Why do guards refer to "next station stop" instead of just station?

Question

I mean unless its an emergency they don't plan to stop anywhere other than a station do they?

Answer 1

they might not neccesarily stop at the next station, however.

Answer 2

On a diversion around a flooded section the other day, our guard advised us: "This service will shortly come to a complete stand, then resume travel in the opposite direction to which it is currently travelling in."

While I was still marvelling, wondering if he could have managed to make the announcement any more complicated than he had, he said it all again. Word for word.

Answer 3

it is probably out of habit.

Answer 4

incase they are not going to stop at that particular station....

Answer 5

They don't stop at every station, either.  They might say "the next station is XYZ" but the train could hare through it at speed!

Answer 6

Cos the train you are on does not neccessarily stop at the next station it will probably pass through many stations until it gets to the next station stop

Answer 7

I don't know about 'over there', but in the US, a 'station' is any place named in the timetable.  A 'station stop' is for loading and unloading passengers.

Answer 8

The "Next Station Stop" announcement is a shortened version of "The Next Station This Train Stops At".

I always say something like "The train is now approaching XYZ. XYZ is the next station stop". By announcing the station name twice, the numpties who miss it have no recourse when they fail to disembark at their chosen station, because most of them are totally oblivious anyway, being totally engrossed in their iPods and having no perception of where they are.

To avoid an automonous approach, I vary the announcemts by describing some stops as a "calling point" as well as others as a "station stop".

Announcements need to be varied, informative and concise, otherwise the passengers won't listen to them.

Answer 9

I agree.

It should be either the "next station", or the "next stop", but not both.

There was recently some newspaper articles on the poor English of guards, and since then, some have improved.  It should be remembered, however, that they are instructed to work from a (bad) script.

Answer 10

Sometimes trains pass stations and do not stop at them

Answer 11

Because if they were to say the next station, people would be confused if the train went sailing through it if it wasn't scheduled to stop there.

Answer 12

You could have heard that on an express that does not stop at every station.

Answer 13

saves any confusion about which station.

Answer 14

because most trains aren't meant to stop at the small train stations they pass

Answer 15

Because most guards have a huge book which tell them how to say everything.

Its a script everytime. "the next station stop is xyz", because maybe on some lines you will be going through abc when the Guard annouces the next station stop,

It also because some management type stuck upstairs in their air conditioned offices say thats how it should be said.

Answer 16

Can't you see an old woman with a fur shall around her shoulders asking the man if they are going to stop at the next station?  I think it is just habit.

Answer 17

Because the its a station where the train Will Stop at, while between the next station stop the train might pass through 3 or 4 stations