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Post by capitalomnibus on May 16, 2024 9:20:26 GMT
I noticed that the Elizabeth line, finally has the automated announcement to say "this is an Elizabeth line service to.. Paddington, Abbey Wood etc" It used to say this is a tfl rail service, but that seems to have stopped around 2020 I find it very annoying to be honest, if you don't know that you are on the Elizabeth line you shouldn't be travelling Well, platforms where the train goes would have multiple lines. I.e. on the western part, sometimes between Stratford - Shenfield it may use the fast line tracks or in the evening at Stratford C2C uses its platform.
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Post by joefrombow on May 18, 2024 10:28:08 GMT
I find it very annoying to be honest, if you don't know that you are on the Elizabeth line you shouldn't be travelling Well, platforms where the train goes would have multiple lines. I.e. on the western part, sometimes between Stratford - Shenfield it may use the fast line tracks or in the evening at Stratford C2C uses its platform. On one now and noticed the new change , but didn't it say before "This is the train to" but nonetheless sounds a lot better .
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Post by vjaska on May 18, 2024 11:02:59 GMT
Well, platforms where the train goes would have multiple lines. I.e. on the western part, sometimes between Stratford - Shenfield it may use the fast line tracks or in the evening at Stratford C2C uses its platform. On one now and noticed the new change , but didn't it say before "This is the train to" but nonetheless sounds a lot better . Yeah, the announcements before would be: “Farringdon, this is the train to Shenfield” similar to the newer Overground trains which sounded odd. Not TfL but I think Southern have the right idea when it comes to announcements: “Welcome aboard the Southern service to Portsmouth”
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Post by YY13VKP on May 18, 2024 11:22:07 GMT
On one now and noticed the new change , but didn't it say before "This is the train to" but nonetheless sounds a lot better . Yeah, the announcements before would be: “Farringdon, this is the train to Shenfield” similar to the newer Overground trains which sounded odd. Not TfL but I think Southern have the right idea when it comes to announcements: “Welcome aboard the Southern service to Portsmouth” Yep agreed, I always thought the Elizabeth line announcements lacked something, the new announcements definitely sound a lot better and I would suspect the Overground would follow suit once the lines are officially named. I'm quite glad that Southern haven't followed Great Northern's lead where the announcements on 387's just say for example "This train is the service to Cambridge". There's a reason why it doesn't include the Great Northern name which I'm pretty sure is a DfT related reason.
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Post by Eastlondoner62 on May 18, 2024 11:22:58 GMT
On one now and noticed the new change , but didn't it say before "This is the train to" but nonetheless sounds a lot better . Yeah, the announcements before would be: “Farringdon, this is the train to Shenfield” similar to the newer Overground trains which sounded odd. Not TfL but I think Southern have the right idea when it comes to announcements: “Welcome aboard the Southern service to Portsmouth” I think it also probably comes down to the mindset of Londoners, most Londoners don't like excessively long and drawn out announcements. One thing I despite when using the Thameslink is how the announcer drags on forever listing out every detail under the sun at every stop.
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Post by PGAT on May 18, 2024 11:24:52 GMT
Yeah, the announcements before would be: “Farringdon, this is the train to Shenfield” similar to the newer Overground trains which sounded odd. Not TfL but I think Southern have the right idea when it comes to announcements: “Welcome aboard the Southern service to Portsmouth” Yep agreed, I always thought the Elizabeth line announcements lacked something, the new announcements definitely sound a lot better and I would suspect the Overground would follow suit once the lines are officially named. I'm quite glad that Southern haven't followed Great Northern's lead where the announcements on 387's just say for example "This train is the service to Cambridge". There's a reason why it doesn't include the Great Northern name which I'm pretty sure is a DfT related reason. The 387s that run on the East Coastway for Southern also say "This train is the service" even after refurbishment I believe
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Post by YY13VKP on May 18, 2024 11:46:18 GMT
Yep agreed, I always thought the Elizabeth line announcements lacked something, the new announcements definitely sound a lot better and I would suspect the Overground would follow suit once the lines are officially named. I'm quite glad that Southern haven't followed Great Northern's lead where the announcements on 387's just say for example "This train is the service to Cambridge". There's a reason why it doesn't include the Great Northern name which I'm pretty sure is a DfT related reason. The 387s that run on the East Coastway for Southern also say "This train is the service" even after refurbishment I believe That's because they use a slightly different PIS database to the 377's, though this may change once the 387/1's start to head south.
