On Nov 16, 2:02*pm, asdf wrote:
On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 10:45:26 GMT, Neil Williams wrote:
Announcements like "This train is ready to depart, stand clear of the
doors, mind the doors, mind the doors" are pointless and irritating,

Yes, very pointless. Particulary since the spiel is so long that
anyone with more than a couple of days' rush hour experience knows
that "This train is now ready to depart, stand clear of the doors..."
really means "There is plenty of time until the doors close, continue
boarding."

Particularly when it starts happening while people are still queuing
to get off and the people on the platform are politely standing back.

I've noticed that on the Central Line, the doors generally don't close
at this point, while on the Northern Line they do, leaving people on
the platform (both based on experience at Bank), so the interpretation
may depend on the circumstances.

I wonder if there is a different regime for penalising drivers on the
Northern from on the Central with its ATO?