And how are you expected to take responsibility if you are completely unaware that the product is potentially harmful to you because all the ingredients aren’t listed on the packaging??
In what way is that at all relevant to the staff warning you? How can they know either?
I got clouted on the side of my head by an internal door on a Belgian AM96 unit. I didn't search for the guard or fill in an accident form. I made a mental note to be more careful next time.
On the topic of Europe, I am not sure of its entirety given my more limited experience but they have never to me at least had any overly excessive announcements. Nothing more than upcoming stops and the simple nessecary information. NS for example aside from the sprinter trains (which also even if automatic are not excessive) seem to rely solely on manual announcements (I don't know if there is any exceptions) and that's only the bare essentials (welcome + stopping points, approaching stations etc) and it's much more peaceful.
I think the BTP ones are a good example of how simple things are in Europe.
On intercity services in Europe the conductor will often list connecting departures and their platform allocations when approaching the station. I always do the same, many passengers seem to appreciate the heads up.
This. Exactly this.
Doors which can trap you and not re-open too! I have been caught, waiting for the train to stop and me alight, with my body one side of the door and my rucksack (on my back) the other. No way to turn and press the button. They do make an awful crunching sound as you force them back on their track!
Yeah, that is how it should be and what I would call under essentials, especially when there are delays and such. I think the difference for me between the UK and Mainland Europe is that we tend to have automatic announcements + mind the gap + whatever, and then the conductor will repeat the same thing plus more manually.
That's how it should be; so much information that is announced in the UK should be (and is already sometimes) confined to the internal LCDs that most trains have now (failing that, onboard posters). The only argument I can see being put in favour of all of these announcements is if someone is visually impaired and needs it in an audio form.
I agree. If anyone objects to the bag, it's only then that 'I'm sorry, but I have to' becomes relevsnt.
I suppose that so long as the bag doesn't become soiled you could always refold and return it. It'll be paper anyway, not plastic.
In many ways this makes it worse: paper bags use significantly more energy and hence carbon to produce than plastic ones. The only advantage is that they do less harm if they aren't disposed of properly.
Likewise if I catch a train at Sheffield station I will probably be screamed at to stay behind the yellow line yet I can walk out of the station and freely cross the tram tracks wherever I like.
In all honesty, the risk with the yellow line is somewhat well founded. I would point to the case of Christopher McGee, formerly of Merseyrail, who was given five years in prison for gross negligence manslaugter after a fatal incident at James Street in 2011.
Trams are relatively good at stopping quickly in an emergency. Trains are not.
All the normal ways other establishments manage (even after Natasha's law):
So how about fixing the doors so they don’t close on people?
I have a theory that their new announcements played when at a red signal is pre-recorded. Was caught up in some disruption, and I'm certain the announcement said the same thing word-for-word about 5x times. Especially because the internal displays were displaying 'We are at a red signal....', while a manual announcement wouldn't necessarily display that internally at the exact same time it's being manually announced. Or I could be going crazy. Perhaps they think people would respond better to a voice that sounds like a driver telling them they're at a red signal as opposed to the woman that makes all the other announcements.
There's a pre-recorded version on Thameslink as well. It's manually triggered by the driver. "This train is being held at a red signal and should be moving shortly" I believe is the wording for TL.
Not sure if I was unclear in my post, yes, that's the message you'd expect them to have. Elizabeth Line also seems to have a message voiced by another man (sounds like the driver) that says this red signal stuff, but his voice differs to every other automated announcement on the train. I thought that they might have changed the red signal announcement and recorded it impromptu as it is clearly different from the regular automated announcements, leading customers to think it's the driver speaking, even though it's just another automated announcement.
