(27 Feb 2015, 6:34 pm)Dan wrote I believe the 'Please ring the bell and remain seated until the bus has stopped' comes from the "Red Arrows" X1 service. That announcement is tolerable on the X1 because it's a limited stop service, and the announcements don't play all too often anyway. On the "Angel" 21 service, where the bus passes a stop every 30 seconds, I can understand how it would be a little bit irritating.These comments apply to the TEN.
At the end of the day, it's all down to personal preference. There's no right and wrong way of doing the announcements, and we can ultimately only give our opinions.
My opinion is that the full phrase repeated is unnecessary and can be annoying - though doesn't always have the announcements working and are generally low volume so they can only be heard by passengers close to the screen.