Western Sunset
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Was at Poole station this morning, and as a train was terminating, the PA address over the platform was something along the lines of "this train is now completing its journey". Haven't heard that before.
It just says “where our journey ends”, it doesn’t add together. That would sound ridiculous…Southeastern high speed says something like “The next station is St Pancras International, where our journey together ends.”
Southeastern high speed says something like “The next station is St Pancras International, where our journey together ends.”
LNER says “Where we finish our journey today.”Sounds bit intimate with a personal touch, something the likes of Virgin of old likely would say! Do the other big intercity operators like LNER & Eurostar say anything like this?
Re the SWR PA, it hasn't been the same with the new system which all directions would be announced no matter which platform you're waiting on which is bit tedious.
With the old system, the destination would be announced for that direction only that I can choose to ignore Phil announcing on the opposite platform for the train arriving in the other direction.
Now I would hear Anne about to begin, I'm expecting my train's about to arrive but she would then announce the train for the opposite platform!
The trouble with SWR automated on train announcements is (or was) the lack of a gap between sentences. I don't know if that could be corrected by a software change.
Anne is at no Greater Anglia operated stations as of 2020, and just before she was replaced she was rolled out as a modified version that sounded absolutely awful, the way she says “Greater Anglia service TO. Colchester.” even today at Liverpool Street sounds odd.Yes, Anne sounds unnatural whereas she is more normal & less robotic at Greater Anglia. ATOS should change the software to sound more natural like the previous system.