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Even if the airport example is not real, there were whole-word ones at pretty much every train station in Switzerland in the past:https://commons.wikimedia.org/
by red_admiral 2y ago
Even if the airport example is not real, there were whole-word ones at pretty much every train station in Switzerland in the past:https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Split-flap_displays_at_train_stations_in_Switzerland https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Split-flap_displ...
Some big stations had per-letter ones.
For the standard design for smaller stations, even terms like "5 minute delay", "10 minute delay" etc. all got their own flap rather than having a separate box for the numbers. This one shows a 6 minute delay on a single flap (pair): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Basel_SBB_EC2_Anzeiger_211214.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Basel_SBB_EC2_Anzeig...
- rob74 2y agoWow, so the Swiss have a 1-minute precision even for delays? Germany has this convenient (for the train operator) system: - 0 - 4m59s -> "no delay" (so it doesn't have to be announced and the train counts as "on time" as far as metrics are concerned) - 5m - 9m59s -> "5 minutes delay" - 10m - 14m59s -> "10 minutes delay" ...and so on.
- red_admiral 2y agoI think it might start at 2 or 3 minutes, but from then on it's in 1 minute increments up to at least 10, and I think even 15 minutes. I believe the maximum on the system is 120 minutes delay, after which (or if it's not sure) it switches to "Unbestimmte Verspaetung" (unknown delay). You can certainly find a 4min, a 5min, and a 6min on the linked page. The message "Bitte nicht / einsteigen" (please do not board) always used to be split over two flaps. This caused some humor whenever the first one got stuck, so what was supposed to read "Olten / Basel" ended up as "Bitte nicht / Basel" which roughly reads as "Please don't take me to Basel!", a sentiment that a lot of people in Zurich would agree with.