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Post by class345 on Apr 2, 2013 6:15:59 GMT
Has been butchered already, both units I have been on today have had male "please mind the gap between the from and the platform" announcements, stitched into next station and this is messages.
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julo
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Post by julo on Apr 2, 2013 13:41:50 GMT
This has been done to raise awareness of the large gap from the curved platforms to the low-level S-Stock [All to do with Platform Train Interface]
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Post by Ben on Apr 2, 2013 18:32:31 GMT
Why can't it just go "[Station]. Mind the gap." In safety related commands politeness seems at odds with the message.
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Post by class345 on Apr 2, 2013 19:47:55 GMT
The central line DVA was the first to say it IIRC.
I see no reason why it couldn't have been recorded in the normal voice though, it just sounds unprofessional now.
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Post by Zippy on Apr 3, 2013 0:39:37 GMT
A stock?? How many are still running then?
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Post by Zippy on Apr 3, 2013 0:48:35 GMT
To be fair, the Mind The Gap should be the first thing to be said in the announcement, if only that once anything else has been said, half the people have already crossed the PTI and anybody who was likely to, will have already fallen down the gap.
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Post by railtechnician on Apr 3, 2013 1:39:32 GMT
This all sounds like poor planning! Presumably the S stock floor level wrt platform is a at different height than for A stock. My recollection is that one stepped up into A stock so I assume S stock is a step down making the gaps effectively larger even though the horizontal distance between platform and train is more or less the same.
On the Northern line the platforms were lowered as required to take the 1995 stock making lots of work for signals and comms in having to relocate the ducts into the inverts from the tunnel bracket runs and divert all the cabling. This would not be such an issue on the Met but I suspect lowering the platforms on open stations is a bigger job to begin with.
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julo
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Post by julo on Apr 3, 2013 17:44:35 GMT
The central line DVA was the first to say it IIRC. I see no reason why it couldn't have been recorded in the normal voice though, it just sounds unprofessional now. I did ask as to why they used a male voice and they said it is more likely to attract attention. |
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Post by class345 on Apr 3, 2013 18:07:47 GMT
That must be from feedback about the Jubilee line DVA, where the manual announcements are done in a different voice (eg change here for Canning Town, West Ham and Stratford).
Making these announcements in a male voice does get the passengers attention by being different to normal, but after a while it will just mean that they turn off to all announcements and not just the automated ones.
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