'On-Train announcements' is another way of saying 'PA Announcements'. Having worked as a manager on the railway for a few years I know how the terminology changed after privatisation ie Guards became Conductors, Buffet services became On-Board Services, passengers became customers and I became crazy !! It seems that some things have gone from one extreme ...

I was spending Boxing Day with my daughter and her family in Southampton. I thought a couple of weeks before that I ought to check the trains are all OK for that day, so I dutifully went to Ashford International and asked "Is there a service on Boxing Day?" - "yes, but a reduced service, ...