The latest innovation in UK public transport: Schrödinger's trains
A large digital departures board at London Victoria station shows a clock as commuters pass below.
Who knows what is going where. Might as well have a lovely beer instead.
BORK!BORK!BORK! Guessing games are all the rage, and commuterstrying to get home from London Victoria station found themselves flipping avirtual coin to guess the location of their train after Inspector Bork paid avisit to the station's platform board.
London Victoria Station is a majortransport hub for England's capital city. Trains from the station serve much ofthe southern part of the country and farther afield. Built around 1860,the station has had various platform display systems over the years. For a longtime, the board was of the Solari split-flap type, replete with a delightful clickety-clacksound as destination information was updated.
Today's board is a huge digital displaywhich, while undoubtedly more flexible and capable of displaying far more informationthan the split-flap affair...
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