While I do agree, the problem lies in when people put in claims as they were not warned there are any stairs and what to do. People are moronic sometimes. We need more Judge Judys' in this country!
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Will the auto PA System Voice ever change?
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While I do agree, the problem lies in when people put in claims as they were not warned there are any stairs and what to do. People are moronic sometimes. We need more Judge Judys' in this country!
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To answer the OP
I know the woman you mean (the Wigan North Western, Manchester Pic woman)
Her tone is lovely, and all that, but if I hear the misuse of "...only" one more time..
"Calling at Euxton Balshaw Lane, Leyland, Preston, Kirkham and Wesham, Poulton-le-Fylde, Layton and Blackpool North.......ONLY"
There's no other stations to call at woman!
I know the woman you mean (the Wigan North Western, Manchester Pic woman)
Her tone is lovely, and all that, but if I hear the misuse of "...only" one more time..
"Calling at Euxton Balshaw Lane, Leyland, Preston, Kirkham and Wesham, Poulton-le-Fylde, Layton and Blackpool North.......ONLY"
There's no other stations to call at woman!
I think the woman at Nottingham when announcing 'Lincoln Central' always sounds like she has a bad cold. The best one is the 'on the cheap' EMT automated ones at Sleaford, Newark Castle etc which are done on a 'text to speech' computer programme. All the annunciation is wrong ... Something like "the next train to arrive at platform 3 is the 1756 East Midlands Trains service to Don-CASTr, calling at METHrngm, Ruskingtn, Lincn, SAXalllbeee, Gainsbrolee Road, and Don-CASTr."
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I was very disappointed when they installed the Nottingham woman (Anne) at Lincoln, but as it appears to be set at such a low volume it's often drowned out when the station is busy or a train is idling. Her pronunciation of some stations is funny though - Brrrrrrighton being a notable example, she sounds very dismissive of the place
The 'text to speech' system could be worse, I think the one Northern use at some stations sounds a lot weirder.
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Maybe Tony Robinson should do the announcements...? :P
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The Class 185 announcer is quite good, although the original recordings were better. She used to just announce the destination and the next stop, rather than run through the list of stops after every station.
There also used to be a separate announcer who did the safety info - she had quite a deep Yorkshire accent but I've not heard her on the trains for years.
There also used to be a separate announcer who did the safety info - she had quite a deep Yorkshire accent but I've not heard her on the trains for years.
The system which says the strange "only" is heard exclusively at about half a dozen Virgin stations north of Crewe plus Blackpool North. I've no idea why these stations have this unique voice. The Manchester Picc announcer is Anne and is heard across the country..
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fgwrich
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Sounds abit like Annie & Roger over on First Great Western then!
I can't say I’m that impressed with Annie & Roger over on FGW - I much preferred the former Wessex Trains 'Ruth' and Phil & Celia where they at least could announce the station names correctly - How many takes are they now on with Lostwithiel?...As I’ve heard Lostivel, Lastwithel and now it's on Lostwetheil or something similar! :roll: Over this end we now seem to have Platform ONE for the XX:XX First Great Western service to Reading. Calling at Bramley Hampshire, mOretimer, Reading west and Reading. (Note these are not how they’re actually being displayed, but how they seem to announce it!)
As for the handrail announcements - there’s one on a sensor operated loop at Plymouth advising people to use the handrails - so i tried... can’t go upstairs very easily using the handrails though!
Anyway, here’s an example of Annoying Annie & Roger on FGW - It's Soooooo Slow at some stations!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7bmTv-vLBA
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Posh Southerners, you see.
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The rural ATW announcements also sound like a robot.
Let's not forgot those ATW request stops, either! Along the lines of: "Welcome aboard this Arriva Trains Wales service to... Shrewsbury. We will be calling at... Stockport, Wilmslow, Crewe, Nantwich, Whitchurch, Wem and... Shrewsbury, Wrenbury, Prees, Yorton... are request stops. Passengers wishing to alight at these stations should inform the guard so that he can arrange for the train to stop to allow you to alight." And then the constant security announcements after EVERY station. :roll: Drives you nuts!
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fgwrich complains of "slow" announcements but there are still some passengers who don't get them and ask the person next to them what was said because it was "too fast". I have been asked more than once "what did she say?" when the announcement was totally clear to me. Safety announcements are so irritating but essential to the "total idiot" element who will do something that most of us would never think of doing, and then when injured will try to sue claiming they were "never told" not to do it.
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I have grown quite fond of ole' Ruth in the Wales & Borders region... and her Welsh-speaking counterpart, who I have no name for.
I know Ruth is terrible at attempting some Welsh placenames, but at least she sounds like a normal person (albeit not Welsh) rather than Celia, who sounds as if she has three plums in her mouth.
The Welsh language announcement system is far more complex than the English langauge one due to Welsh mutations, syntax order and numbering patterns and the system seems to work quite effectively. The grammatical structure is so vastly different to English and its quite a credit to Wales & Borders and Arriva for developing the system.
For example:
"Y trên nesaf i gyrraedd a phlatfform chwech fydd y gwasanaeth xx.xx Trenau Arriva Cymru i Benarth, yn galw yn Grangetown, Dingle Road a Phenarth".
