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I must admit to never having heard it, Noreen! :shock:

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('the next station stop' is much beloved of some train companies, Mary)
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('the next station stop' is much beloved of some train companies, Mary)


I heard it a lot when I lived in the South East, but I have to say that I've heard it on Virgin Trains and Transpennine Express too! Definitely not one of my favourite phrases.

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(yes phrase I dislike too, also "train station" always used to be just station if train and bus station/coach station if other)


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(noticed on train this weekend that they were saying station call not station stop!)


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ivohenry wrote:
(noticed on train this weekend that they were saying station call not station stop!)


In my book, that sounds even worse, but it may just be me!

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