A comparison between automated announcements at railway stations and onboard trains in suburban Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide. You might ask why I didn't include Australia's two other suburban networks - the answer is that I've never shot any video in Brisbane, and I've never been to Perth!
There are lots of interesting comparisons to be made between the language used and the format of the different announcements. Sydney lists most stations, with the occasional 'then all stations to x.' Adelaide lists every station the train stops at, while Melbourne only mentions intermediate stations if they are at either end of and express section. Adelaide and Sydney's announcements begin with the same chime tone. Sydney notably doesn't mention what time the train is scheduled - probably an intentional move to avoid drawing attention to late running. Melbourne includes the slightly cringeworthy 'Good afternoon customers' at the beginning of each announcement. This of course changes to 'Good morning customers' between midnight and noon. The 'good morning' can seem very jarring when you're sitting on the platform at 2am. The Melbourne announcement is also repeated in full. The Adelaide announcements are technically very basic, and sound very dated. 'Adelaide Showground' has clearly been recorded later, and with the wrong emphasis. The onboard announcements in Adelaide are even worse, with an extremely uninspiring voice. This is also the only example of a male voice being used in these examples.
If this is the kind of thing that floats your boat, you can find some more videos on public transport information here: [ Ссылка ]
This video includes some footage from underground stations in Melbourne and Sydney - you find lots more videos at these locations here; [ Ссылка ]
In the Adelaide footage there's a bit showing a parallel run with a freight train - you can watch that full video here: [ Ссылка ]
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