The version I've seen (on the 73 and 168) doesn't have any such
announcements - its vocabulary is just a list of stops, the number and
the destination. I do hope the rolled-out version doesn't have all
the rubbish added.


For the most part the announcements are good, and helpful to find a
destination, and I'm all in favour of it. What bugs me is the "73
pause to pause Victoria" which is unnecessary (I wouldn't have got
on if I didn't think it was a 73, and neither would a partially
sighted person, surely), and also, shockingly badly done with the huge
pauses. If it was one flowing statement, then it would be far less
annoying.

It's still far better than when someone presses the stop button, as
well as the bing and the Stopping sign lighting up, getting "BUS
stopping at NEXT bus stop, please stand well clear OF doors".
Completely superfluous, and sounds as if it's putting together the
statement from all the separate words in its system rather than having
one phrase.