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Post by happybunny on Feb 16, 2009 17:29:25 GMT
Well a strange question, but as far as I know, Women have been working on the tube for years. These days there are Women drivers, managers, signal women, controllers etc as well.. not just platform staff (aka SA's) .. we have some women staff on the forum .
I am not sure if there are women working at every single station, but I am sure there are many!
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Post by sarah607 on Feb 16, 2009 17:59:15 GMT
hi all i was coming back from south harrow today and while waiting for a train at acton town a women said [platform 1the train now approching is to northfields please stand back from the edg].
does any one know if every line is getting this and what stations so far have it.
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Post by upfast on Feb 16, 2009 18:10:04 GMT
hi all i was coming back from south harrow today and while waiting for a train at acton town at women platform 1 the train now approching is to northfields please stand back from the edg. does any one know if every line is getting this and what stations so far have it. Was this automated? That is being put in at many stations. I really do hope that due to the poor state of the assets at Acton Town that this isn't the case there. Or was it a human member of station staff? At many stations where passengers have a wide variety of destinations to travel to, it is desirable to have said SA on the platform to assist in enquiries. |
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Post by upfast on Feb 16, 2009 18:28:08 GMT
If anyone is slightly confused, then the second post in this thread should actually be the first. Happy Bunny is replying to Sarah607,
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2009 18:35:29 GMT
Hear it often at Finchley Road - "Metropolitan line - the train now approaching is to Aldgate. Please stand back from the platform edge". It is automated and can be quite confusing when a Met and a Jubilee are approaching at the same time.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2009 18:43:50 GMT
This type of announcement is also used on the Eastbound at Tower Hill.
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Post by memorex on Feb 16, 2009 19:24:25 GMT
It that the one which seems to be at every station on the Northern Line?
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Post by sarah607 on Feb 16, 2009 19:40:59 GMT
yeah my post was at the 1st but i made a mistake so i had to delate it and post it again.
yes it is automated who is the lady? she seems very happy to be doing it unlike the person who does ibus.
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Post by slugabed on Feb 16, 2009 20:46:47 GMT
.....And what happened to the slightly croaky-voiced (male) recorded on-train announcement on the Piccadilly,who,as far as I could tell,only did the honours for Kings Cross-St.Pancras,giving the long list of lines a plausible world-weariness?
He seemed to just disappear,a couple of years ago.....I do hope he's alright......
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Post by DWS on Feb 16, 2009 22:14:18 GMT
yeah my post was at the 1st but i made a mistake so i had to delate it and post it again. yes it is automated who is the lady? she seems very happy to be doing it unlike the person who does ibus. Of course she's happy, she was paid for this, and does not have to stand on a cold platform like station staff have to  |
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Post by astock5000 on Feb 16, 2009 22:29:00 GMT
Hear it often at Finchley Road - "Metropolitan line - the train now approaching is to Aldgate. Please stand back from the platform edge". It is automated and can be quite confusing when a Met and a Jubilee are approaching at the same time. I thought the announcements at Finchley Road said what the next station was - I have heard something like 'Jubilee line - the next train to Stanmore will arrive in 2 minutes. Next station: West Hampstead'. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2009 23:42:11 GMT
Hear it often at Finchley Road - "Metropolitan line - the train now approaching is to Aldgate. Please stand back from the platform edge". It is automated and can be quite confusing when a Met and a Jubilee are approaching at the same time. I thought the announcements at Finchley Road said what the next station was - I have heard something like 'Jubilee line - the next train to Stanmore will arrive in 2 minutes. Next station: West Hampstead'. They say that too, the example I used is when a train is actually approaching the platform. |
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Post by ek583 on Feb 17, 2009 0:00:28 GMT
Hear it often at Finchley Road - "Metropolitan line - the train now approaching is to Aldgate. Please stand back from the platform edge". It is automated and can be quite confusing when a Met and a Jubilee are approaching at the same time. I thought the announcements at Finchley Road said what the next station was - I have heard something like 'Jubilee line - the next train to Stanmore will arrive in 2 minutes. Next station: West Hampstead'. Similar automated announcements are made at Swiss Cottage and St. John's Wood as well. To be honest, I don't like this particular kind of announcement at all. I much rather prefer a station staff on the PA than a robotic voice like this. |
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Post by happybunny on Feb 17, 2009 5:01:53 GMT
If anyone is slightly confused, then the second post in this thread should actually be the first. Happy Bunny is replying to Sarah607, I was confused too... it looks like I read sarah607's mind and answered her question before she asked it (well or not as the case may be, as I didn't realise she was talking about the automatic announcements). Sarah607, next time it may be better to click modify and change your post that way, if you need to. |
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Post by sarah607 on Feb 17, 2009 8:37:01 GMT
thanks
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Post by railtechnician on Feb 17, 2009 17:36:26 GMT
Well a strange question, but as far as I know, Women have been working on the tube for years. These days there are Women drivers, managers, signal women, controllers etc as well.. not just platform staff (aka SA's) .. we have some women staff on the forum . I am not sure if there are women working at every single station, but I am sure there are many! Yes there are women Technical Officers on signals too, have been since the 1990s. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2009 19:21:17 GMT
Yes there are women Technical Officers on signals too, have been since the 1990s. I've never seen one and I've worked on most lines. |
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Post by Tom on Feb 17, 2009 20:23:52 GMT
There aren't many - there are only four or five I can think of, none of which are on the District.
