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The original STARiS active route map on C151 trainset 053/054
Vacuum Fluorescent Displays (VFD)
STARiS 2.0 on board a C151B, showing a train heading for Braddell

The SMRT Active Route Map Information System (stylized as STARiS) is a rail travel information system developed in house by communications engineers from SMRT Corporation for its North South Line and East West Line (NSEWL) trains in Singapore.[1] This system was officially announced on November 7, 2008 and firstly installed on a C151 train, trainset 053/054 for a 2-month trial. This was later extended to other trains from February 2009.

History

The first STARiS was installed on a C151 trainset 053/054 for a 2-month trial. STARiS was later extended to all other existing trains on the NSEWL. C151A trains had STARiS installed during the manufacturing process. This version is based on the LTA font, symbols and based on a white background with a separate VFD for displaying text located aside from the Active Route Map and 6 LED bulbs, indicating which side(s) that train doors would open.

The next generation of STARiS, "STARiS version 2.0", has real-time multi-purpose displays that features landmarks in the vicinity of a station when the train arrives at a station. Animated advertisements are also available. STARiS 2.0 was presented during the Customer Experience Innovation Conference on 21 January 2016. STARiS 2.0 is currently installed on all C151B and C151C trains, which was equipped during the manufacturing process.[2] C751B trainset 321/322 had a trial version of "STARiS version 2.0" installed on set 322, but it was scrapped. Since April 2019, some C151B with STARiS 2.0 LCD right screen start to show advertising such as One Click Away, DBS Sparks Ad, UOB Simply Go, Tanyu Restaurant advertisement. Whereas for another half of C151B trains STARiS 2.0 LCD right screen it shows XCO influencer ads, SMRT Kouku Ads.

On 18 April 2019, an updated version of the original STARiS display was spotted on C151A trainset 511/512.[3] The new STARiS has a refreshed look, and has an additional LED bulb for the future Canberra MRT station. All trains with the first generation STARiS displays will likely have them updated before Canberra opens.

A first generation STARiS with the refreshed look.

Overview

STARiS comprises a system of 4 Vacuum Fluorescent Displays (VFD) mounted at an angle from the ceiling and 8 active route maps mounted above every door in each car. The VFDs indicate the train service's direction of travel, terminal station, side of doors opening, doors closing messages, current station, next station, interchange station and displays multi-language text synchronized with in-train audio announcements. The active route maps indicate the line of travel, direction of travel, side of doors opening, current station, next station, terminal station, interchange station and the corresponding line for interchange. All STARiS 2.0 active route maps are based upon Android.

References

  1. ^ "STARiS". SGTrains.
  2. ^ "New train with LCD displays goes into service". The Straits Times. 2017-04-17. Retrieved 2019-04-19. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  3. ^ sgdkdl (2019-04-18), [New STARiS Map]SMRT North South Line C151A 511/512 - Ang Mo Kio to Yio Chu Kang, retrieved 2019-04-19
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