SMRT ACTIVE ROUTE MAP INFORMATION SYSTEM(STARIS)

The STARIS prototype

Door Side Indicator(DSI[48])

Vacuum Fluorescent Display(24)

Active Route Map(48)

The SMRT Active Route Map Information System is a rail travel information system developed in house by communications engineers from SMRT Corporation for its North South Line and East West Line trains in Singapore.This system was offically announced in 7 November 2008(although SMRT had revealed plans for such a system much earlier)and installed on trainset 053/054 on a 2 month trial.This was later extended to more trains from February 2009.An earlier version of the Active Route Map being tested had the North South Line and East West Line map on a black background and had an additional LED screen capable of displaying text.The text and station symbols were also not in the standard LTA font and design while the light indicating the the side doors would open was a single small light.This has since been modified to the current version 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 light emitting diodes(LEDS)now indicate the side train doors open.STARIS is expected to cost S$20,000 per carriage and S$12 million in total.STARIS comprises a system of 4 Vacuum Fluorescent Displays(VFDs)mounted on 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.