British Rail Announcement
British Rail Announcement, from Ghost Workshop, makes the game announce real-world time in British Rail style, with a per-player timezone and an optional spoken narrator.
What it does
Players set a personal timezone, and the mod periodically announces the actual local time in the chosen zone, so a long session does not hide the hour. Times are written in a traditional, clean format through a dedicated British Rail formatter. Announcements can be turned off for each player with in-game commands, and the audio narrator can be toggled the same way.
Timezone choices and announcement scheduling run on the server, while the client listens for announcement packets, reads each player's local toggle settings and hooks into the Minecraft narrator to speak the time. Servers that run it need every player to install it too. Files are published for Fabric only, across six release versions 1.20.1 – 1.20.6, with 1.0.0 for 1.20.6 as the latest file. The code is under the MIT License and is not open source.
Key features
Timed time announcements
Local time is broadcast at intervals in the player's preferred timezone, so appointments are less likely to be missed.
British Rail time format
A dedicated formatter writes announced times in the traditional British Rail style, clean and readable.
Per-player timezone
Each player saves a personal timezone, so announcements match that player's local clock.
Narrator toggle
The spoken narrator can be switched off for an individual player through in-game commands.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Multiplayer servers
Players on long sessions can keep track of real-world time without leaving the game, and each keeps a timezone of their own.
Immersive play
Announcements in the style of a railway station add a real-world clock to a game that otherwise has none.
Who it’s for: Players who want real-world time inside the game, and server owners who run shared worlds where people lose track of the hour during long sessions.
Questions
Does British Rail Announcement need to be installed on the server?
Which loader does British Rail Announcement support?
Can a player turn off the spoken announcements?
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What the author says
TimeAnnounce is a lightweight utility mod designed to bridge the gap between real-world time and your in-game immersion. Perfect for multiplayer servers or players who easily lose track of time during long gaming sessions, this mod seamlessly formats and announces real-world times directly to players. Using a hybrid…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/british-rail-announcement
- Owner
- Ghost Workshop
- Published
- 2026-07-01
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-07-01
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15