Philosophical announcements on the Piccadilly Line?

Transport for London want drivers on the Piccadilly line to use philosophical announcements when talking to passengers, to make travelling more "enjoyable".

Ironically, I first discovered this when communting home from Victoria to Walthamstow Central.

I don't understand why Transport for London think they have some kind of cultural responsibilty. No other transport system does.

I didn't see any kind of promotion of the South-West on the train I took from Egham to Waterloo station, neither did I see any on the Eurostar to Belgium in May.

Given the high prices most Londoners pay to use the tube each day, I hope that no money is being spent on this kind of drivel that could be used to provide a fast, pleasent, reliable transport service.

I can see people becoming bored of these announcements quickly, unlike those displayed on tube station service information boards.

I don't want to hear philosophical announcements when travelling home. I want to only hear what I need to know to get home.

For example, it would be nice if it was announced whether the Victoria Line train standing at the platform was going to Seven Sisters or Walthamstow Central. There appears to be only two boards displaying this on the Kings Cross northbound Victoria Line platform.

It would also be nice to only be told once to take my luggage home and that the northbound Victoria Line train is terminating at Walthamstow Central tube station, unlike tonight when we were told this a number of times.

Transport for London should stick to running a transport service and let people such as Alfie Boyd and Claire Boyle of Choose What You Read come up with cultural ideas. Choose What You Read is a far better idea than philosophical annoucements.

Besides, if London Underground really wanted to encourage people to think for themselves, they could consider how many people get their news from the moronic free papers distributed around the network.

You can take part in Choose What You Read outside Liverpool Street, Waterloo, Westminster, Euston and Paddington stations on 6 July.