They’ve redone Roma Street I believe.
Before the blather about busways it now says
“Now arriving at Roma Street Station. This station has connections to all suburban lines and long distance travel-train services.” (then of course the TED Talk about busways.
I wonder if that change is done ahead of CRR opening with Roma Street being the only interchange point in the network for all lines.
Can they please just revert to the old announcement with less waffle: “Customers for the Ipswich or Springfield lines, Roma St busway station, or long distance services, please change here”?
I still find it funny that someone bullied them enough into adding it back into the automated announcements rather than the guards doing it (some still mute the thing at some station and read the old one out themselves)
Went on the Cleveland line today (its been a while) and sure enough, the verbose announcement rang out as the train embarked on Buranda station:
“Change here at Buranda busway station with frequent services to Brisbane CBD, Eight Mile Plains, and southern suburbs.” 
Like I get that our City is very BRT reliant, but sometimes it feels like there are executives within Queensland Rail who’d rather have heavy rail succumb to council’s comparatively more ‘turn up n’ go’ bus and HESS metro fleet.
I find it funny whenever a guard or driver turns off the announcements before they finish and read out the old one. Like not even the employees like the change.
Approaching buranda heading outbound doesnt play the silly bus services message anymore
Beenleigh and Gold Coast announcement plays outbound at Boggo Road. No more busway announcement.
I heard the bus announcement on a terminating Boggo Rd service yesterday evening, so it’s not (entirely) gone yet.
Inbound or outbound? I think it depends now
The metros are learning to be like trains. Longer announcement tonight. This video is the 2nd loop of this message, first loop I think it had a voiceover.
It won’t be long before Ross Newth records all the Metro announcements I guess
New one on QR, advising to prepare to change plans if there’s unplanned delays or service interruptions.
Anything but getting back onside with unions
Given we are adding line numbers, will train announcements be changing.
Should we add announcements to Citycat/Ferry services.
Currently they use manual announcements but with 2032 on the way, they should automate some or all of the announcements in my opinion.
I don’t mind the manual announcements on the CityCats - it makes the experience a bit more personal than an automated announcement, especially when you are in the cabin with the deck hands.
Also, don’t the disembarkment points sometimes change through the day due to river currents and other CityCats using the terminal?