"Paul Scott" wrote in message
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Oh no! Was that a recorded announcement? SWT already play way too many
of
them on every journey, I don't want any more.

Yes, recorded.

The whole announcement thing is getting a bit silly. Not only on the
trains but on the platforms. But what irritates me almost more than the
number of the announcments is how (1) the train and platform
announcements
don't co-ordinate and (2) when things aren't working properly (late
running and particularly out of order running) the systems don't cope.

One that irritates me is the one they play on the platform when a train
terminates - 'the train now standing, blah blah, all change please' which
seems aimed at the occupants of the train, (which probably made sense
before
train PAs existed). However, the said train is usually just approaching
the station, nowhere near the platform, and a similar announcement is also
taking place on board just a bit too early, or they are announcing the
outgoing service already...

And the reverse of announcing on the train "this is the train to X calling
at Y and Z" which is obviously aimed at making sure joining pax are getting
on the correct train, announced before the doors are opened.

tim