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May 18 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
@GWRHelp please update internal train digital signage with stops and make matching announcements *before* the doors lock instead of after, as you always do, when it's too late to get off.
Coach 5 of 10 is not useful information at this point. Thx
Also, watching minutes of welcomes and security warnings scroll by when I just want to know if I'm on the right train is stressful.
If you want some extra motivation to improve this, perhaps consider what effect this has on people with anxiety. #MentalHealth
The internal signs should do *nothing* but continuously scroll the list of stops.
See it say it sort it, welcome to your journey on south west trains to somewhere you didn't want to go.

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