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Post by vjaska on May 18, 2024 12:34:26 GMT
Yeah, the announcements before would be: “Farringdon, this is the train to Shenfield” similar to the newer Overground trains which sounded odd. Not TfL but I think Southern have the right idea when it comes to announcements: “Welcome aboard the Southern service to Portsmouth” Yep agreed, I always thought the Elizabeth line announcements lacked something, the new announcements definitely sound a lot better and I would suspect the Overground would follow suit once the lines are officially named. I'm quite glad that Southern haven't followed Great Northern's lead where the announcements on 387's just say for example "This train is the service to Cambridge". There's a reason why it doesn't include the Great Northern name which I'm pretty sure is a DfT related reason. I’m also glad they’ve not followed c2c with the announcements on the 357’s that doesn’t list the terminus when announcing the stations the train is calling at
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Post by joefrombow on May 19, 2024 19:47:13 GMT
On one now and noticed the new change , but didn't it say before "This is the train to" but nonetheless sounds a lot better . Yeah, the announcements before would be: “Farringdon, this is the train to Shenfield” similar to the newer Overground trains which sounded odd. Not TfL but I think Southern have the right idea when it comes to announcements: “Welcome aboard the Southern service to Portsmouth” That annoys me also the "Farringdon" a few train operators trains just announce the station name matter of factly 😂 it should be "This Station is Farringdon" then announce the next stop ( incase it's a fast service or not stopping somewhere also reassures passengers straight away ) then "This is a xxx service to xxx" passengers already know they're on a train no need to announce this is the train to 😂😂 .
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Post by capitalomnibus on May 21, 2024 11:47:34 GMT
Well, platforms where the train goes would have multiple lines. I.e. on the western part, sometimes between Stratford - Shenfield it may use the fast line tracks or in the evening at Stratford C2C uses its platform. On one now and noticed the new change , but didn't it say before "This is the train to" but nonetheless sounds a lot better . Strange thing is, some still say "This is the train to Paddington" etc. I guess they are updated on indivual train basis, instead of all at once. I am sure I can remember the 315's used to say "This is a TfL Rail service to Liverpool Street" etc. But they were changed after when the 345's came out.
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Post by wirewiper on May 24, 2024 17:59:54 GMT
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Post by linus on Jun 2, 2024 8:59:42 GMT
I find this an extremely welcome addition. As a sporadic traveller on the Liz line, usually from Heathrow, I always thought it odd and anomalous that Liz trains didn't announce themselves as such, which would be extremely useful for passengers to differentiate from the Heathrow Express, which did. Glad this has been rectified.
They should also add "line" after "...change for Bakerloo..." etc (which on my last trip they seem to have done for Central, and bizarrely Overground which is doubtless a precursor to Mildmay etc but sounds ridiculous, but not the rest).
And finally I too get exasperated with the interminable station list spewed out at every stop on Thameslink, which I use regularly for a few stops in North London and care not a fig for the hundreds of calls to Rainham or Sutton.
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Post by capitalomnibus on Jun 12, 2024 9:20:29 GMT
Mind the gap: Another passenger seriously injured on Elizabeth lineAnother passenger has contacted BBC London after being seriously injured using the Elizabeth line at Ealing Broadway in west London.www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn33v7z3xmyo
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Post by routew15 on Jun 12, 2024 17:08:24 GMT
Noticed since the June timetable change the train stopping position at Central Section Stations no longer meets with(or near) the centre of the platform edge doors. It is more off to the left when I have seen them heading Eastbound. Peak also don’t seem to dawdle as much now
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Post by wirewiper on Jun 12, 2024 17:51:42 GMT
Noticed since the June timetable change the train stopping position at Central Section Stations no longer meets with(or near) the centre of the platform edge doors. It is more off to the left when I have seen them heading Eastbound. Peak also don’t seem to dawdle as much now Wasn't there a software upgrade recently? I seem to recall a recent weekend closure of the Central Core which is usually for this reason.
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