Project Summary

This project aims to make true-real time train information available to customers in geographically remote stations in Wales.

Project Achievements

Activities We worked with TfW to identify four trial stations for the proposed trial. Working with TfW we produced sign mock-ups and then integrated them with the live data feed from SignalBox (the data supplier). The digital signs update automatically every 30 seconds, displaying the latest service information in both English and Welsh. We provided TfW with QR codes for each of the trial stations digital sign for them to display on customer information posters Example sign: Conwy https://signs.mysign.live/tfw/station/CNW

Conclusions

We have extended the live deployment for the digital signs for an additional three months free of charge as TfW were delayed in producing the posters and deploying them at the stations. The feedback received from TfW internally is that they believe the innovation to be excellent and that it will be a very useful service across over 100 of their stations.

Next Steps

TfW have asked for us to quote for a longer extension to the project at the trial stations and also to roll it out at several other stations closer to Cardiff where there are known issues with the CIS information. We expect there to be significant additional development work involved for a wide-scale deployment as we migrate from a trial environment to widescale deployment.