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Adjacent to the Control room on the first floor of the depot is a large area
that is used by the tram crews to check for operational notices, rosters
etc. On one side of the room, there are banks of ticket machines and
battery chargers. Each machine has 3 sets of batteries, as on busy
days the crews can go through a few sets of batteries. The machines
and batteries are marked up as sets and each has it it own charging
location. ©Stephen Dee
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2004 (ID PA179426) |
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A close up detail showing Set 01 is out, and set 04 on charge. ©Stephen Dee
17 October
2004 (ID PA179428 |
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Sets that are out of service are still kept on charge, but are "red ticketed" ©Stephen Dee
17 October
2004 (ID PA179436)
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Below the ticket machines are two banks of battery chargers. The bank to
the right are the grey printer batteries. ©Stephen Dee
17 October
2004 (ID PA179433) |
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Below the ticket machines are two banks of battery chargers. The bank to
the left are the black ticket machine batteries. ©Stephen Dee
17 October
2004 (ID PA179435) |
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The main control room has positions for up to three controllers. Two in
front as can be seen here and space for a third if required behind. In
front is a bank of 24 CCTV screens. See also the
PWI Tour of the control room. ©Stephen Dee
17 October
2004 (ID PA179485) |
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Each controller has a number of screens at their workstations which enables them
to either overview the whole system or to control a specific item.
The two main screens are showing track schematics and tram positioning.
Out of sight to the right of these is a PC that is display the event log for
the system. ©Stephen Dee
17 October
2004 (ID PA179447) |
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The screens can show
various views, in this case an overview of the power supply status is being
shown.
©Stephen Dee
17 October
2004 (ID PA179457) |
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On one of the walls
is a schematic of the depot, in a dry wipe/magnetic board, which is used to
show tram availability and location within the depot. For ease of use
trams and duty managers are pre-printed on magnetic strips.
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2004 (ID PA179445) |
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Next to the depot
schematic are the all important emergency power shut down and "Busman
holiday" or should that be "Tramman's holiday" snaps.
©Stephen Dee
17 October
2004 (ID PA179465)
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