i3lu
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Hello guys, I'm new here. I saw last days a Northern line train with a refreshed voice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zanKpbIo7Dk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zanKpbIo7Dk
Hello guys, I'm new here. I saw last days a Northern line train with a refreshed voice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zanKpbIo7Dk
Eh. Not sure about that. Seems a bit more long winded. If I recall, the old announcer said "This is a Northern line train to Edgware, via Bank".
I'm pretty sure these are new, but the interchanges for Euston/Clapham High Street would confirm that.
On the topic of announcements, is there any reason TfL LU haven't introduced multi-language announcements? Especially on the tourist hotspot lines (Central/Piccadilly/CDHS/Jubilee). Some of the Paris Metro includes them on the newer lines.
OK, dumb questions moment...
1) Why should they?
2) Which languages?
I'm pretty sure these are new, but the interchanges for Euston/Clapham High Street would confirm that.
On the topic of announcements, is there any reason TfL LU haven't introduced multi-language announcements? Especially on the tourist hotspot lines (Central/Piccadilly/CDHS/Jubilee). Some of the Paris Metro includes them on the newer lines.
1) I always feel when I've been on other transport systems outside the UK (mainly in Europe), they always make an effort to accommodate tourists as much as their commuters. London is one of the most popular tourist destinations. It's a nice gesture and can imagine it would just help tourists get around better. I appreciate English is one of the biggest languages in the world, but is there any reason not to do it?
2) French, Spanish, German?
Just stop trains longer at each station to allow for the extra languages.
Sigh, do I have to think of everything on my own?
I have a much better plan. First, you play the recordings faster. Say - play them at 300% speed, and then you'd be able to fit in 3 languages in the same time as the current English announcements. Then, you multiply this by having recordings in different languages on different parts of the platform. Say, direct English, French and German speakers to the front of each platform. Chinese, Russian and Japanese speakers to the middle of each platform, and Australian, American and Scouse speakers to the back. That way you get nine languages in. Simple, huh!
If 9 languages is not sufficient, then you could get 18 in by confining the above-mentioned languages to the Southbound and Westbound platforms, allowing you to communicate in a further 9 languages at the Northbound and Eastbound platforms.
I'm pretty sure these are new, but the interchanges for Euston/Clapham High Street would confirm that.
On the topic of announcements, is there any reason TfL LU haven't introduced multi-language announcements? Especially on the tourist hotspot lines (Central/Piccadilly/CDHS/Jubilee). Some of the Paris Metro includes them on the newer lines.
1) I always feel when I've been on other transport systems outside the UK (mainly in Europe), they always make an effort to accommodate tourists as much as their commuters. London is one of the most popular tourist destinations. It's a nice gesture and can imagine it would just help tourists get around better. I appreciate English is one of the biggest languages in the world, but is there any reason not to do it?
2) French, Spanish, German?
Because the majority of people using the Underground speak English thats why as the commuter usage is higher than the tourist usage plus if they did the trains multi language trains would take forever to announce stops
I just took from King's Cross 51619 to Bank and it was surprising me to hear "Circle&Hammesmith" or "terminates at Morden". Also was a pleasure to not hear the dva how is screaming "and Metropolitan Line" at Moorgate.
This train never had upgraded the dva or they want revert again the announcements?
The Hamburg S-Bahn and U-Bahn manages to announce in German and English at the main stations and tourist centres, why wouldn't it work in London?
There's also the fact that announcements in England tend to go on for a lot longer - comparing the Berlin U-Bahn and London Underground:
Berlin: "Zug nach Pankow" (Train to Pankow).
London "This is a Northern line train terminating at Morden".
Berlin: "Ausstieg rechts" (Exit right).
London: "Doors will open on the right hand side."
Although it's largely due to the differences in the language more than anything else!
Referencing the Doors will open on the L/R hand side, that is just on the Victoria Line
You are posting in a thread about it already having come to the Northern line, and there are replies above yours about it being on the Jubilee line already too... ~_~