In-Tunnel Advertising

ianm42 · Post by **ianm42** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 6:18 pm

I am told that the system has been in use in Japan for some time, but Munich S-bahn have now installed an advertising system in the tunnel between Karlsplatz and Marrienplatz. It projects moving pictures, that move along the tunnel in sync with the train, so if you look out of the window, it looks like a flickery TV picture is being suspended outside the window.

I will try an get a video of it, if it works.

dinmore · Post by **dinmore** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 6:39 pm

Whatever will they think of next!!!!!!

Samd22 · Post by **Samd22** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 7:48 pm

I don't know about the rest of you but I tend to keep my eyes focused inside the train when underground. As much as I appreciate the usefulness of underground tunnels, their eye appeal....at least internally is not much.

mattvince · Post by **mattvince** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 10:29 pm

The Ad Man will always devise a new way of trying to sell you something.

Somehow I think most Londoners will be spared such advertising - the problems of fitting Liquid Crystal Displays in a 13-foot diameter tube are best avoided.

allypally · Post by **allypally** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 8:49 am

Could replace the lights in the New Street approach tunnel!

peterholton · Post by **peterholton** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 9:02 am

Company called MotionPoster has these sytems in Budapest and other places apparently:

http://solo2.abac.com/themole/tubeads.html

scroll down a bit to "Is the Underground missing out on potential ad revenue?"

Peter

Hymek · Post by **Hymek** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 9:45 am

it was tested in the tunnel at the SVR using the class 108 dmu a number of years ago, the b racketary is still in there if you look closely

calvert · Post by **calvert** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 10:16 am

Its not a april fools is it?

Hymek · Post by **Hymek** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 11:48 am

nope, well i wasnt april fooling anyway

buffy500 · Post by **buffy500** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 12:24 pm

There was a section like this in the Boston Subway coming south from the University.

djhedge · Post by **djhedge** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 2:34 pm

Does it have som eway of knowing how fast the train is going?

peterholton · Post by **peterholton** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 3:59 pm

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Artic ... 05,00.html

Peter

Samd22 · Post by **Samd22** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 6:14 pm

Perhaps they could get companies to sponsor train journies....I can see it now......."the 16.09 Newcastle to Kings Cross was brought to you by Tescos".

jamestcc · Post by **jamestcc** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 6:34 pm

lol!!

"I sorry to announce that the 9.09 Northern service Macclesfield to Manchester Oxford Road service brought to you by Tesco has been delayed by 5 mins due to the 9.10 Virgin London Euston to Manchester brought to you by Sainsbury has been delayed by a price war"!

I'm doing Business Management at Uni and all big corporate firms are finding new ways to sponosor themselves, I read some time back that big corporate logo's have been banned from going into Space (no joke).

southcoasttrains · Post by **southcoasttrains** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 3:06 pm

There is a quick movie of it in action here:

http://www.motionposter.de/data/wirkung ... poster.mpg

Looks pretty impressive.