{"id":24502,"date":"2024-04-03T09:37:16","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T23:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=24502"},"modified":"2024-04-03T09:37:16","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T23:37:16","slug":"13-3-million-upgrade-will-see-northern-install-86-new-customer-information-screens-across-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=24502","title":{"rendered":"\u00a313.3 million upgrade will see Northern install 86 new customer information screens across network"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Train operator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northernrailway.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Northern<\/a> has announced that it is set to install over 180 new information screens at stations across its network <\/p>\n<p>It said that the screens were part of a \u00a313.3 million investment, and would ensure customers had access to clear, up-to-date information. <\/p>\n<p>With white LEDs and a high-colour contrast, the new screens can be seen from a greater distance and are better for people with some visual impairments.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The train information is displayed clearly, in a format that is easy to read, so customers are provided with the latest information, including important safety messages like short platform guidance.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During the next phase of the project, Northern will install 186 new screens and upgrade public announcement systems at 66 stations across its network, including Blackburn, Beverley and Deansgate.<\/p>\n<p>Work will get underway later this month and is due for completion by Spring 2025.<\/p>\n<p>It comes after the train operator successfully installed over 500 screens at 172 stations across the North of England, during the first two phases of the project.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Powles, commercial and customer director at Northern, said: \u201cWe are committed to providing customers across our network with the latest information on screens that are clear and accessible, so they can enjoy smoother journeys.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is part of an exciting project to upgrade hundreds of customer information screens over five years.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Train operator Northern has announced that it is set to install over 180 new information screens at stations across its network It said that the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":24503,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[7,11],"class_list":["post-24502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rail-news","tag-transport","tag-usa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}