they need to move the arrows out of the circle and just have two big ones on the side. some ppl cant read english and the arrows are really small on the diagram
backend must upgrade (which they already did iirc)
frontend must change to a newer software, which costs money and may not be readily available, let alone compatible
change already must do a whole bunch of reconfig, in the process end up having disabled screens or screens with misinformation, which as we all know will result in a few hundred complaints from this subreddit alone
also need to pay staff to do smth that at the end of the day is purely cosmetic, and would be more efficient to just ask the current designers to go create a new icon to represent CW ACW
If circle line is the yamanote, then the OG north south line is the Musashino Line. Big circle. I think LTA experimented with running the red line directly onto the green line at JE Station, so passengers don't need to change trains during peak hour. I wonder why they discontinued that.
Affected stations have all physical signs, route maps, information screens, and arrival announcements have been changed to reflect the CCL6 new format.
Currently only available at Esplanade, Promenade, Paya Lebar, Buona Vista.
Yamanote line uses Inner loop & Outer loop in Japanese only, which is the main standard for said language.
For English, they use "bound for <next major station> and <subsequent major station>". Major stations are typically large hubs along the line, i.e. Tokyo, Shibuya, Shinjuku.
For our CCL, we use "via <next interchange station>" on all physical signs, as well as "Clockwise/Anticlockwise" on digital signs.
Additionally, our loop line has a 'non-detachable' branch line to Dhoby Ghaut integrated together with the mainline loop. This is different from Seoul Line 2's two 'detached' branches, as well as the Yamanote Line which do not have branches.
Nothing wrong. City planners take inspiration from others all the time. But, the naming is decided after reviewing a focus group and some user feedback that some other redditor is proudly claiming credit for
One question lta hasnt answered: what would the proportion of loop to non loop services be. And heres something tldr they never said: you can take either loop or non loop for most journeys, except if youre alighting at/passing through marina bay and bayfront, or getting to/from dhoby ghaut, bras basah or esplanade which are only served by non loop services.
Prince Edward Road <> Dhoby Ghaut, via Buona Vista, Bishan, Paya Lebar
During off peak hours, trains will run:
on the loop
Stadium <> Dhoby Ghaut, just like currently (to be confirmed)
The ratio of each type of train arriving will be 1:1, i.e. alternating between each type.
LTA has not mentioned where trains to Dhoby Ghaut will start from and how they will run because the operating patterns has not been confirmed, and hence to prevent confusion due to conflicting information in the future if there are any changes.
Suggest the platform screen to show the current time in analogue clock if boarding the train from the Clockwise direction, and just show the anti-clockwise arrow only at the Anti-Clockwise direction
Why don't they use the same graphic for both directions (rather than a flipped one in one direction) for platform screen door diagrams? I live in Guangzhou and frequently take the metro Line 11, where it draws the same route map for both outer-loop (anti-clockwise) and inner-loop (clockwise) directions, with Chisha station positioned at the top-right and Longtan station positioned at the bottom-right (the two depot-connecting stations where trains will go out of service there, fairly easy to remember for passengers). There is also a tiny arrow next to the current station (in red text on the map) telling you the correct direction of reading the map, which is separate from the big arrow above the sliding doors telling you on which side the train will leave the platform.
IMO drawing the diagram with the correct CW / ACW depiction has higher priority than keeping it consistent with the direction the train enters and departs the platform. For example if you are at Fangcun (in the west) and heading to Pazhou (in the southeast) then you will take the anti-clockwise (outer loop) train. Then when looking at the map you first read on the bottom row to the right, and then on top row to the left. It would otherwise be more confusing if the outer loop map is flipped so that passengers traveling anti-clockwise would then find that the map is clockwise which is contrary to the actual direction they are heading.
flipping the maps for ACW direction to the correct orientation is currently in discussion, apparently there's a debate going on in higher management about this
Promenade does not have track switches for trains to change direction there. The closest station where this can be done is Stadium, hence why there's a lot of DNB trains there.
Keeping aside whether it would make sense, Technically the Dhoby Promenade Stadium can operate as part of another “line” but sharing the same Promenade-Stadium stations and platforms as the loop, right?
Unless there's a separate platform for the branch line, the frequency of the main line is still going to be affected. If you end the service at Stadium, you'll need another train to serve the rest of the line to keep up with the 2 min frequency, and you end up having 3 different services instead of 2.
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u/autonomous-intel 3d ago
Would prefer the circular lines to spin in the direction and have the station names be a static overlay on top of it.