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I've noticed that the announcements at Manchester Piccadilly are done on an automated system, unless the woman doing them talks in a strange way and always repeats the same mistakes and is at the station all day every day.
Announcements for the Chester via Altrincham service always state "Platform XX for the XX:XX to Chester calling at Stockport ... Lostock (pause) Gra-lam (said unconvincingly) ... and Chester. Ashley, Mobberley, Lostock (pause) Gra-lam (said unconvincingly) and Delamere are request stops."
On one occasion the same voice did an announcement for what should have been a Transpennine Express service to Newcastle after there had been a crash at Newcastle. The announcement said "This train will terminate at Durham today." There was no mention of why or whether a replacement bus would be running.
One automated announcement at Warrington Bank Quay station made me laugh, as it kept getting repeated. It said "The (pause) XX:XX to (pause) Birmingham is delayed by approximately (pause) 40 (pause) eight (pause) minutes. I am very sorry for the severe delay to this service." I'm sure that all the passengers waiting for that service felt much better after getting an apology from an automated system and not being told why the train had been delayed.
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