ccityplanner12
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Announcements at London Waterloo drop "Platform" & "South Western Railway service to", so instead say
"5 for the 15:53 Strawberry Hill via Kingston; calling at Vauxhall, Clapham Junction..."
Waterloo has over 20 platforms & serves trains on long routes. Intercity trains here in the south typically start off fast, skipping huge stations like Clapham Junction, but by the end of the route they are calling at stations in the middle of nowhere, such as Ashurst NF or Moreton Dorn, as well as decidedly suburban ones such as Branksome and Parkstone.
The voice used for these announcements is a digitised version of Celia Drummond which sounds like she is about to faint.
I think it reflects well on South Western Railway as they have foregone their vanity & dropped their name from the announcements at their main London terminus. I know the station is managed by Network Rail but I only know the "Queasy Celia" voice to be used at stations served primarily by SWR trains.
Are there any other stations that have such "filleted" announcements?
"5 for the 15:53 Strawberry Hill via Kingston; calling at Vauxhall, Clapham Junction..."
Waterloo has over 20 platforms & serves trains on long routes. Intercity trains here in the south typically start off fast, skipping huge stations like Clapham Junction, but by the end of the route they are calling at stations in the middle of nowhere, such as Ashurst NF or Moreton Dorn, as well as decidedly suburban ones such as Branksome and Parkstone.
The voice used for these announcements is a digitised version of Celia Drummond which sounds like she is about to faint.
I think it reflects well on South Western Railway as they have foregone their vanity & dropped their name from the announcements at their main London terminus. I know the station is managed by Network Rail but I only know the "Queasy Celia" voice to be used at stations served primarily by SWR trains.
Are there any other stations that have such "filleted" announcements?