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Auto Anouncments - Errors/funny sayings
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Ive noticed that when they work the Tring stoppers. She always says the TED really lound e.g. Hemel hempsTEAD. Also she says Watford jnc like, WATford JNC
Mushroom
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The real ones are funny enough without needing to doctor them. After they get boring after an hour or so randomly coming out with safety messages etc.
tubenutter
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Nope, not just you.
thefab444
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The station announcements are Phil Sayer or the female one ... the on board announcements are either synthesised by a computer or built in announcements by another voice
I swear the announcements on the 444s are the same as the guy on the stations e.g. "Platform 4 for the 16:02 South West Trains service to London Waterloo, calling at, London Waterloo, only". Then when you get on its the same guy going "Welcome aboard this South West Trains service calling at London Waterloo only".
The female one on the stations is rubbish (you only get her at bigger stations)... "Bladform Foor, for the 10 hundred hours South West Trains service to Poooooolee. Calling at, Clapham Junction, Basingstoke, Michellediva, Winchester, Eastlee, Southampton Airport Parkwy, Southampton Central, Tottttun, Ashurst New Forest, Brockenhurst, New... ... Milton, Christchurch, Powkesdun, Bwanmuth and, Pooooooleee" blah blah blah.
The announcements used by FGW on the 180s are extremely computerised, but the ones used on the Desiros I'm sure are real (thats if the Station Man - Phil Sayer) is.
Ahh yes, that's the one Julian G used to do a good impression of!
Could that be via the East Coast, and they only mention Edinburgh because it's quicker to get to Glasgow via the West Coast? I wasn't aware they did that, but maybe..?
Yep, Jordy from this forum created that!! Apparently it was Max's idea.
There's a few more now, maybe Jordy can post the address to the site they're all hosted at.
devon_metro
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Toilets!
Jordy
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Yes the toilets announcement is mine! Quite how it has got to youtube I dont know...
Jordy
EDIT: No, it was not Maxs idea!!
Jordy
EDIT: No, it was not Maxs idea!!
Jordy
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Not if it had been playing a similar thing throughout the journey. Anyone remember the Anglia meet and the funny tones when leaving Liv. Street?
Yes, I have those recorded somewhere - will upload later
EDIT: Here they are http://www.jordy.org.uk/onebings.wav
Jordy
You missed out all the 'good' conversation
Jordy
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I've stuck all my sounds in a directory, so they are available here http://www.jordy.org.uk/sounds/. Some are edited, some are real - but still stupid, more to come soon
According to the announcer at Sheffield, you should change at York for services to York! http://www.jordy.org.uk/sounds/SheffieldAutoAnnouncerGoesWrong.wma
Jordy
Jordy
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ROFL! "I'm extremely sorry for the severe delay to this service"
Jordy
Derek Kaye
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There was a lot of "I'm extremely sorry for the severe delay to this service" at BNS last friday... the 13:xx had been delayed by nearly 2hrs
thefab444
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He is extremely sorry about vandals, but round here you only get "we" being very sorry about anything.
37372
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What I found funny the other day was on a 185 from Sheffield to Manchester was the auto announcer said 'Shortly arriving at Manchester Picadilly' when we were at least 5 mins outside of Picadilly station! Then the live announcer came on and said 'please disreguard the last announcment, it will be in fact at least another five minutes before we arrive!
Jordy
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What I found funny the other day was on a 185 from Sheffield to Manchester was the auto announcer said 'Shortly arriving at Manchester Picadilly' when we were at least 5 mins outside of Picadilly station! Then the live announcer came on and said 'please disreguard the last announcment, it will be in fact at least another five minutes before we arrive!
Yep that always happens, its programmed to say 'we will shortly be arriving at manchester piccadilly' before you've passes Ardwick
hock:Jordy
Around my area we don't get we we get "central trains appolergises".
The system seems to have an inbuilt way of dealing with things. When I was at Bristol Temple Meads the other month, my train went from being 29 mins late to 30 mins late, the first announcement had her being "sorry for the delay" to "very sorry for the extreme delay" in the second.
the 'vandals' bit was put in as part of an upgrade i beleive.
Its the same as the new (well, was new at the time), "May i have your attention please, please do not feed the pidgeons. They are a pest and a health hazard. Thank you", at Bristol Temple Meads.
Its the same as the new (well, was new at the time), "May i have your attention please, please do not feed the pidgeons. They are a pest and a health hazard. Thank you", at Bristol Temple Meads.
SWT female "Platform 4 for the 1024, SOUTH WEST TRAINS service to pooooooole, calling at TOTon, Ashurst New Forest, Brockenhurst, New Milton... Pokesdown,,,,,,,,,,, BORNmouth,,,,,,,,,Branksome,,,,,,,,Parkstone & Poooooole" I dunno why she puts long gaps in the Poole Stoppers after Pokesdown, any ideas?
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Tom
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Ye missed Christchurch!
thefab444
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Bladform Forrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...
Jordy
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...for the 1507 south west chains service...
Nat the Ned
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Today at Liskeard that annoying 'Digital Doris', as found on all ex Wessex Trains stations (infact a woman called Ruth from Truro) was announcing that the next bus to depart will be the 13:15 service to Looe, customers are reminded when boarding to mind the gap between the train and the platform edge....
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I was laughing about the "unfortunate action of Vandals" part!
I have never heard that 1 either.
One of the SWT womens best excuses is "This train has been (getting in to a higher voice) delayed due to a tempory fault with the signalling equipment at X. Please listen for further anouncements. (low) We are sorry for the delay to your service"
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