Refurbished 1972 stock: 2023 Bakerloo line Announcements

New update 17/04/2024 v1.2: Small patch
Uses official TfL recordings for the Bakerloo line from Freedom of Information requests.
After weeks of editing the recordings for all the stations and destinations, it's finally complete.
These are the Adrian Hieatt announcements for the refurbished 1972 stock.
I edited all the audio clips together in Audacity so timings can be adjusted if needed (please comment).

Features:

• A very robotic voice
• Interchanges with other tube lines, the Elizabeth line, National Rail and river boat services
• Local attractions like the Imperial War Museum and London Zoo
• "Doors will open on the X hand side
• "Take care when you step up" announcement at all stations north of Queens Park
• "Take care when you step down" announcement at Paddington only as the platform has a sharp bend
• Lots of manually activated announcements
• A few easter eggs

Included services:

• Elephant & Castle to Harrow & Wealdstone
• Elephant & Castle to Queen's Park
• Elephant & Castle to Stonebridge Park
• Harrow & Wealdstone to Elephant & Castle
• Harrow & Wealdstone to Lambeth North⭐
• Harrow & Wealdstone to Waterloo
• Harrow & Wealdstone to Piccadilly Circus⭐
• Harrow & Wealdstone to Paddington⭐
• Harrow & Wealdstone to Queen's Park⭐
• Harrow & Wealdstone to Wembley Central⭐

⭐- For use in the free-roam/scenarios

• When starting at Queen's Pk or Stonebridge Pk going southbound use a route starting from Harrow and double click the announcement for your origin station then use as normal.
• When starting at Lambeth, Waterloo, Piccadilly, Paddington, