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JayBeeGooner said:
It's no different than many metro systems around the world. If you think the TR announcements are too much, you'll go crazy using the London Underground.
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Or Shanghai, where you are bombarded with announcements on the train, on the platform, and even on the escalators!
 
JayBeeGooner said:
It's no different than many metro systems around the world. If you think the TR announcements are too much, you'll go crazy using the London Underground.
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If the TTC plans to just keep tacking on more and more automated messages onto the TRs, then we may very well become like London eventually (full discloure: I haven't been to London yet). The city did perfectly fine with the simpler announcements in the past, so I don't understand what's with this new trend of cramming as much information as possible. I understand that the TTC is no different that other metros, but I don't see that as a good thing. I've used the Washington Metro and I wasn't impressed:

1. [door chime]-->"Doors opening. Step back to allow customers to exit. When boarding, please move to the center of the car"
2. [door chime]--> "Step back doors closing"
3. [unintelligible next station announcement by train operator]


But this pales in comparison to MARTA. This is just bad.

[video=youtube;4BxiuvaWiY8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BxiuvaWiY8[/video]
(start from 0:31)
 
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cplchanb said:
Or Hong Kong where they have to announce every message in English Cantonese and Mandarin
same with Taipei
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It's probably really irritating for the locals as they will be hearing (and understanding) the exact same information at least[I/] twice, very likely trice.
 
11th said:
It's probably really irritating for the locals as they will be hearing (and understanding) the exact same information at least[I/] twice, very likely trice.
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THRICE... but yea i started getting tired of it after 2 wks....i guess locals would be more or less desensitized to it....
 
salsa said:
I've used the Washington Metro and I wasn't impressed:

1. [door chime]-->"Doors opening. Step back to allow customers to exit. When boarding, please move to the center of the car"
2. [door chime]--> "Step back doors closing"
3. [unintelligible next station announcement by train operator]
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OMG, you did not just bash Randi Miller. She's my hero. I love DC metro so much and 53% of it is because of her.
 
salsa said:
If the TTC plans to just keep tacking on more and more automated messages onto the TRs, then we may very well become like London eventually (full discloure: I haven't been to London yet). The city did perfectly fine with the simpler announcements in the past, so I don't understand what's with this new trend of cramming as much information as possible. I understand that the TTC is no different that other metros, but I don't see that as a good thing. I've used the Washington Metro and I wasn't impressed:

1. [door chime]-->"Doors opening. Step back to allow customers to exit. When boarding, please move to the center of the car"
2. [door chime]--> "Step back doors closing"
3. [unintelligible next station announcement by train operator]


But this pales in comparison to MARTA. This is just bad.

[video=youtube;4BxiuvaWiY8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BxiuvaWiY8[/video]
(start from 0:31)
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Re Washington DC Metro:

It also doesn't show the current or next stop on the LED screens and the signs in the station are so lowly lit that it can be difficult to read.

I mean, yes the low dramatic lighting is cool when you first go into a station, but the signs are very low lit.
 
salsa said:
If the TTC plans to just keep tacking on more and more automated messages onto the TRs, then we may very well become like London eventually (full discloure: I haven't been to London yet). The city did perfectly fine with the simpler announcements in the past, so I don't understand what's with this new trend of cramming as much information as possible. I understand that the TTC is no different that other metros, but I don't see that as a good thing. I've used the Washington Metro and I wasn't impressed:

1. [door chime]-->"Doors opening. Step back to allow customers to exit. When boarding, please move to the center of the car"
2. [door chime]--> "Step back doors closing"
3. [unintelligible next station announcement by train operator]


But this pales in comparison to MARTA. This is just bad.

[video=youtube;4BxiuvaWiY8]
(start from 0:31)
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The train can get chatty upon arriving at Five Points station, Atlanta's only interchange station. Don't make me mention Dome / GWCC / Philips Arena / CNN Center station.
 
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I personally love the Tube announcements because they are very informative (landmarks) and voiced by real people. Emma Clarke, the most used voice in the system is an aware winning voice over artist. I'm a sucker for a female British accent too :)

The robotic TTC voices creep me out!

Sample Tube accouncement:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfRNsgzdYMc

The announcements on the new trains in NYC are fantastic. Enunciated perfectly.

Sample:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkrhN5TzWIg&list=PLoVTtxP7QXKoh4T07s90zldI2N3J2nla_&index=6

The male voice on their trains is a 20 year radio veteran.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSI4jyThsMM
I'll never understand why TTC went from real voices to computer generated voices.
 
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Until 1986, here's what ATL's people mover sounded like:

[video=youtube;FOZX2xa9OhI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOZX2xa9OhI[/video]
 
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