[Jonah Ramone]

(Original post by Expression)
DDA compliance... Harry Hard of Hearing needs the visual display. Sorry.

Yeah I know. But like. It's annoying enough. Innit.

[Jangrafess]

I think the French guy on the Silverlink is the best. Narrowly beating the Indian.

Do they hire only people with stereotypical accents?

[Crisps]

Another thing which I found quite interesting is the departure boards At Manchester Picc. Instead of listing the actual services, it lists every destination which can be reached directly from the station, and the time and platform of the next service going there. I haven't seen that anywhere else.

[Expression]

(Original post by Crisps)
Luckily most of the stations that I usemost regularly have good ol' human announcements [although the Darlington woman sounds like she's fed up half of the time, and you can hardly hear the York announcements.

Derby station announcer makes me smile and cringe simultaneous.

She announces the Central and the Virgin's to Brum, and has a particular twang.

"Train now approachin' platform fooer is thay th-air-tain twentay-two Vairgin Voyager service to Bairmingham New Straight, calling at Burton-on-Trent, Tamworth and Bairmingham New Straight, Platform fooer for thay th-air-tain twentay two Vairgin Voyager to Bairmingham New Straight".


Oh and Chris, how many times does your Aber-New Street train actually terminate at New Street? I understand it's normally terminated at Wolverhampton occasionally managing to make it to Brum. :P

[Jangrafess]

Or the way all train announcers say, 'we are now approaching into Peterborough/Station X.'

That just sounds weird. Approaching into.

Might just have been the ones I was on to Scotland though.

[Crisps]

(Original post by Expression)
Oh and Chris, how many times does your Aber-New Street train actually terminate at New Street? I understand it's normally terminated at Wolverhampton occasionally managing to make it to Brum. :P

Very, very rarely! Only twice in the last two years have I actually got into Brum directly! Although I tendto have more luck going the other way.

[Vesta]

(Original post by Jonah Ramone)
I think it's towards the North - West of Central London, by Paddington where there are a few stations on the outside.

That's where I live

[Jonah Ramone]

(Original post by Vesta)
That's where I live

What, Paddington?

[Vesta]

(Original post by Jonah Ramone)
What, Paddington?

NW of Central London, I can take the Met or Jubilee line home.

[Jonah Ramone]

Silly lines

[Vesta]

What! Why?

[Jonah Ramone]

Beause they don't go anywhere cool.

Picadilly and Northern are the best. Oh, and District, even though I don't use it often; it goes to Fulham Broadway

[Vesta]

District is always delayed. Northern is boring, although it does goes to Hampstead.

The Jubilee is the best because it goes to my house, school and Oxford Street

[Crisps]

(Original post by wesetters)
I had to take a bus from Machylllllllnneqth (can't spell it) to Aber because the train stopped

Machynlleth You were nearly there

[Crisps]

Yay we're official!

But for some reason I'm not a co-founder

[Crisps]

I am now!

To join, go to the socs list, [linky at the top of the page], and click our"Join this soc" link [we're on page 12 of the socs list]

[LPK]

Or just click here: http://thestudentroom.co.uk/socs.php?do=join&socid=564

Rightio, you're on the Socs index under 'Other Hobbies/Interests' (Category Two)

[Jangrafess]

Yay for officialness!

[NJA]

Song about rail travel.

[kpg]

If you're into your trains then I suggest you save up a few hundred quid and goto India next summer. Nowhere in the world have I ever seen such a celebration of diversity, romance, history but also poverty and hardship. If you like trains, A 36hr journey on sleeper class from Madras to Delhi (or similar cross country) will be one of the best experiences of your life! The sounds, the smells,the songs, the food, the 1km+ long train, the ~1500 passengers, the horn, the beggars, the toilets...everything!

Trains in this country (England) used to be fun but ever since the old british rail Intercity trains were replaced they just became too boring and business like