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gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

My favourite, from many years ago (late 80s or early 90s) was.

"We apologize for the delay to this service. This is due to a train on
the track"

I've had very similar - "We apologise for the delay to this train. I've
been told by control that this is due to trains on the line in the
vicinity of Baker St Station".

Personal favourite? I reckon they'd had it ready, just _crying_ out for
an excuse... "There are delays on Hammersmith & City and District
services. This is due to a dog on the Barking line."

"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

"Graculus" wrote in message
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"elyob" wrote in message
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On the train out of Waterloo last night, an announcement came over the
tannoy :

"Ladies and Gentlemen, it has been brought to my attention that there
is a beggar on board the train. This is the Guard. If he approaches
you for money, please do not give any. Thankyou."


I got a more generic along the lines "Beggars sometimes operate on this
train, please don't give them money" on SWT earlier this week.

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

Was on a slow train out of Waterloo yesterday to Ashford (is it Surrey or
Middlesex, SWT can't seem to make up their mind) ... the announcements
certainly had verbal diarrhea ... the problem being that they are really
loud, so quitely listening to my iPod I have to turn up to drown out the
announcements.

As soon as they stopped people got on at Clapham Junction using their phones
quite loudly .. (googles for "mobile phone signal jammers") ...

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"Graculus" 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...

Paul

All change your plans please, as you hadn't previously been told this
train was terminating?

I'm also starting to get irritated by the new automatic platform
announcements on the Northern line(1) - she's just much too cheerful
on a Monday morning, and do we really need to constantly be reminded
to stand behind the yellow line(2)?

gw

(1) I think on some other lines too, but I've had the dubious pleasure
of only using the Northern recently..
(2) the Circle line?

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gw2486 writes

I'm also starting to get irritated by the new automatic platform
announcements on the Northern line(1) - she's just much too cheerful
on a Monday morning, and do we really need to constantly be reminded
to stand behind the yellow line(2)?

Obviously from the number of people I see stood right on the edge of the
platforms in a typical shift.

I've hit a couple of 'em too
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On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 07:52:46 -0800 (PST), gw2486 wrote:

I'm also starting to get irritated by the new automatic platform
announcements on the Northern line(1) - she's just much too cheerful
on a Monday morning, and do we really need to constantly be reminded
to stand behind the yellow line(2)?

(1) I think on some other lines too, but I've had the dubious pleasure
of only using the Northern recently..

I haven't heard the ones on the Northern, but I wonder if they're in
the same tone as the extremely patronising ones at Finchley Road? They
sound as if the announcer is speaking to a small child.

They also contain lots of redundant information (like the next stop
for each train on each line in both directions, even though it's only
relevant for one line in one direction, and then only at peak times).
Combined with the high frequency of the service, and the fact that
each train is announced multiple times, they end up nattering away
almost constantly. Argh!