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Title: "Thames trains" automated onboard announcement Post by: hertzsprung on November 17, 2016, 11:19:49 I was surprised to hear a recorded announcement today that thanked me for travelling with Thames Trains, and advised that I could change here at Reading for Thames Trains services to Gatwick Airport. Has anyone else heard this? Did GWR change their name again? :P
Title: Re: "Thames trains" automated onboard announcement Post by: IndustryInsider on November 17, 2016, 11:30:53 The original automated announcement system is still installed on a few Turbos alongside the new system, so somebody obviously thought they'd have a bit of a laugh and cue up one of the old announcements!
They're progressively being removed though, so it won't be possible for much longer! Title: Re: "Thames trains" automated onboard announcement Post by: didcotdean on November 17, 2016, 12:09:51 Put back the brown first class and it could be marketed as a heritage turbo ...
Title: Re: "Thames trains" automated onboard announcement Post by: Richard Fairhurst on November 17, 2016, 13:36:00 The original automated announcement system is still installed on a few Turbos alongside the new system, so somebody obviously thought they'd have a bit of a laugh and cue up one of the old announcements! It would be even better still if they could cue up one of the French-language announcements which I once heard on a Turbo arriving at Reading (from Gatwick). "Nous sommes arrivés au terminus!"This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |