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Started by sonic84, September 28, 2013, 04:45:00 PM

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sonic84

It appears in the last week, the 99 destination has been reprogrammed to display "Halesowen Town".

Seems odd when the previous display "Halesowen"was more that sufficient.

Also it appears the the 29/29A/98/99 have been reprogrammed to display "City Centre" as opposed to Birmingham in the last few weeks too.

vinh1000

Quote from: sonic84 on September 28, 2013, 04:45:00 PM
It appears in the last week, the 99 destination has been reprogrammed to display "Halesowen Town".

Seems odd when the previous display "Halesowen"was more that sufficient.

Also it appears the the 29/29A/98/99 have been reprogrammed to display "City Centre" as opposed to Birmingham in the last few weeks too.
Was done a while ago :)
DOn't like it tbh

Trident 4609

Quote from: sonic84 on September 28, 2013, 04:45:00 PM
It appears in the last week, the 99 destination has been reprogrammed to display "Halesowen Town".

Seems odd when the previous display "Halesowen"was more that sufficient.

Also it appears the the 29/29A/98/99 have been reprogrammed to display "City Centre" as opposed to Birmingham in the last few weeks too.


The destinations were reprogrammed some few weeks back. Not really keen on it though

Nathan4775

I quite like the new 99 display not too keen on the 'Halesowen Town' though
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Trident 4609

Quote from: Nathan4775 on September 28, 2013, 07:46:28 PM
I quite like the new 99 display not too keen on the 'Halesowen Town' though


Well that is the main part i don't like about it! Prefered it when it just said Halesowen.

Nathan4775

Quote from: Trident 4609 on September 28, 2013, 08:03:50 PM
Quote from: Nathan4775 on September 28, 2013, 07:46:28 PM
I quite like the new 99 display not too keen on the 'Halesowen Town' though


Well that is the main part i don't like about it! Prefered it when it just said Halesowen.

Agreed

the Via points looks good, Halesowen Town just doesnt look right, do any of the PE route like 241 carry Halesowen Town on the display ?
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trident4370

Personally I think BCs numbers look too thin now but there you go nice to have a change from the default rubbish I guess! I quite like the font YW had on the omnilinks when they were new, but again they've just got the default one now :(

Trident 4609

No routes at PE have changed, Just BC who seem to be regually changing their display fonts

Stuharris 6360

The only time you normally hear the word TOWN is Halesowen Town football club.

Are we soon to start getting Dudley Town, Stourbridge Town & Wolverhampton City on destination displays?
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Nathan4775

I surely hope not ;), would like to see what it looks like though on. Buses
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John

Quote from: trident4370 on September 28, 2013, 08:13:58 PM
Personally I think BCs numbers look too thin now but there you go nice to have a change from the default rubbish I guess! I quite like the font YW had on the omnilinks when they were new, but again they've just got the default one now :(

I like the size of the Perry Barr numbers now. Smaller than they used to be and they look a lot tidier.

This one http://www.flickr.com/photos/john-s-91/9378645326/ as opposed to this one http://www.flickr.com/photos/john-s-91/7106288135/

trident4370

Thats what I mean, The smaller one looks much nicer and when the omnilinks were new YW used it! http://wmbusphotos.com/NXWM/1750-1953/1927.html The big one just looks a bit naff.

sonic84

Quote from: Stuharris 6360 on September 28, 2013, 08:17:32 PM
The only time you normally hear the word TOWN is Halesowen Town football club.

Are we soon to start getting Dudley Town, Stourbridge Town & Wolverhampton City on destination displays?

I automatically thought of the football club when I saw that, which the 99 doesn't pass.  It just seems really odd seeing it displayed.  They sure do like changing up the displays at BC don't they.

nitromatt1

Quote from: Stuharris 6360 on September 28, 2013, 08:17:32 PM
The only time you normally hear the word TOWN is Halesowen Town football club.

Are we soon to start getting Dudley Town, Stourbridge Town & Wolverhampton City on destination displays?

'Stourbridge Town' yes, on the shuttle trains running between Stourbridge Junction and Stourbridge Town ;)

jnl1984

It's not really a big deal. Anyone with a bit of common sense will realise it means Halesowen Town Centre, which it serves, just like "Birmingham City Centre"....
For anyone outside of the Midlands and not familiar with routes (we obviously all are), seeing "Town" narrows it down from anywhere in  Halesowen.

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