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Originally Posted by Mark Gleeson
There is a rule book called RVAR, its over 100 pages in length and is feared by train builders
It lays down the exact form of words which is acceptable, the timing and so on. Of course Irish Rail don't follow the rules to the letter, NIR do.
Of course you assume the system will be turned on
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I travelled on Southern and South West Trains in the past few weeks and the amount of on board information is a lot more than on Irish Rail.
Example:
- Announcments about train dividing at some point an hour (or more) down the line, repeated audibly 5+ times after each station, may more times visually
- Announcments about onboard ticket checking about to take place
- Announcments to be aware of pickpockets
- Announcment that there is a trolley service on the train
Compared to this, Irish Rail is actually pretty good at giving short, concise information (when the systems are working).