Fletcher Mathers

Fletcher Mathers (born 1963) is a Scottish actress and director who was the announcer for ScotRail trains from 2005 to 2025, before being replaced by a text-to-speech voice provided by ReadSpeaker. She has also appeared in Television series, theatrical plays and short films.

Life and career Mathers was born on 1963 in Scone, Perthshire and was trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow.

In 2005, Mathers recorded announcements for ScotRail trains, including the approach for each stop, with the voice lines being recorded in Nottingham. Over the next 20 years she recorded occasional additions and updates to the recordings. Mathers only learned she was being replaced after a friend heard the new synthetic voice on board. In an interview with The National, Mathers said it had been "a bit hurtful that they hadn't informed me that they were changing". and Shetland in 2013. In theatre, she was in The 306: Day at Station Hotel, Perth from 2017, Sylvia Dow and Secret Wrapped in Lead in 2023, and Maiden Mother Mage in 2025.

Mathers also directed the play Katie Morag with actress Sally Reid, in 2007. Mathers was the star of the 2010 short film Choices, which was nominated for the 2010 British Academy Scotland New Talent Awards.

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