To improve the display of information, train operator Northern is to install more than 100 new customer information screens at 77 of its stations.
They new screens have white LEDs that make them more legible from a further distance away. They also have a higher colour contrast than previous screens that makes them more accessible for passengers with some forms of visual impairment.
With the new screens, the display of train information is now in a clear and easy-to-read format that provides more information about when trains are delayed. The screens also have the capability to display safety messages, such as ‘short platform’ guidance.
Northern will now have a total of 387 screens at 167 stations, with some of the larger stations such as Bolton, Bradford Interchange and Sunderland having full colour.
Mark Powles, commercial and customer director at Northern, said: “”We are investing £14 million over the next five years to bring better and clearer information to passengers.
“Our new screens are more accessible and will make journeys easier for everyone.”
Northern’s 77 stations that will have the new screens installed are: Adlington (Cheshire), Ansdell & Fairhaven, Appleby, Arnside, Barnsley, Bentley (S. Yorks), Berry Brow, Blaydon, Bradford Interchange, Bramhall, Bramley (West Yorkshire), Brampton (Cumbria), Brierfield, Brockholes, Bryn, Buckshaw Parkway, Burscough Junction, Chassen Road, Chelford, Corbridge, Croston, Darton, Dent, Dinsdale, Dunston, Flimby, Gargrave, Garsdale, Glazebrook, Great Ayton, Green Road, Haltwhistle, Hammerton, Handforth, Harrington, Haydon Bridge, Headingley, Heighington, Holmes Chapel, Honley, Horton in Ribblesdale, Huncoat, Huyton, Kendal, Langwathby, Lazonby & Kirkoswald, Lea Green, Lockwood, Long Preston, Lytham, Maryport, Mauldeth Road, Morecambe, North Road (Darlington), Orrell, Parton, Pontefract Tanshelf, Prescot, Prudhoe, Rainhill, Ravenglass, Roose, Rufford, Saltaire, Sandbach, Seaton Carew, Sherburn-in-Elmet, Shildon, Shireoaks, Silkstone Common, South Bank, Squires Gate, St Helens Junction, Steeton & Silsden, Upholland, Wigton, and Workington.
Stations that already have information are at: Adlington (Lancashire), Adwick, Aspatria, Askam, Atherton, Bamford, Bare Lane, Battersby, Bempton, Blackrod, Bolton, Bolton-on-Dearne, Brighouse, Bromley Cross, Castleton (Greater Manchester), Castleton Moor, Chinley, Church & Oswaldtwistle, Clitheroe, Commondale, Conisbrough, Cross Gates (Yorks), Daisy Hill, Danby, Darwen, Denby Dale, Earlestown, East Garforth, Edale, Egton, Elsecar, Entwistle, Euxton Balshaw Lane, Farnworth, Flowery Field, Garforth, Glaisdale, Grindleford, Grosmont, Gypsy Lane, Hag Fold, Hall I’ th’ Wood, Halifax, Hapton, Hartlepool, Hatfield & Stainforth, Hathersage, Hattersley, Hebden Bridge, Hindley, Hope (Derbyshire), Ince, Irlam, James Cook University Hospital, Kirk Sandall, Langho, Lealholm, Leyland, Littleborough, Longbeck, Lostock, Marske, Marton, Mexborough, Micklefield, Millom, Mills Hill, Moston, Mytholmroyd, Nunthorpe, Padgate, Prestbury, Ramsgreave & Wilpshire, Redcar Central, Redcar East, Riding Mill, Saltburn, Sleights, Smithy Bridge, Stocksfield, Sunderland, Swinton (Greater Manchester), Thorne South, Todmorden, Ulleskelf, Walkden, Walsden, Wetheral, Westhoughton, Whalley, Whitby, Wombwell, Woodhouse and Wylam.
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