On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 14:21:24 +0000, Mrs Redboots
wrote:

True, but I'd rather be told "Next Stop: Streatham Station" than "Bus
stopping at next bus-stop, please stand well clear of doors", which is
what one is told with monotonous regularity every 2 minutes or
thereabouts..... "Next stop: Lambeth Town Hall, please stand clear of
doors" would be less infuriating by a very long way!

A chime to get attention (preferably in the German style of using a
bell chime sample rather than a nasty electronic bing-bong) followed
by the name of the stop once should suffice. It may be worth
including information on important connections if there are any.

The latter above (yes, I've heard it and was equally unimpressed) has
been represented very well using a simple "ding" over many years, and
doesn't really need to be announced.

While London's bus operations are generally rather better than
elsewhere in the country, I really don't understand the obsession with
avoiding useful technology (e.g. LED destinations for their added
flexibility and internal displays, PA systems etc to inform passengers
of where they are) yet using useless technology (the above
announcements) at all.

Neil

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