Not Stopping at WHAT???

AzN_dj · Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 9:13 pm

I have seen some strange strange PID announcements - PRIDE error?
Yesterday (picture below) I was at South Yarra and a Flinders Street service claimed to not be stopping at Richmond
Similar Situation at North Melbourne today, Flinders Street train was not stopping at Southern cross (yet it did).

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Is this just a PRIDE error? Are these NON-PR services? Or what is the explanation??
P.S how do you insert pictures? In mean time just click on the link!

xtrap_heaven · Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 10:23 am

How to insert an image.

Gwiwer · Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 11:04 am

There seems to have been some PRIDE system errors yesterday at least.

The platform PIDs at Frankston at 6.45am showed blank on platform 1 (normally 7.03 Limited Express is shown as soon as the 6.43 has departed, otherwise Listen For Announcements).

Platform 2 showed 7.03 Flinders Street Stopping All Stations Express Cheltenham - Caulfield. The train at platform 2 was actually the 6.52 all stations.

Alternatively it is possible to manually intervene and adjust the displays to take account of special situations if, for example, a station was closed. Thus when Melbourne Central was closed recently in the morning peak the PIDs at Richmond were displaying "Express Parliament - Flagstaff"

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