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Post by Hassaan on Jun 29, 2014 22:34:47 GMT
There's this report too
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Post by rheostar on Jul 1, 2014 7:36:49 GMT
It was indeed a driver at Arnos Grove i was talking to him only yesterday. Really? I find that a bit hard to believe! Why do you find that hard to believe? Both Rummer and I know who the driver is and we can assure you that it's his voice that was used on the old DVA.
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Post by rummer on Jul 1, 2014 13:59:25 GMT
Oh Yes i was talking to him again today and he was laughing about his voice being mentioned on this forum, all i can say is the first name of the driver mentioned is Nick
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2014 16:32:32 GMT
As well as the in-station DVA announcers, do you think that the in-train DVA announcements in the video of the BVE version of the Piccadilly Line was the original male voice of the Piccadilly line (I do not mean Tim Bentick), when he said things such as "Please change here for the northern line" as the train approached Lester Square or at stations like Holborn, or "Please mind the gap between the train and the platform", or do you think that was made for the BVE version of the Piccadilly line only? Because I think that those announcements were the original in-train DVA announcements of the Piccadilly line. Yes, the recordings are from the old DVA system. As to the platform announcements, my opinions regarding the verbal diarrhoea perpetuated in the name of "giving 'customers' more information" are well known. However the other week I did hear the old platform based announcements running at South Kensington so they still work! Thank you @tomcakes, and do you think those announcements were automatic?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2014 16:33:27 GMT
Really? I find that a bit hard to believe! Why do you find that hard to believe? Both Rummer and I know who the driver is and we can assure you that it's his voice that was used on the old DVA
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2014 16:39:52 GMT
Oh right - how curious! I don't think BVE features the ones at South Kensington - are they Tim or Julie? I suppose the reason why they fell out of favour for so long was due to due to the in-car ones being upgraded, but as someone mentioned earlier, new regulations mean they're becoming favourable again. Perhaps the old ones are being used where possible, with the newer ones filing in the gaps? I thought that they got rid of the old in - station announcements because the in - car announcements got upgraded. However, I have not heard any of the new - in station ones yet apart from the ones such as "Piccadilly Line...The train now approaching is to.. Arnos Grove...Please stand back from the platform edge"
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2014 16:41:56 GMT
Why do you find that hard to believe? Both Rummer and I know who the driver is and we can assure you that it's his voice that was used on the old DVA I find it a bit hard to believe because I've been wondering about this question for ages...and suddenly I find out about someone who knows the driver of the old announcements. Thank you ever so much for replying to my thread.
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Post by Tomcakes on Jul 1, 2014 18:09:42 GMT
Yes, the recordings are from the old DVA system. As to the platform announcements, my opinions regarding the verbal diarrhoea perpetuated in the name of "giving 'customers' more information" are well known. However the other week I did hear the old platform based announcements running at South Kensington so they still work! Thank you @tomcakes, and do you think those announcements were automatic? Which ones? The DVA ones, as previously stated upthread, were on a manual system. The platform ones were on an automatic system - precisely how it worked I'm not sure. I suspect some sort of photocell and then a cartridge (/8-track) player, given the age of it.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2014 19:10:24 GMT
Oh Yes i was talking to him again today and he was laughing about his voice being mentioned on this forum, all i can say is the first name of the driver mentioned is Nick That is really interesting. Did he do announcements such as "Please change here for the Northern line", and "Please mind the gap between the train and the platform" and "This is an security announcement that pick pockets are operating in central stations"? Here is a video (BVE version of the 1973 stock Piccadilly line), with the previous Piccadilly line DVA announcements (In car):
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Post by rummer on Jul 2, 2014 18:21:19 GMT
A little distorted but yes it does sound like him to me maybe rheostar culd confirm aswell
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Post by rheostar on Jul 2, 2014 21:15:07 GMT
A little distorted but yes it does sound like him to me maybe rheostar culd confirm aswell Yep, that's NA. :-)
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2014 18:39:42 GMT
A little distorted but yes it does sound like him to me maybe rheostar culd confirm aswell Yep, that's NA. :-) Thank you rheostar and rummer.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2014 18:42:53 GMT
Thank you @tomcakes, and do you think those announcements were automatic? Which ones? The DVA ones, as previously stated upthread, were on a manual system. The platform ones were on an automatic system - precisely how it worked I'm not sure. I suspect some sort of photocell and then a cartridge (/8-track) player, given the age of it. I meant the in-car DVA, but obviously those announcements are manual. I was just wondering because in the link to the video I gave you the announcements seem to be automatic - as the train approaches Piccadilly Circus, the DVA voice says "Please change here for the bakerloo line, and "Please change here for the northern line" at lester square and so on.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2014 18:45:11 GMT
Thank you rheostar and rummer. Did you ever hear any of his DVA announcements before 2006 on the Piccadilly line?
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Post by Alight on Jul 3, 2014 20:52:51 GMT
Which ones? The DVA ones, as previously stated upthread, were on a manual system. The platform ones were on an automatic system - precisely how it worked I'm not sure. I suspect some sort of photocell and then a cartridge (/8-track) player, given the age of it. I meant the in-car DVA, but obviously those announcements are manual. I was just wondering because in the link to the video I gave you the announcements seem to be automatic - as the train approaches Piccadilly Circus, the DVA voice says "Please change here for the bakerloo line, and "Please change here for the northern line" at lester square and so on. I think the terminology is confusing. Those announcements you quote are pre-recorded but are manually selected by the driver (on this occasion, on approach to the station) rather than automatically triggered. Hope this helps!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2014 16:01:43 GMT
I meant the in-car DVA, but obviously those announcements are manual. I was just wondering because in the link to the video I gave you the announcements seem to be automatic - as the train approaches Piccadilly Circus, the DVA voice says "Please change here for the bakerloo line, and "Please change here for the northern line" at lester square and so on. I think the terminology is confusing. Those announcements you quote are pre-recorded but are manually selected by the driver (on this occasion, on approach to the station) rather than automatically triggered. Hope this helps! Thanks, I just thought for a while that some of the announcements could have been automated because as the train approached the platform on the BVE version of the Piccadilly line, an announcement was played.
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Post by Tomcakes on Jul 6, 2014 17:46:57 GMT
I think the terminology is confusing. Those announcements you quote are pre-recorded but are manually selected by the driver (on this occasion, on approach to the station) rather than automatically triggered. Hope this helps! Thanks, I just thought for a while that some of the announcements could have been automated because as the train approached the platform on the BVE version of the Piccadilly line, an announcement was played. They were set to play as such in this simulation owing to the limitations of the software 10 years ago - nothing more or less!
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Post by A60stock on Jul 7, 2014 22:46:34 GMT
did any other lines feature these classic "in station" announcements?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2014 16:43:45 GMT
did any other lines feature these classic "in station" announcements? That's a very good question, but a lot of the lines today have in-train DVA announcements so there wouldn't be much point.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2014 13:31:18 GMT
Apart from Earl's Court, is there any more on-platform DVA announcements in other stations?
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