Comments on: In a TFhelL minute http://blog.thestateofme.com/2009/06/12/in-a-tfhell-minute/ IT mixology and other thoughts about tech, life the universe and everything Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:33:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: TFHell http://blog.thestateofme.com/2009/06/12/in-a-tfhell-minute/#comment-298 TFHell Sun, 30 Aug 2009 16:48:20 +0000 http://thestateofme.wordpress.com/?p=116#comment-298 Googled our own name and found this page. Awesome, right? We're working on a similar problem for buses, and are now slightly intrigued by the tubes. It seems that building a mobile application for underground stations are slightly counter-intuitive. Hehe. Googled our own name and found this page. Awesome, right?

We’re working on a similar problem for buses, and are now slightly intrigued by the tubes. It seems that building a mobile application for underground stations are slightly counter-intuitive. Hehe.

]]> By: Kirk Wylie http://blog.thestateofme.com/2009/06/12/in-a-tfhell-minute/#comment-239 Kirk Wylie Sat, 13 Jun 2009 10:38:01 +0000 http://thestateofme.wordpress.com/?p=116#comment-239 That's because the annunciators report the expected <b>transport</b> time that the train will take in between stations on its journey to you. It doesn't include any stopping time at a station, and doesn't include any delays. So if a train is just pulling in at Liverpool Street and you're at bank, and it takes 60 seconds in general for a Central Line to go in between Liverpool Street and Bank, from the moment the train comes into Liverpool Street it will show as 1 minute, even if it spends 2 minutes in slowing down, opening doors, closing doors, and reacceleration. Common misconception, and the stupidest part of the annunciator system. That’s because the annunciators report the expected transport time that the train will take in between stations on its journey to you. It doesn’t include any stopping time at a station, and doesn’t include any delays.

So if a train is just pulling in at Liverpool Street and you’re at bank, and it takes 60 seconds in general for a Central Line to go in between Liverpool Street and Bank, from the moment the train comes into Liverpool Street it will show as 1 minute, even if it spends 2 minutes in slowing down, opening doors, closing doors, and reacceleration.

Common misconception, and the stupidest part of the annunciator system.

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