I don’t think a long stop name is an issue as you should only hear it once per journey.

What is rather annoying and unnecessary is having three-worded route name repeatedly added in front of the essential info (route number and destination), such as East Durham Explorer, Red Kite Ranger, East Gateshead Rider etc.

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I’d always thought the Xlines announcements would’ve sounded nicer if they’d said “This is the X21 Line to…” rather than “This is the Xlines X21 to…”.