Whilst I was waiting for trains at Bat & Ball and Sevenoaks I noticed that the displays on the information screens are now advising passengers where the train they are waiting for currently is. When I arrived at Sevenoaks the 08.13 was shown as being between Chislehurst and Petts Wood.
This is a welcome development and allows knowledgeable travellers to change their plans – or get another cup of coffee – accordingly. It’s disappointing that it’s taken so long for this information from the signalling system to be fed through to the customer displays, but better late than never!
Let’s hope that signs will no longer just show ‘Delayed’, which is infuriatingly useless because the expected delay could be two minutes or two hours.