Coastal bus queues in Clacton are looking perplexed.
Tens of thousands of pounds have been spent on installing new hi-tech digital timetables around the town.
Next bus? - James Hatcher, checks his timetable as advised by the digital display Picture: TERRY WEEDEN
But at the moment all they say is: "Please use the timetable!"
A county transport spokesman sought to reassure passengers and said: "They're not meant to be like that for long."
The 'real time displays' which will eventually show when the next bus is due are part of Essex County Council's multi-thousand pound telematics' project to ease bus travel.
A scanner on board the bus records the time which is bounced back to the timetable displays by satellite.
Passengers can see whether their bus is late and by exactly how long or if it has broken down.
Published Thursday, May 29, 2003
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