Date: 13/03/2013

Transport minister Norman Baker has said the number of computer-generated announcements on trains has got out of hand and needs to be reduced. Many of the speaker messages were irrelevant to passengers and spoiled their journeys, he told the BBC. It was unnecessary, for example, to tell people they were on a non-smoking train when it was banned on all trains. The Association of Train Companies said many passengers found announcements useful but a balance must be struck. [From Richard Buckby]

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Transport minister Norman Baker says the number of computer generated announcements on trains has got out of hand and needs to be reduced.