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Post by astock5000 on Feb 17, 2009 21:04:27 GMT
To be honest, I don't like this particular kind of announcement at all. I much rather prefer a station staff on the PA than a robotic voice like this. The ones at Finchley Road aren't that bad. I don't like the announcements at Preston Road (The ones that say 'the next train will arrive at platform 2 in 2 minutes. It will be a Metropolitan line service calling at all stations to Aldgate'). |
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Post by northernline on Feb 22, 2009 11:03:18 GMT
Hi
I am talking about the announcements that sarah607 is talking about i think they are good.
Is London Undeground going to cover ever station with this announcement?
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Post by sarah607 on Feb 22, 2009 11:04:35 GMT
I hope so.
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Post by happybunny on Feb 22, 2009 12:27:23 GMT
They are quite good yeah better than manual announcements that are often unclear... there is an announcer at Acton Town (real man not machine) who has a very unique voice.. often when I am standing on the platform waiting to pick up or go home, people ask me "what did that announcement say?" , then often comment he must have had a late night last night!
The automated ones are better and clearer.
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Post by Ben on Feb 22, 2009 13:42:49 GMT
I still think the best voice the underground had was the mans voice in the 1973 tube stock. Extremely clear.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2009 15:05:59 GMT
I am afraid to say I find the tone of the woman's voice for the recorded announcements very condescending - almost like the way someone would talk to a small child. I'm sure others will disagree though  |
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Post by sarah607 on Feb 22, 2009 16:17:21 GMT
I was thinking the voice on the 1973 stock was a womens voice.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2009 17:00:49 GMT
I was thinking the voice on the 1973 stock was a womens voice. It is now. IIRC, it was changed from the man about two or three years ago. The male announcements were rarely heard because they had to be played manually. |
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Post by hobbayne on Feb 22, 2009 20:03:31 GMT
It was the voice of an actual Arnos driver too!
I used to use it all the time after a lady passenger at Uxbridge congratulated me on my "Sexy Voice"!!
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Post by astock5000 on Feb 22, 2009 21:00:13 GMT
It is now. IIRC, it was changed from the man about two or three years ago. The male announcements were rarely heard because they had to be played manually. says that the DVA was changed in November 2006. |
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Post by Alight on Feb 22, 2009 22:07:00 GMT
She is really good - the announcer everyone is referring to at Platforms. It is really minimalist which is what I like about it. I am in favour of it being used at as many stations as possible.
It is worthy to note, they are only found at stations which tubelines own, not 'metronet'. I heard 'metronets' version at Finsbury Park (and Shepherds Bush I think) and it isn't as good.
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In regards to the DVA on board trains, wikipedia is right; it was around NOV 2006 in which it received it. The voice is that of Julie Berry as heard on many National Rail trains and the Heathrow links.
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Post by astock5000 on Feb 22, 2009 22:23:48 GMT
It is worthy to note, they are only found at stations which tubelines own, not 'metronet'. I heard 'metronets' version at Finsbury Park (and Shepherds Bush I think) and it isn't as good. Is the Metronet one the one that is used at Preston Road? |
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