In message , James Farrar
writes

I've noticed in the last month or so, drivers have been much quicker
to give tannoy announcements at delays, even if it's just "we're
stopped at a red signal and I don't know why".

New rules innit - initial announcement within 30 secs, if only to
reassure the passengers that you've not dropped dead.

I had presumed there had been such an edict; but if the rules really
state that announcements should be made evry two minutes, that's
excessive.

Does this only apply between stations?

The instruction is - first announcement after 30 secs. There is no
particular requirement to give any more information to a deadline other
than passing on any relevant info (which I would do anyway, edict or
no!).

It is expected that once initial information has been passed on, then
updates are obviously important for long shutdowns; otherwise a minimum
of something every station when slow moving so that any joining
passengers are kept updated.
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