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."

"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.

"Graham Harrison" wrote in
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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.

"Graculus" wrote in message
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"Graham Harrison" wrote
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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.


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.

"Graham Harrison" wrote in
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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

On 22 Nov, 12:18, "Paul Scott" wrote:
"Graham Harrison" wrote in
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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...


That's why they tell you to mind the gap between the platform and the
train.

"Paul Scott" wrote in message
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"Graham Harrison" wrote
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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...

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

On Nov 22, 12:18 pm, "Paul Scott"
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"Graham Harrison" wrote in
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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?

On Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 10:46:43PM -0000, Graham Harrison wrote:

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.

The one that ****es me off is that the recorded announcements of "this
is Putney. The next station is Wandsworth Town" are usually wrong.
They're either a stop or two out, or they think the train is travelling
in the opposite direction. Not very helpful when you're buried in a
good book and want to know when to get off the bloody train.

This even happens on those trains where the trainco has been stupid
enough to try to tie the doors in to GPS so that they can't open if the
driver stops a yard or two away from the end of the platform.

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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") ...