(The next train to arriva at Platform six will be the xx.xx Arriva Trains Wales service to Penarth, calling at Grangetown, Dingle Road and Penarth)
Here we can see two mutated forms of "Penarth", firstly a soft mutation P>B and secondly an aspirate, P>Ph. The system seems to include all mutated forms of each station.
I know Ruth is terrible at attempting some Welsh placenames, but at least she sounds like a normal person (albeit not Welsh) rather than Celia, who sounds as if she has three plums in her mouth.
The Welsh language announcement system is far more complex than the English langauge one due to Welsh mutations, syntax order and numbering patterns and the system seems to work quite effectively. The grammatical structure is so vastly different to English and its quite a credit to Wales & Borders and Arriva for developing the system.
For example:
"Y trên nesaf i gyrraedd a phlatfform chwech fydd y gwasanaeth xx.xx Trenau Arriva Cymru i Benarth, yn galw yn Grangetown, Dingle Road a Phenarth".
(The next train to arriva at Platform six will be the xx.xx Arriva Trains Wales service to Penarth, calling at Grangetown, Dingle Road and Penarth)
Here we can see two mutated forms of "Penarth", firstly a soft mutation P>B and secondly an aspirate, P>Ph. The system seems to include all mutated forms of each station.
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317666
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Ah yes, I know the one. Ulverston uses that voice, and literally the only words I could understand were "Manchester Piccadilly".
londonmidland
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What the hell is the point of this announcement; "Security personnel tour this station 24 hours a day"? It's recently been added at East Midands Trains stations, well at least at Leicester anyway...
I think Leeds deserves a shout out for it's appalling homemade announcements that they've needlessly been playing for years, including such classics as:
"Would passengers please be aware that train doors may close up to a minute (long pause) before departure when a train is ready to leave."
"Pickpockets are known to operate on this station. Please do not give money or tickets to anyone begging. Network Rail supports (good? group? what does she say here?!) charities who carry clear station identification."
There are several other equally exciting announcements that I can sadly repeat almost precisely. The worst is definitely the one that warns to take care "due to today's wet weather" even when it is gloriously dry.
And there's really nothing meaningful about a prerecorded apology.
"Would passengers please be aware that train doors may close up to a minute (long pause) before departure when a train is ready to leave."
"Pickpockets are known to operate on this station. Please do not give money or tickets to anyone begging. Network Rail supports (good? group? what does she say here?!) charities who carry clear station identification."
There are several other equally exciting announcements that I can sadly repeat almost precisely. The worst is definitely the one that warns to take care "due to today's wet weather" even when it is gloriously dry.
And there's really nothing meaningful about a prerecorded apology.
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That dull-sounding woman at Liverpool Street who announces about Route Improvement Work, and now says pointlessly "Welcome to London Liverpool Street, host city of the 2012 Olympic Games." That's all very well but it's irrelevant if I want to know what platform my train is going from.
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I've got some recording from Leeds if you want to listen to them
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyJ_B1Yf_Gw&nomobile=1
That's yonder Manchester Picadilly woman. Gets on my wick when I've missed the vomit rockets after nights out and need to hang around the platforms till morning
I'm not going to listen to them out of choice!I've got some recording from Leeds if you want to listen to them
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyJ_B1Yf_Gw&nomobile=1
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I quite like it that Peterborough still has the SB making the announcements, I'm hoping that doesn't change when the refurb is finished.
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Nor me. I noticed that they appeared at Tiverton Parkway a couple of months back and was not impressed. They sound very disjointed indeed. Sometimes they don't seem to say the TOC, just "the 13:18 service to Cardiff Central". Also taken over from Ruth at Glocuester. I liked Ruth!
As long as this duo don't take over from Phil Sayer and his Celia then it's not too bad, as I believe Phil's announcements are the best.
Welsh announcements also say the time differently to the standard english announcement aswell, Glyne (as we believe he is called) says time like "12 o' clock", "25 minutes past 11" and "15 minutes to 5" - He does not use 24 hour clock.
They already have at most FGW stations - Exeters new system will be arriving very soon!
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Noooo! Don't say that! We like Phil, at least he's clear and natural, unlike this robotic pair!
Noooo! Don't say that! We like Phil, at least he's clear and natural, unlike this robotic pair!
Think yourself lucky, we lost Phil and Celia from Plymouth a month or so ago!
I was very disappointed when they installed the Nottingham woman (Anne) at Lincoln, but as it appears to be set at such a low volume it's often drowned out when the station is busy or a train is idling. Her pronunciation of some stations is funny though - Brrrrrrighton being a notable example, she sounds very dismissive of the place
The 'text to speech' system could be worse, I think the one Northern use at some stations sounds a lot weirder.
Yes she is very quiet at Lincoln. The noise of a passing freight drowns her out completely. I always enjoy it when she looses it and starts waffling on about 'long and short stay parking' being available. The settings allow it to say all sorts of stuff. On approach of a dogbox into platform 3 it once said "this train is formed of 9 coaches, a restaurant car and buffet is available on this train" I think someone had pressed the wrong button.
The thing that winds me up is the fact that "This is an important announcement..." is always something relatively pointless, while the really important announcements - where or when your train will be, gets no such treatment.
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Oh that's her name. There's a lecturer at Aberdeen who could almost be her sister, yet I couldn't remember her name.
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Oh that's her name. There's a lecturer at Aberdeen who could almost be her sister, yet I couldn't remember her name.
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