Railway Announcements

My two best railway announcements.........

At number 1, heard on Brighton Station. I am wating for the 'all stops' Brighton to Worthing train on Platform 1. The incoming train is late. "The train now standing at Platform 1 is the 16:05 Brighton to Worthing, stopping at Aldrington, Hove,........... "We all looked bemused down at the empty track, until the announcement concluded, and there was the click of the microphone being turned off, then another click as it was turned on again. "There is no train standing at Platform 1, but when there is, it will be the 16:05 Brighton to Worthing, stopping......... "

At number 2, heard at London Bridge Station, London. I am waiting for a local train, and the next train leaving the platform (again Platform 1) is heading for the South Coast, so I watch it pull out. Whilst this train was standing at the platform the announcer was busy telling travellers that a train to Ashford, Kent, was cancelled. By the time he had done this the train on my platform had left. "The train that has just left Platform 1 is the 14:10 service to Hastings".