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by imglorp 753 days ago
> not being able to see which station the train is at, especially if no announcement is made

Wait, they're admitting they know this is a problem? It's such a pain having inaudible announcements or none at all. Is it really so hard to get on the PA for each stop? Then why not have it automated? Or an overhead sign in the car showing eta and name of next station? Ideally both.

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>Or an overhead sign in the car showing eta and name of next station?

I believe the cars (definitely the newer ones) have exactly that. It seems like an odd complaint to me, but it's totally possible NJ Transit moved older cars that don't have this feature from more heavily trafficked lines to lines that don't have as much traffic.

Every car I've been on has about a dozen characters' worth of space. It's very easy to miss a visual announcement on those - I've missed my stop a few times, though I freely acknowledge that it's due to me not paying attention.
I hate PA systems, especially if they are not automated and some poor drone mumbles the announcement 500 times per day. Give me digital signage every time.