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Post by chilsie on Sept 4, 2023 12:56:21 GMT
Apologies in advance if this question has already been asked!
Are the “next station” announcements for White City skipped on Westbound services? I never seem to hear them.
On a semi-related note, was the “Alight here for Westfield London” announcement at White City and Shepherd’s Bush intentionally removed?
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Post by xtmw on Sept 4, 2023 15:55:12 GMT
Apologies in advance if this question has already been asked! Are the “next station” announcements for White City skipped on Westbound services? I never seem to hear them. On a semi-related note, was the “Alight here for Westfield London” announcement at White City and Shepherd’s Bush intentionally removed? The 'alight here for Westfield London' was removed in May 2022, when the announcements were updated to reflect the opening of the Elizabeth Line. |
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Post by trainwizard on Sept 4, 2023 18:40:45 GMT
On a semi-related note, I noticed that the announcement for Barbican still refers to the Museum of London, although the museum closed in December last year to relocate to a new site in Smithfield, near Farringdon station. This got me thinking: how often are announcements updated, and how are the museums and attractions announced at a station chosen?
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Post by xtmw on Sept 4, 2023 21:34:59 GMT
I noticed that the announcement for Barbican still refers to the Museum of London, although the museum closed in December last year to relocate to a new site in Smithfield, near Farringdon station. This got me thinking: how often are announcements updated. Announcements are most likely updated when needed to be. I doubt that an announcement at Barbican referring to the Museum of London is safety critical. It will most likely be removed when there is a modification to the announcements on the S stock. (Let's not drift to the Circle & District lines since this is a Central line thread) |
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Post by t697 on Sept 5, 2023 16:09:10 GMT
For the last few weeks the Museum of London message has been suppressed using the 'Replace' facility in the 'Real Time Disruption Messaging' facility. When did you last experience the message?
A limitation in this case is that although the replacement message is silent in the audio, the minimum possible visual message is a single full stop. Therefore the station approach shows;
The next station is Barbican. .
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Post by aslefshrugged on Sept 6, 2023 14:04:35 GMT
Apologies in advance if this question has already been asked! Are the “next station” announcements for White City skipped on Westbound services? I never seem to hear them. On a semi-related note, was the “Alight here for Westfield London” announcement at White City and Shepherd’s Bush intentionally removed? The 'alight here for Westfield London' was removed in May 2022, when the announcements were updated to reflect the opening of the Elizabeth Line. Errrrr, what? The "Westfield" announcements were removed at Stratford with the Elizabeth Line updates but the train I was on just now (T102) announced "alight here for Westfield London" both EB and WB at White City and Shepherd's Bush. The "next station" announcements are made on the WB but the train is still in the tunnel when they start so its too noisy to hear them. You might be able to hear the end of the announcement if you're in the front two cars as they come out of the tunnel. |
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Post by xtmw on Sept 6, 2023 19:08:33 GMT
The 'alight here for Westfield London' was removed in May 2022, when the announcements were updated to reflect the opening of the Elizabeth Line. Errrrr, what? The "Westfield" announcements were removed at Stratford with the Elizabeth Line updates but the train I was on just now (T102) announced "alight here for Westfield London" both EB and WB at White City and Shepherd's Bush. oh dear... I don't remember there being an 'Alight here for Westfield' at Stratford... might just be my memory.. Anyways thanks for the confirmation, most likely the driver just stopping the announcements when she comes on to say 'Alight here for Westfield London.' Thanks for you for confirming though! |
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Post by aslefshrugged on Sept 7, 2023 7:11:46 GMT
Errrrr, what? The "Westfield" announcements were removed at Stratford with the Elizabeth Line updates but the train I was on just now (T102) announced "alight here for Westfield London" both EB and WB at White City and Shepherd's Bush. oh dear... I don't remember there being an 'Alight here for Westfield' at Stratford... might just be my memory.. Anyways thanks for the confirmation, most likely the driver just stopping the announcements when she comes on to say 'Alight here for Westfield London.' Thanks for you for confirming though! We can cancel the automated PAs but usually only do so if we need to make a PA for some reason An amendment to my previous comment; you can't hear the announcement on the WB when you come out of the tunnel as the train is going over points. I can see the white light flashing around the PA button on the Comms panel which indicates that automated PAs are being made but couldn't hear the announcement in the cab |
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