py_megapixel
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I wonder if McDonalds would pay to have the jingle be some form of their classic "I'm lovin' it" tune?
I always thought the "bong" on the Tyne & Wear Metro sounded like someone hitting a vase with a wooden spoon.I worked on a ship that had a lovely deep 'bong' as the start of all of its announcements. It sounds silly, but it matched the dark colour scheme of the carpets, the subdued lighting, and the brushed aluminium signage very nicely, building up a real feel of a quality product. Subtle, clever branding like this really works, and isn't at all intrusive, in fact quite the reverse
Around the same time as the redevelopment of New Street station I believe.It went when they switched to Atos Annie, I think. Don't quite know when that was.
The three tone version was Celia's chime and both versions of these chimes were still used well into 2019 with SWR's CIS, until they replaced it with ATOS Anne.The old "Bri-tish Rail" one was the first 3 tones of that.
So do Comboios de Portugal.Entertainingly Indian Railways seem to use the old Windows 95 chimes!
e.g.:
- English translations of the German announcements are only provided where the German announcements wouldn't be understandable to the average English speaker. Announcements which only provide a station name, for example, don't get translated, because you'd just be translating the words "Next station"
Leeds had a specific ‘jingle’ for manual announcements but it’s been so long since I heard it I’ve forgotten the sound!
Also I’ve always wondered other than sounding posh what the difference is between ‘We will be calling at X Y Z’ vs ‘We will be calling at the following principal stations’
They still don't quite announce every single stop; request stops are omitted from the list and then announces them at the last non-request stop beforehand. So at Llandudno Junction, it says, in a rather horrible mashup of voices,Virgin XC came up with that on Voyagers, then ATW copied it, I think the original intent was that they weren't going to show every single stop, then they realised that would be confusing.
On the Voyagers when I first saw it I'd initially assumed that they were only going to list the principal stations but perhaps wondered if they were using the term to big up their own importance and imply that they only call at principal stations. Still either way it's quite funny when Patchway appears in the station listVirgin XC came up with that on Voyagers, then ATW copied it, I think the original intent was that they weren't going to show every single stop, then they realised that would be confusing.
But pointlessly they left the “calling at following principal stations” bit in and then go through every stop, so the various random shacks in Cornwall are all “principal stations”. Just sloppy and lazy.Virgin XC came up with that on Voyagers, then ATW copied it, I think the original intent was that they weren't going to show every single stop, then they realised that would be confusing.
I really miss the old BR jingle before announcements, actually I miss the Phil Sayer announcements too.
Is the BR jingle still used anywhere?
York always stood out in the early 2000s, they had their own two-tone jingle, sounded like nothing else, well not the other stations I was using anyhow.
As for the original question, I'd rather stations cut back on the constant announcements. I get why they do them, but too much simply becomes background noise that you tune out and become oblivious to. Thereby negating the whole point of doing it in the first place!
Barnsley were still using it in the early 2010s for certain. It was the last place I heard it for sure.I swear I heard the BR jingle in Barnsley a few years ago.
Yes, Chiltern Railways.Are Phil Sayer announcements still used anywhere?
Yes, Chiltern Railways.
Yes, Chiltern Railways.
He was replaced in 2019.I thought heard Phil at Southampton Central last year.
He was replaced in 2019.
There's an oddly sped-up version of GWR's male voice, Rodger:So there is a different male voice at Southampton, he sounded very much like Phil?
So it's not 'branding' then , it's just a jingle that they use nationwide before announcements which is totally different from what you think you are getting at then?SNCF uses the same one everywhere.
So it's not 'branding' then , it's just a jingle that they use nationwide before announcements which is totally different from what you think you are getting at then?
I’m sure when phil and celia announced together Phil has 4 bongs and Celia 3 - not sure if this was the case with new street thoughtThat's the jingle I most recognise as well and remember it well at New Street - did the redevelopment put an end to this or was it already on its way out?
Virgin XC came up with that on Voyagers, then ATW copied it, I think the original intent was that they weren't going to show every single stop, then they realised that would be confusing.
It can be heard in this video here. Skip to 1:58.Years ago, I remember Hackbridge station in south London having a sort of trumpet fanfare type announcement of approx 4 notes, can't seem to find a clip of it however?
It can be heard in this video here. Skip to 1:58.
This is exactly what the trumpet horns at Norwood Junction described up-thread are for. FGW's, Southern's and SWR's Amey CIS had this too. The screens are sent a special command only Amey is capable of sending, and they play what I'd call a "look at me!" chime completely separate from the main announcement chimes."move away from the platform edge because otherwise you're going to die".