Auto Anouncments - Errors/funny sayings

[heart-of-wessex]

What is it with the one at St Erth (if she still does it)

at St Erth station she will say

'Platform 1 for the xx:xx First Great Western service to St Erth...Calling at Lenant Saltings, Lenant, Carbis Bay, St Ives and St Erth...'

Why announce a train to a destination you are already at!

 

[Mojo]

That is probably because of the way services are operated on the line. They run as one journey from St Erth to St Ives and back to St Erth as one service with one headcode.

You can see this on the LDBs: http://www.livedepartureboards.co.uk/virgintrains/summary.aspx?T=SIV

Exactly why they do this I am not sure.

 

[1D53]

Angie Hunt does the safety related ones with the Yorkshire accent. She is management at Huddersfield.

 

[Jordy]

Ah - I was always under the impression that Angie was the main one, clealy its actually some mystery woman!

 

[P156KWJ]

I hate the way the one at sheffield pronounces 'Hatersage' as "hathersayge' should be pronounced as 'hathersidge'

 

[Philip]

Angie Hunt does the safety related ones with the Yorkshire accent. She is management at Huddersfield.

Is she the one who does the "Smorrking is not permitted in any part of the train"?

I think she's used on North and South services. I've only heard the main announcer on Barrow/Blackpool 185's. (she's the one I was asking about - "This train is for xxxxx, the next stop will be etc...")


Anyone seen the 175 internal info displays recently? They really are messed up - give the wrong stopping patterns on Manchester to Carmarthen and Milford Haven services, words cut off half way through (ie. 'your attenti') and the announcements don't make much sense, e.g:

"We have just arrived at Helsby, Helsby is the next stop. Thank you."

"We will be calling at the following principal stations: Helsby, Frodsham, Runcorn East, Warrington Bank Quay, Earlestown, Newton-le-Willows, Manceinion/Manchester Oxford Road and Manceinion/Manchester Piccadilly."

 

[1D53]

Is she the one who does the "Smorrking is not permitted in any part of the train"?

I think she's used on North and South services. I've only heard the main announcer on Barrow/Blackpool 185's. (she's the one I was asking about - "This train is for xxxxx, the next stop will be etc...")

She is used on all services - you might not be catching them. She was heard in Scotland when I went on Glasgow - Manchester in December!

 

[thefab444]

On the 175s, don't they use two voices?

"This train is for" in the original Alstom voice who I have named 'Nora', and then "HOLLYHEDD!!" in the Wessex Trains 'Ruth' voice. Sounds quite funny, especially when you get:

N: "Thank you for travelling with" R: "ARRIVA TRAINS WAYULS" N: "todaayyy".

 

[Philip]

Do you mean Nora as in: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3u5QEAHgMrg

They did a software update a few weeks back, I think they mainly use Ruth as the announcer now.

When they were used by ATW and TPE, the announcer just said "We welcome passengers" so you didn't have 'ATW welcomes passengers' on a TPE service, or vice versa.

 

[thefab444]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE-N2ZMTCsE

That's the setup I was talking about... N:"This train is for" R:"LLANDIDNOOOO" N:"We will be calling at" R:"Prestatyn, Rhyl" etc.

Why can she say Llandudno Junction but not Llandudno I don't know!


Anyway, no worse than Celia, who I have now started a campaign to oust and get someone better, either Phil (Sayer) or myself in instead.

 

[Philip]

She is used on all services - you might not be catching them. She was heard in Scotland when I went on Glasgow - Manchester in December!

Article here I've found regarding the announcements - http://www.tpexpress.co.uk/news/newsStory.asp?NewsID=27

I haven't yet heard any automated male voices, Kath Donald must be the main voice who reads out the stations.

 

[TDK]

Was at Ipswich the other day and apparently a 'First North Western' service was bound for Liverpool Street!

Standing on a platform an announcement was given "Please stand clear of the platform edge FAST TRAIN APPROACHING" about 10 minutes later an 08 trundled through at 15mph, strange

 

[voyagerdude220]

Perhaps the staff there think that any train which doesn't stop there is fast?

