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Old August 5th 08, 11:43 AM posted to uk.transport.london
SamB SamB is offline
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Default Default Bus Announcement?

On 3 Aug, 17:52, MIG wrote:
Today I was on a 21 in the Old Kent Road and on the approach to each
bus stop, both the display and the voice announced the same thing, eg
"Trafalgar Avenue".

But when the bus was ready to leave each stop, the display announced
"21 to Lewisham Centre" but the voice announced simply "Crystal
Palace".

This was more like the way that the next stop is announced, although
it corresponded to announcing the route and destination.

Maybe the voice says "Crystal Palace" every time it doesn't know what
to say?


I was on a 21 the other day (probably the same one!) going in the
other direction, and instead of saying '21 to Newington Green' it said
'Crystal Palace Newington Green'. Goodness knows...