Station and on board train announcements - merged topic, ongoing discussion

[whole diary]

[Kim]

I know nothing of 'Brizzle' - where might that be?

I take the point that there are places with 'just for locals' names, but Keynsham isn't one of them.

Brizzle is Bristol.

[NickB]

Apologies if this question has already been asked and answered, and double-apologies because I feel like such a pedant for asking this, but...

Why is the announcement "there is express cafe aboard this service" and not "there is an express cafe aboard this service" ?

Isn't the name of the facility an 'Express Cafe'?

[JayMac]

It is railway vocabulary. And, yes, it is pedantic to point it out, but it grates with me also. 

Rather like the police. Syntax mangled it gets.

My personal announcement bugbear, "...arriving into..."

[bobm]

"...last and final call...."

[John R]

"the next station stop".....

the next station call maybe, or the next stop, but the next station stop sounds so clumsy.

[ChrisB]

The pedants took that apart when trains kept stopping at signals twixt stations....:-)

[thetrout]

"Now arriving at London Paddington where this service will terminate"

Well done Train Manager Obvious... If the train tried to go any further there would be a dreadful mess and alot of awkward questions to answer...

[paul7575]

"Now arriving at London Paddington where this service will terminate"

Well done Train Manager Obvious... If the train tried to go any further there would be a dreadful mess and alot of awkward questions to answer...

It might have been a useful reminder at Chester this morning though...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-25016996

New bikes all round please... 

Paul

[thetrout]

It might have been a useful reminder at Chester this morning though...

I've only just heard about that... Oh the irony at the timing of my post Exactly that has happened

Thankfully no-one seriously hurt...!

[Timmer]

Virgin trains have two spare driving cars to hand so the set involved in the incident today won't be out of service for long.

[Ian01]

Only one person was annoyed by this announcement.

This was on the London Underground early last year, on the Northern Line, and about to pull out of Old Street station.

The usual "please stand clear" announcement was issued, and the doors closed. Almost immediately, they flung open again.

After a short time they closed again, and almost immediately they opened yet again.

After a small delay they closed again, and the following announcement issued from the loudspeakers:

"Oi you. You in the grey coat, and the hat. Yes, you. Can you see those big red slidey things attached to the side of the train? You can? Good. Those slidey things are what the announcement "please stand clear of the closing doors" is referring to."

[Super Guard]

"Now arriving at London Paddington where this service will terminate"

Well done Train Manager Obvious... If the train tried to go any further there would be a dreadful mess and alot of awkward questions to answer...

Train Manager Obvious here... I've been asked on the platform at Paddington which direction the train will go and also while on board is London the final station call, so not all of the travelling public may think it is obvious.

Having said that, I was travelling once and it grated me when it was continually announced "...we are now on the final approach to xxx..."

[BerkshireBugsy]

"Now arriving at London Paddington where this service will terminate"

Well done Train Manager Obvious... If the train tried to go any further there would be a dreadful mess and alot of awkward questions to answer...

This made me smile because on an HST^▸ (High Speed Train) departure from Paddington last night a passenger asked me which direction the service would be leaving in . When I answered their question they then thought that was strange as the engine was at the wrong end.

They then apologised for their question but they were infrequent train travellers

I'd kind of worked that bit out!

The the observant amongst youill have noticed my careful use of words to arvo us being sexist and revealing what gender the lady was.

[thetrout]

The the observant amongst youill have noticed my careful use of words to arvo us being sexist and revealing what gender the lady was.

In that case I think you meant to say "Person" ... Mind you, you could have said "Blonde" before "Lady" so it could have been much worse! Perils of typing on a Smart Phone on the 18:06 again?

I am to assume this poor lady has not heard of Push-Pull Services then, where the loco does not have to run around the carriages when it terminates. Still used widely in the UK^▸ (United Kingdom) with:

• Eastcoast (InterCity 225 Electra Sets)
• Virgin Trains Pretendolino (Class 90+Mk3+DVT^‡(resolve)) - No specific diagrams, used when required
• GreaterAnglia Class 90+Mk3+DVT - Norwich - London Liverpool Street Services
• Chiltern Railway Class 67+Mk3+DVT - Silver Service Trains
• Arriva Trains Wales Class 67+Mk3+DVT - Occasional Class 57 and Mk2^▸ (Mark 2 coach) Carriage Used - Premier North/South Wales Service
• Some services in Scotland are Loco Hauled I believe too?!
• Sleepers Deliberately omitted as the loco changes ends or another loco arrives to collect it

On the subject of infrequent travellers. I was aboard a Class 150 unit earlier this week and a lady who had perhaps had a little bit to drink asked me if the small area I was sat in between Train Doors and Drivers Cab was First Class... As a joke I said yes... Didn't expect her to believe me as she went off and sat somewhere else!

Oh if only that would happen on GreaterAnglia Class 321's to Southend Victoria

[BerkshireBugsy]

The the observant amongst youill have noticed my careful use of words to arvo us being sexist and revealing what gender the lady was.

In that case I think you meant to say "Person" ... Mind you, you could have said "Blonde" before "Lady" so it could have been much worse! Perils of typing on a Smart Phone on the 18:06 again?

I am to assume this poor lady has not heard of Push-Pull Services then, where the loco does not have to run around the carriages when it terminates. Still used widely in the UK^▸ (United Kingdom) with:

• Eastcoast (InterCity 225 Electra Sets)
• Virgin Trains Pretendolino (Class 90+Mk3+DVT^‡(resolve)) - No specific diagrams, used when required
• GreaterAnglia Class 90+Mk3+DVT - Norwich - London Liverpool Street Services
• Chiltern Railway Class 67+Mk3+DVT - Silver Service Trains
• Arriva Trains Wales Class 67+Mk3+DVT - Occasional Class 57 and Mk2^▸ (Mark 2 coach) Carriage Used - Premier North/South Wales Service
• Some services in Scotland are Loco Hauled I believe too?!
• Sleepers Deliberately omitted as the loco changes ends or another loco arrives to collect it

On the subject of infrequent travellers. I was aboard a Class 150 unit earlier this week and a lady who had perhaps had a little bit to drink asked me if the small area I was sat in between Train Doors and Drivers Cab was First Class... As a joke I said yes... Didn't expect her to believe me as she went off and sat somewhere else!

Oh if only that would happen on GreaterAnglia Class 321's to Southend Victoria

Lol - for once my apparent mistake was deliberate....and I was thinking of including
 a "blonde" reference but decided two stereotypes in one post was too much !

And I know it's early but I have just realised about your reference to Southend Victoria - you are mischievous TT - I make that a stereotype hattrick between us!