 

[P156KWJ]

on the jubilee line they still use two voices:

Original voice: low voice "this station is....... LONDON BRIDGE. change here for the NORthern line.....AND national reel services.
{long pause}
Newer, higher voice "Thistrainterminates at...... Strat...ford

 

[Mojo]

156401, it's the other way around. The "this train terminates at..." announcement is the older one.

The original announcements also didn't bother with the "this station is" part, from what I remember it was simply. "WESTMINSTER. Change for District and Circle Lines. This train terminates at Stanmore."

 

[P156KWJ]

156401, it's the other way around. The "this train terminates at..." announcement is the older one.

The original announcements also didn't bother with the "this station is" part, from what I remember it was simply. "WESTMINSTER. Change for District and Circle Lines. This train terminates at Stanmore."

aargh! yes, you're right!

 

[thefab444]

I don't think the original announcements had any change info, a recording I have here from Jordy I think just goes...

WATERLOOOO!!!! This train terminates... at.... STRAT-FORD!

 

[P156KWJ]

The 2 voices at Nottingham are starting to annoy me!
"For yor safety and camfortt, this staton oprats a now smowking polissy."
Edale has a dodgy one
*loads of interfierence* "platform ............ 1 for the 16.............. 32 Northern service to Sheffield. Calling atHopeBamford Hathersayge Grindlefudd, Dorrrrrrrrrrrre, and Sheffield. *pause of about 15 seconds* Platform 1 forthe 16 32 Northernservice to Sheffield.

 

[Galaxy]

Is it Phil Sayer at Edale still? I assume from posts that Nottingham is now Muffly Marge of Leeds and Sheffield stations?

 

[Jonny Horizontal]

oh yes the delights of the bird at nottingham is great. typical woman. useless!! (JOKE!)

 

[Galaxy]

If you like auto announcements ... here's Phil Sayer!

 

[P156KWJ]

Is it Phil Sayer at Edale still? I assume from posts that Nottingham is now Muffly Marge of Leeds and Sheffield stations?

yes muffly marge who sounds like she has a bunged up nose is at notts

 

[Jordy]

Muffly Marge? Thats a new one , i've always known her as Sarcastic Sarah!

 

[P156KWJ]

Muffly Marge? Thats a new one , i've always known her as Sarcastic Sarah!

well at Nottingham she is stupidly muffled. They should have got a decent PA system first!

 

[dave12435]

i hate our announcements down here she always sounds annoyed

 

[dan_atki]

Funny one from Clapham Junction yesterday evening attached...

 

[nath9425]

I think he was trying to tell us he was Mr

"LuverLuverLuverLuverLuverLuverLuver"

 

[P156KWJ]

Funny one from Clapham Junction yesterday evening attached...

hock: what the hell?!

 

[dan_atki]

hock: what the hell?!

Yes, the Ditra hung on 'rawbe' and repeated it for the duration of the normal announcement....still I might go into a ticket office asking to go to Strawberawberawberawberawberawberawberawberawberawberawberawberawbe and see the look they give me

 

[P156KWJ]

the LED screens at Grantham are sometimes useless for tours. Recently one at P4 said:

1132 CHARTER SERVICE
Calling at: CHARTER SERVICE ONLY
Service Operator: CHARTER SERVICE

and sometimes the Birmingham NS ones can still play up:

"Platform 10A for the 12:13 Cross-Country serve-service to Nottinghumm. Calling at Worrter Orrrton, Tamwuff, Burton-on-trent, Darbeeeeeeeeee, Spondun, Long eetunn, Attenburuh, Beeston and Nottinghumm. A troll-trolley serving light refreshmunts is available onthetrain. Thistraindoesnotconveyanysmoking accommudatyon.

Furthermore! Muffly Marge at Sheffield sounded like she had a cold one day:
jue to tudaze wet wevva, plese be careful, as sufaces may be slippawee. Platform 5 for the 1500 Eeest midlunds trayns servisetooo Lundn St Pancrisp, calling at........... Darbee, Long eetunn, Luffbruhh, Lestar, Market Har-bura, Ketterin, wellyburuh, bedfudd, lootun ayyrpott packway, and Lundn St Pancrisp. Fast clas acomudaton, is towards the reyerr of the trayn.