Inaccurate PAs

[Chris M]

I was waiting at Royal Albert around 4pm today when a message came over the PA advising passengers travelling to the boat show to "Take a Beckton service and alight at Prince Regent".
Now for most of the network this would be useful information, but at Royal Albert taking a Beckton service is not going to help anybody get to Prince Regent.

[alfie]

Maybe an annoucment all over the network from Poplar?

[rincew1nd]

Well, it would at least allow you do enjoy the scenic delights of Beckton, et al, en route.

[Chris M]

Alfie: Almost certainly

rincew1nd: Have you been to Beckton?

[rincew1nd]

Just the once, I got off the DLR and caught a bus to the delightful little railway museum at North Woolwich.

[Chris M]

Sadly the museum is no more. There were plans for it to be base of a heritage railway/railway training school, however Crossrail is using most of the trackbed they would have had (see sheet 40 at www.crossrail.co.uk/railway/getting-approval/crossrail-bill-supporting-documents/consolidated-plans-sections-november-2007 ), and at least during the construction process the station site itself is being used by Crossrail. What the long term future is I don't know.

[Deleted]

The announcement quoted here is as useless as the one made many times every day at King George V, "The next train at platform 1 is for Woolwich Arsenal via London City Airport."

I once saw someone dash onto the platform as such a train arrived and make a beeline for the train - I'm fairly sure he was going to (or at least intending to go to) the airport.