Bletchleyite
Veteran Member
It's probably like the fictional "security services" who will "destroy or damage" "unattended luggage". IOW a vaguely threatening sounding generic term.
Another thread reports stafford now has these too. Dreading the day Carlisle gets them as theres some genuinely good announcers there.
Shes alright, sadly no recordings for some TOCs though, she cant say East Midlands Trains at Crewe for example and I'll bet the only TOCs she can say at Carlisle should she come will be Virgin and Northern.
She can announce TransPennine Express at Stockport too so why she wouldn't be able to at Carlisle I don't know.
Stafford now has these too. Dreading the day Carlisle gets them as there are some genuinely good announcers there.
On the other hand, "Wiganwallgategathurstappleybridgeparboldhoscarburscoughbridgenewlanebescarlanemeolscopansouthport" in one breath is impressive enough but not very useful if you actually wanted to hear any of it. All the new autoannouncers are designed to be clearly audible and indeed are.
A croud of intoxicated Xfactor rejects would be better than Anne, oh and the TPE onboard lady!
On the 319s when they were first introduced she was a bit tedious.I remember him!
I like the Northern woman who can be found on 319/321/322 units and I assume on the sprinters when they go live and would like to hear more of her.
As to TOCs like TPE using regional accents what would you use for the Scotland service? A posh Edinburgh accent, a moaning old bugger from Glasgow or perhaps a Cumbrian accent to reasure travelers that the border is only a n hour away [emoji38]
The latter bit of the above said very much in humour before anyone gets upset!
On the 319s when they were first introduced she was a bit tedious.
"This train is the... Northern Electrics service to... Liverpool Lime Street! The next station stop is. ECCLES! If you see anything suspicious or anything that concerns you, please report it to a member staff. We will shortly be arriving at ECCLES! If you're leaving us here at. ECCLES! Please make sure you take all of your personal belongings and hand luggage with you"
On another note I miss the Aussie who used to do the announcing at Euston before the current autoannouncer came along - was a nice reminder of how international a place London is.