Come midday, after meandering, I found myself walking past Pangbourne Station, where there were a dozen Metros. I was greeted by that disembodied voice advising a deserted station that "to ensure a timely departure ...", first on platform 1, then on platform 2. I wandered off, wondering if such warnings would continue after Armageddon.
In the mid to late-2000s, I had a recording of the old
FGW▸ help point at Melksham Station announcing the 1910 departure to Southampton Central as my ringtone, and I often found myself wondering similar thoughts