Next Stop Announcments

[MasterPlan]

7533 says the next stop but doesn't announce anything upon reaching the stop or the route and number, then carries on to the next stop afterwards.

7516 going one step further, not changing to just the stop name on approaching/reaching the stop and completely silent.

[BBS]

7506,7540 audible announcments do not work. 6702s announcments only work downstairs

[Stu]

Travelled on E244 late on Thursday afternoon.

Was nice to finally travel on a 76 with working next-stop announcements! (both visual and audio)

Only feedback I can provide is that I think there needs to be a bit more of a 'pause' between announcing the stop name, then the route/destination, when the bus has called at a stop.

It might be hard to put into words, but it sounded like reading the following sentence in one go without punctuation:

"Robin Hood Island Seventy-Six to Solihull station"

[Ingleboro261F]

Travelled on E244 late on Thursday afternoon.

Was nice to finally travel on a 76 with working next-stop announcements! (both visual and audio)

Only feedback I can provide is that I think there needs to be a bit more of a 'pause' between announcing the stop name, then the route/destination, when the bus has called at a stop.

It might be hard to put into words, but it sounded like reading the following sentence in one go without punctuation:

"Robin Hood Island Seventy-Six to Solihull station"

It's the same for all announcements there's no delay 

[Stu]

It's the same for all announcements there's no delay

That's not true, don't have this on the 2 and 3.

[BBS]

It's the same for all announcements there's no delay

Wrong, 7540 has it perfectly, only to stop working at widney manor. The 6 also has it good, Wolverhampton and pensnett routes too. 

[Ingleboro261F]

That's not true, don't have this on the 2 and 3.

Oh, thought it was for all of them. 

[MasterPlan]

Travelled on E244 late on Thursday afternoon.

Was nice to finally travel on a 76 with working next-stop announcements! (both visual and audio)

Only feedback I can provide is that I think there needs to be a bit more of a 'pause' between announcing the stop name, then the route/destination, when the bus has called at a stop.

It might be hard to put into words, but it sounded like reading the following sentence in one go without punctuation:

"Robin Hood Island Seventy-Six to Solihull station"

Yes I mentioned this further up about the X22 where it effectively jumbled into one quick sentence, but it has since been rectified, certainly on the X21, X22 and 23 anyway. Can't speak for the other BC routes.

[busboydan]

Just a quick one. I don't often get on plats on the 14 but when I do some of them have the announcements and others don't. I know that on some buses they don't work but do the drivers have to put them on?

[2206]

Just a quick one. I don't often get on plats on the 14 but when I do some of them have the announcements and others don't. I know that on some buses they don't work but do the drivers have to put them on?

They're connected to the destination blinds on the bus.

[busboydan]

They're connected to the destination blinds on the bus.

Thank you

[TGZac]

Yes I mentioned this further up about the X22 where it effectively jumbled into one quick sentence, but it has since been rectified, certainly on the X21, X22 and 23 anyway. Can't speak for the other BC routes.

61 has this issue too from what I heard travelling on both 6853 & 7518 on the 23rd January. Did have 7519 home the following week but the driver forgot to change the blind to Frankley so NSA was stuck in Priory Queensway so I'm not sure if it is rectified there as well.

[GoldenSquid]

driver forgot to change the blind to Frankley so NSA was stuck in Priory Queensway

Slightly related:
I can't remember which one it was that I drove a few weeks ago, but for some reason was stuck on the frankley terminus until i isolated the bus - was very strange, never had it like that before. 

[GoldenSquid]

Noticed on 6823 that all of the NSA for Bristol Road Services (61/63) are the new announcements except for South Road on the 63

[BBS]

Shouldn't the 4 say "4 to Solihull Station" like the X2 and X12? Not something major but the 4s final destination is the station