Network enlists locals as they re-record mispronounced placenames for on-board announcements There are many things wrong with the north of England's railway network: 11th-hour cancellations, dilapidated Victorian infrastructure, two-carriage trains that ought to be six. To this list, we can now add: mispronunciation of stations. It is a problem that operator Northern Rail has promised to remedy - with passengers' help.
'Slou-wit', not 'Slaithwaite': Northern Rail vows to re-record mispronounced station names
The Guardian - 13 Jul 2023 15:05
Network enlists locals as they re-record mispronounced placenames for on-board announcements There are many things wrong with the north of England's railway network: 11th-hour cancellations, dilapidated Victorian infrastructure, two-carriage trains that ought to be six. To this list, we can now add: mispronunciation of stations. It is a problem that operator Northern Rail has promised to remedy - with passengers' help.
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