Why take away the one last good thing about public transport!? On a recent train journey back home, the buffet steward made every announcement in the form of a short rhyming poem. Inspired, really brightened up my journey.

Beccie, Lancaster,

Given the choice between a jokey announcement from a live person or a pre-recorded announcement, I'll take the live one any day.

The announcements on the Docklands Light Railway, designed, I know, to help passengers who can't see clearly, drive me to distraction because they're made up of different words and phrases cobbled together, giving completely the wrong emphasis on words. For example, the word 'is' has been recorded separately so it can be fitted into the announcements as and when needed. But this leads to:

"The next station ... IS ...Bow Church".

Dreadful. I'm almost tempted to buy an iPod to drown it out.

Jan, Essex,

Can someone please pass this article to Eurostar?!

Amelie, London, England

Southeastern's Electrosauna 375s even have a recorded announcement advising passengers to listen to announcements...

Apart from that lunacy, we have to endure at least three hectoring announcements at every stop. On a 10-station commute that's 300 ding-dongs and 300 spam announcements per week !

Fortunately the Networkers don't have an automated spam system, so you may be lucky enough to have a driver that allows an interruption free journey. But their ding-dongs are dangerously loud.

I'm all in favour of helping people with disabilities, but common sense has been left far behind. A sensible compromise would be to announce route information on the platform shortly before the train arrives, and to announce just the name of the current station in alternate coaches.

Gerry, Kent, England

My train journey from Epsom is full of annoying announcements:

Warnings about beggars, asking us to tell a member of staff if we see one (what, and lose my seat?)

Pointing out that travelling without a ticket it bad

Invites to talk to the guard if we have any questions.

The current stop, the next stop.

Mind the gap.

Don't try to get off the last carriage on certain stations.

This happens every day.

Dino Fancellu, EPSOM, Surrey