...but I have to say that automated announcers are sometimes the right way to go. At Feltham station, for example, you can now understand the messages where previously a cheerful and very likeable member of the local Sikh community (I think) would make announcements himself, adding that human touch and a spectacularly incomprehensible accent:
Fine Sentiments...
Date: 2002-11-13 12:25 am (UTC)"Fifteen forty-six wurble wurble wurble. Fifteen fifty wurble. Wurble wurble. Thankyou."