NORTHERN has been urged to change an 'incorrect' onboard announcement for a Furness railway station.

An automated on-train announcement for Roose appears to be wrong, despite it being re-recorded by the rail operator Northern.

And the train company is being urged to record the announcement for a third time, changing the current pronunciation of  Roose - to rhyme with goose - to a new one rhyming with ooze.

Roose councillor Paul Griffiths said he would like to see the change.

"It was originally pronounced that way, until the arrival of the Cornish miners in the late 1800s who came to mine at Stank and Yarlside," he said.

"They built the houses for the miners at North and South Row which became known as Roose village and due to the Cornish accent, locally it became pronounced as Rooze and has been every since.

"It would be nice if Northern could make the correction and I know it causes mild annoyance locally but in all honesty any locals travelling on the train will know where they are arriving and any visitors will most likely think it’s pronounced Roose/Goose anyway.

"I think also a focus on establishing a better functioning service would endear Northern to the locals far more than correcting the pronunciation.

Northern introduced the new onboard announcements last year and re-recorded some of them following feedback from the public.

A spokesperson for Northern said: “Roose was one of 34 station recordings that were re-recorded in August 2023 as part of a programme to ensure our on-board announcements respected local pronunciation.

"The roll-out of those new recordings across our fleet of 345 trains is now complete.

“What has been very interesting about this process is that even within local communities there are different opinions as to the correct emphasis that should be placed on certain words or letters within a place name – which goes to show how passionate people are about this topic.”