(05 Jul 2015, 8:40 am)8222 wrote Hi,
Not sure if it has already been reported, but I was on metro car 4035a last night, and noticed that the next stop announcements had changed and were in the voice of a man. It also had some unusual features, such as telling people at East Boldon to: "take extra care of the level crossing." I think it's the same guy that does the Metro safety announcement that did it, but could be wrong. It was nice as he sounds like an actual human being, but it's still no where near as human/professionally done as the TfL tube announcements are on the Metropolitan/Hammersmith and City/Circle line trains.
Anyone else heard these?
They've been in the process of being rolled out since the start of this year (or thereabouts), but they've really got their skates on since the completion of the refurbishment programme. I think this is the reason why so many Metrocars are having problems with their Next Stop Announcements in general recently (I've noted a few of them) - either no voice at all, a load of stations being announced one after the other, or the screens playing funny buggers.
Much prefer the new voice to the old.