing not much but water droplets Diss passengers have gone from PIS-poor information to no information.