What Japanese Jingle would your rail line have?

[theageofthetra]

Breakout thread from the Abeliend Japanese takeover. Not sure which section in could sit in?

Most train lines in Japan have their own personal jingle that plays before a train arrives. It sounds bonkers but actually it became an excellent way to easily recognise which train was arriving into a platform where multiple routes diverged.

A few I can think of for my routes.

Greenwich line - KRS1- The sound of the Police

Bromley North 'popper' Cameo- Back and forth

Cannon St 'rounders' - Talking heads - Road to nowhere

Now over to you...

 

[pdeaves]

The 'Bad Detectives' did a rockabilly song 'Weymouth Flyer', naming (almost?) all the stations from Bristol to Weymouth, so that would seem to fit quite well!

 

[Gareth]

Probably the Tamachi Station (Yamanote Line) one...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyw4AbStNxQ

A side note: why do Japanese trains (and infrastructure in general) look like toy models but blown up to real life size. I can't quite put my finger on it. Is it because they tend to be immaculate?

 

[cawky22]

We need someone to write a jingle about the killing of ??????

"We are the whale killers " so block our goods!

 

[Phil.]

Any line run by Southern. "The Road To Hell" by Chris Rea.
Any main line run by GWR. "I can't make it on time" by The Ramones.

 

[theageofthetra]

Gravesend stoppers- Sonny & Cher- Gypsies Tramps & Thieves.

 

[Kite159]

Far North Line - the long and winding road

 

[theageofthetra]

Any route via Dawlish- Rose Royce- Carwash.

 

[blakey1152]

Any line run by Southern. "The Road To Hell" by Chris Rea.
Any main line run by GWR. "I can't make it on time" by The Ramones.

I dunno...I think that any line run by Southern should play "It's a miracle" by Culture Club

 

[Clansman]

None.

Would rather have the SNCF jingle for stations, and the new Eurostar jingle for onboard trains

 

[7Pinza]

Sheffield to Cleethorpes via Brigg; The Sound of Silence.

At least for six days of the week...

 

[Bevan Price]

Any train worked by Pacers.

"Rubber Ball" by Bobby Vee - which contains lots of words like "bounce, bouncing & bouncy, bouncy".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK0pOXyV9fQ

 

[Gareth]

Not 'Wonky Donkey' from SMTV Live?

 

[Blindtraveler]

Anglo Scottish services on the WCML and ECML, Scotland the Brave or 500 miles by the proclaimers.

Any route booked for a 185, anything by Crouded house.

Cornish and Devonian trains would naturally play the Wurzles.

 

[nottinghamcity]

Great Western - Rudi by Supertramp. Whilst several stations are in the song, Chippenham must be the most surreal

 

[83G/84D]

Any branch line in Wales:- Ivor the Engine theme tune.
Any branch line:- Thomas the tank engine theme tune.

Or perhaps:- The runaway train song.