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same at Shepherd's Bush - a new station (4 years old?) which TfL have just started "upgrading" the external fabric - whatever that means...
anyone would think it was constructed by Westfield on behalf of TfL and a shoddy/cheap job was done...
tim | 02.03.12 - 7:37 a.m. | #
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About a year ago I was standing on Blackfriars station platform when the automated announcement said "For your own safety please stand behind the yellow line". However, there was no yellow line (and still isn't).
Pedantic of Purley | 02.03.12 - 8:43 a.m. | #
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At Acton Town, the announcements for Picaddilly Line trains are woefully mistimed.
I quite often get on the Piccadilly at South Ken having changed from the district. However, I have learned from bitter experience that the 'Next train..' are often wrong becuase they're "off" by one train.
So I want to go to up the Uxbridge Branch and not down the Heathrow branch, but what always, *always* happens at Acton Town is this:
- The train slow down and pulls into the platform, and stops. Everyone's ears perk up to wait to hear for the announcement to double check that they're on the right train
- "This .. is Acton Town. Change here for the District Line ... "
- Most people are off the train by now who know they want to get off here, and some people on the platform have already pushed on
- " ... and Piccadilly Line service to other destinations"
- I'm still sat on the train waiting to hear where it's going
- "This train ..."
- The beeping noise starts, and the doors 'Ssssswsh' close.
- "... is for Heathrow"
BUGGER! I'm on the wrong train!
Ok. So i don't always end up on the wrong train, but the announcement as to where it's going is at the END, rather than at the START! Why?? Why!! Please 'upgrade' and fix this so that we hear the useful information FIRST!!!
//rant over
Geofftech | Homepage | 02.03.12 - 8:52 a.m. | #
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At the termini of the Victoria line, there are no useful announcements at all! Next station announcements occur at random times, but noone tells you what you actually want to know, when the train sitting at the platform will leave.
The only warning you get that the train is ready to go is a 3 second beep.
In the old days you could see the red / green signals, to at least get a clue, but these are gone with the new signalling system...
Dan | 02.03.12 - 10:51 a.m. | #
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At Leatherhead we have the opposite problem:
"The train now approaching platform 2 is for London Waterloo calling at (lots of places)"
"The train now standing at platform 2 etc etc"
"Please stand clear of the doors. This train is ready to depart."
Pause.
Train arrives.
PeterCS | 02.03.12 - 1:04 p.m. | #
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I must say that the announcements on the London Underground are the worst I've heard. To much information, and repetitive. No wonder so many people wear head sets.
Michael in the Netherlands | 02.03.12 - 4:00 p.m. | #
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@Pedantic: Would you prefer this, or the previous state of affairs?
swirlythingy | Homepage | 02.03.12 - 4:44 p.m. | #
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Whwt you haven't told us is where the train was actually going :-)
Steve Bird | 02.03.12 - 5:16 p.m. | #
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I thought that the yellow lines on platforms were introduced for the old slam door trains. People were opening doors on the trains early as they were pulling into stations and hitting people standing on the platform. So they introduced the yellow lines at a distance from the edge that coincided with the width of the open door.
Barry | 02.03.12 - 6:12 p.m. | #
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As far as I know, tube trains never had open out doors.
HoosierSands | Homepage | 02.03.12 - 8:08 p.m. | #
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@HoosierSands: The Metropolitan was operated by a large amount of slam-door compartment stock right up until the introduction of the A stock (itself now being scrapped) in the early 1960s.
swirlythingy | Homepage | 03.03.12 - 2:25 a.m. | #
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Nowhere else in Europe assaults people with these sorts of announcements as a train arrives.
I guess that the British are a bunch of half-witted morons who don't understand that they should keep clear of large metal objects approaching them at speed.
Max Roberts | Homepage | 03.03.12 - 7:51 a.m. | #
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Probably the business case for the new pa system was based on continuous use.
It doesn't matter that people switch off to the constant nagging as evidenced by the non reaction to important messages. eg. when we're told there's an emergency and to evacuate the station.
Tony | 03.03.12 - 11:59 a.m. | #
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My favourite is at Wanstead EB where the auto PA tells passengers to use the whole length of the platform, I've never seen more than a dozen passengers waiting even during the peak.
ASLEF shrugged | Homepage | 04.03.12 - 10:18 a.m. | #
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