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Show Press a Button and Robot Gives Train Information Visitors to Glasgow may see the first "robot" railway time-table Introduced Intro-duced in Scotland. The new system was Inaugurated at Glasgow Central station. The "Informator" shows at a glance the train service from the station to any desired destination. Similar In size and appearance to the automatic ticket machines on the London underground system, It has a window at the level of the eyes of an average-sized person. At the back of the window is a card with the names of the various stations served from the central station. Attached to each name is a number, and Just below the window Is a series of numbered num-bered keys. By pressing the button corresponding to the number attached at-tached to his destination the inquirer causes a card to slide Into view, which give's a complete list of the trains to and from the specified station. sta-tion. Washington Post. |