Re: Station announcements, Sydney

[Stuart Foster <forte@argo.net.au>]

Hi everyone,

Just thought I'd share with you a funny experience with train announcements.
Having arrived back at East Perth Terminal off the Prospector from Kalgoorlie (a
long trip on an old train which well needs the upgrades being tendered for
presently) I waited along with many other rush-hour patrons to travel back to
Perth, change trains then onto the Armadale line and home. My tiredness was soon
gone and I felt extremely uplifted when one poor commuter dared to press the
button for "Trains to Perth". The information module promptly replied:

"The next train to Switzerland leaves in five minutes. The train stops at all
stations including Gottingen, Schneeland, Berne, Midland, and Perth."

Not one person moved, spoke or dared to press it again for a full minute or
more.

David wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I put in a complaint about the volume of the Circular Quay system on Wed as
> you could hear it 1/2Km away and was way too loud on the station, (while I
> was there I complained on the form about the volume at East Hills,
> Campbelltown and the late Padstow annountments [as the train leaves]). Low
> and behold I got a call the next day from a person telling me that it had
> been turned down and that she would fax the complaint on the appropiate
> people for the other stations. I -was- impressed.
>
> David
>
> Robert Parnell <rparnell@netspace.net.au> wrote in message
> news:73kp1c$e8v$1@otis.netspace.net.au...
> >
> >
> >>
> >>Heard at around midday with numerous passengers waiting on the
> >>platform were:
> >>
> >>"The next train to Rhodes is due to depart from platform one hundred
> >>twenty three on February 30th 2015"
> >>
> >>"Run your rear end to the passengers on the platform"
> >>
> >
> >
> >At Blacktown one day, the SPI  DVA exclaimed "Attention Please! Attention
> >Please! An emergency situation exists. Would all passengers please evacuate
> >the station ...and... go to...the beach."
> >
> >--
> >Robert Parnell
> >RAC-Railcom Technician, Electronics Enthusiast,
> >Lachlan Valley Railway member,  NSW HO scale modeller
> >>
> >>Albert Alcoceba
> >>  <><
> >>alberta@zip.com.au
> >>http://homepages.tig.com.au/~alberta
> >
> >