Ban 'audio graffiti'.
And by that I mean; 'security announcements', 'safety announcements', lists of things sold at the buffet/cafe-bar/shop, reminders to take my personal belongings with me when I leave the train and reminders to mind the gap between the train and the platform edge.
And
all our trains and stations are non smoking...
And
all passengers are reminded to put litter in the bins provided....
I discovered recently that this message is linked to the "gap between train and platform" one on ATW's 175s, so you get both at Earlestown and Helsby, among many others (despite Earlestown platforms having been totally rebuilt...).
And
Deganwy is a request stop...(long useless sentence about
passengers wishing to alight should contact the guard,
to permit the train to stop, to allow them to alight).
You surely only need this announcement at all at Llandudno Junction (not at Manchester Oxford Road!).
This is bad enough on the Manchester-Llandudno service, but on the Cambrian and Central Wales lines which have many request stops it is truly mind-numbing.