<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by RichardInSF:
When I'm in Tokyo, I notice that the same woman always announces each subway station name from the platform in both Japanese and English. What I want to know is, how does she get to the next station ahead of the train all the time? 
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Same on the Sydney rail system. The man's voice sounds very much like the NSW Premier (= State Governor), Bob Carr. He is just as mercurial as the Tokyo woman.
I didn't think his pay was that low he had to moonlight as a train announcer.