I live on the Blenheim Grove side of Peckham Rye station, opposite the far end of platforms 1 and 2. Along with other residents in Blenheim Grove, I find the volume of station announcement excessive, not only in volume but also in extent as they are broadcast along the full length of those platforms right to the end, where hardly anyone ever stands. I have been in contact with Barry Jones, who is clearly keen to help as much as he can, and a meeting has been called for this Monday at 12 noon with an engineer. Unfortunately, I can't attend, but I would like to know if anyone else has had similar issues with station announcements, either at Peckham Rye or anywhere else, and if they have any advice, ideas or experience that would help to deal with such problems. I have to say, that the same level of intrusion does not apply to the Holly Grove side of the station (platforms 3 and 4), where the volume seems a good deal less and where the speakers outside of the covered part of platform 4 are not in use at all. As far as I have been able to find out, this is because residents there complained. Barry assures me that the volume (though not the extent) of announcements was recently adjusted on Platforms 1 and 2. But none of us over this side can tell there has been any change at all.
