SINGAPORE \u2013 Train information displayed on digital screens at Circle Line (CCL) platforms are being made easier to read ahead of the opening of the line\u2019s sixth stage on July 12.<\/p>\n
The improvements, being rolled out progressively from July 2, are based on feedback from passengers after a public preview of the new signage on May 29<\/span><\/a> at four CCL stations \u2013 Promenade, Esplanade, Buona Vista and Paya Lebar.<\/p>\n Announcing this in a Facebook post on July 2, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) said it received positive responses, as well as feedback on how to improve the signs.<\/p>\n \u201cWe recognise that different commuter groups will have different preferences on signage,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n Previously, icons in a circle indicating the train\u2019s direction \u2013 either clockwise or anticlockwise \u2013 dominated most of the digital screen. Information on the terminating station or next interchange was in a smaller font near the bottom of the screen.<\/p>\n Services that complete the full loop were labelled \u201cclockwise loop\u201d or \u201canticlockwise loop\u201d.<\/p>\n Those that serve only the branch section between Dhoby Ghaut and Promenade stations were labelled \u201cclockwise\u201d or \u201canticlockwise\u201d.<\/p>\n In the updated digital display, the icons in a circle have been removed. Details about the terminating station or next interchange, as well as the colour-coded station code, have been enlarged.<\/p>\n The words \u201cclockwise\u201d and \u201canticlockwise\u201d now describe the general direction of the services, regardless of whether they run across the entire loop.<\/p>\n Previously, some passengers and wayfinding experts told The Straits Times that they found the CCL wayfinding signs confusing.<\/p>\n App developer Leow, 45, who requested to be partially named, was concerned that the signs at Promenade station for trains heading towards both Dhoby Ghaut and Marina Bay stations were unhelpful.<\/p>\n He said the information made it difficult for passengers in a rush to tell which clockwise train to board.<\/p>\n Samuel Lim, founder of wayfinding advisory practice Studio Lucidus, said information that helped passengers decide which train to board \u2013 namely the terminating station and the next interchange station \u2013 was not presented clearly.<\/p>\n He led a project on the redesign of MRT signs that debuted on the Thomson-East Coast Line in 2020.<\/p>\n Stanley Tan, director of branding and wayfinding consultancy IMMORTAL, said there was no need for the icons in a circle as passengers can refer to the route maps above the train doors at the platforms.<\/p>\n Alternatively, he suggested using animated graphics to display the names of the next three stations, before zooming out to show the train\u2019s direction of travel.<\/p>\n In its post, LTA said passengers are encouraged to navigate the completed CCL by first identifying the next interchange station in the direction they wish to travel.<\/p>\n They should then check the route map to ensure they are on the correct platform, before referring to the digital screen for more information about the arriving train.<\/p>\n The three new stations<\/span><\/a> \u2013 Keppel, Cantonment and Prince Edward Road \u2013 that will complete the CCL loop will open their doors for a public preview on July 4.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n SINGAPORE \u2013 Train information displayed on digital screens at Circle Line (CCL) platforms are being made easier to read ahead of the opening of the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":65523,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=65522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/65523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=65522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=65522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=65522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/picture><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n
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