Station Announcements

[Addington]

Hello,

I have a few more stations that I am hoping to find out if they have automated announcements. The stations follows, any assistance would be appreciated.

Thanks,

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- Newcastle

- York

- Leeds

- Doncaster

- Sheffield

 

[Jordy]

No, no, yes, no, yes

 

[Addington]

Thanks. So I am guess that the "East Coast" main line stations are all manual?

Can you offer any suggestions for main interchange/junction stations that have a good volume of trains with automated announcements? I have so far recorded at Nottingham, Manchester Piccadilly, Liverpool Lime St and Cardiff.

 

[142094]

You probably find that all the East Coast run ones are manual, and the Netowrk Rail run ones are automated. As for suggestions for other stations, Leeds, Edinburgh and Glasgow all have high volumes of train movements, plus all the main London termini as well.

 

[thefab444]

all the main London termini as well.

Although as I've probably mentioned before; Fenchurch Street and Marylebone (the latter is not operated by NR oddly), do not have automated announcements.

With regards places to go, Clapham Junction is the obvious suggestion providing they put it back to how it was, East Croydon may be worth a visit, Reading is usually quite busy and because it's on FGW you should get plenty of delay announcements, Birmingham New Street is another "classic", and Edinburgh Waverley is quite busy and has a unique voice for the announcements.

As has already been mentioned, none of the EC stations have automatic announcements yet, but I believe there was talk of transferring Peterborough, York and Newcastle to NR control, which may result in the fitting of "ATOS Anne". This won't be happening for a few years yet.

 

[Addington]

With regards places to go, Clapham Junction is the obvious suggestion providing they put it back to how it was, East Croydon may be worth a visit, Reading is usually quite busy and because it's on FGW you should get plenty of delay announcements, Birmingham New Street is another "classic", and Edinburgh Waverley is quite busy and has a unique voice for the announcements.

With Reading, Birmingham New St and Edinburgh, do announcements play globally on the concourse, or announcements only play on the individual platforms? I think I read that Birmingham NS may be the latter.

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[Jordy]

Reading only gets local announcements on the platforms, so does Birmingham but that also has global pre arrival announcements played on the main concourse and footbridge. Edinburgh is global.

 

[Addington]

Reading only gets local announcements on the platforms, so does Birmingham but that also has global pre arrival announcements played on the main concourse and footbridge. Edinburgh is global.

Thanks to all for your assistance thus far.

 

[alexdodds]

As has already been mentioned, none of the EC stations have automatic announcements yet, but I believe there was talk of transferring Peterborough, York and Newcastle to NR control, which may result in the fitting of "ATOS Anne". This won't be happening for a few years yet.

I hope they dont change the PA at York. The announcers there are very good and out of all the big stations it is probably the most clearest.

 

[Aictos]

As has already been mentioned, none of the EC stations have automatic announcements yet, but I believe there was talk of transferring Peterborough, York and Newcastle to NR control, which may result in the fitting of "ATOS Anne". This won't be happening for a few years yet.

Last I heard was Peterborough, Doncaster, York, Newcastle was transferring to Network Rail management which is not surprising as these locations house the signalling centres for these areas.

Haven't heard anything for a while though!

 

[EM2]

St Pancras doesn't have automated announcements, except for some in the subsurface FCC box.

 

[alexdodds]

St Pancras doesn't have automated announcements, except for some in the subsurface FCC box.

If am right train announcements for EMT and SE platforms are only done during peak times by a member of staff. and of course theres that baggage announcement which is automated. I have also heard one or 2 in the Eurostar section.

 

[swt_passenger]

Last I heard was Peterborough, Doncaster, York, Newcastle was transferring to Network Rail management which is not surprising as these locations house the signalling centres for these areas.

Interestingly, York and Newcastle were also specially mentioned in the Green/Hall stations report to the DfT, as they were considered 'National Hub A' stations, but Doncaster and Peterborough were not.

However I don't think it's to do with signalling at all, just that the stations report mentioned 25 'A stations' and Network Rail already run most of them. I've listed the TOC's 'A' stations:

Bristol Temple Meads
Cardiff Central
London Blackfriars
London Marylebone
Newcastle
York

Probably more to do with NR keeping the catering profits more than anything, especially as they say in one section:

"Network Rail also remains the station operator at the eighteen large ‘Managed Stations’, primarily because of the scale of the retail and commercial developments."

Good to know the real priorities...

 

[route101]

The annoucements at Glasgow central have changed , the announcer run through all the trains ready to depart .

 

[alexdodds]

Are they still done by the duty manager in the station reception

 

[Bittern]

Thanks. So I am guess that the "East Coast" main line stations are all manual?

Waverley isn't.

 

[thefab444]

Yes, we had mentioned that here already, and besides, Waverley is not run by East Coast.

 

[159jim]

OOps sorry wrong topic.....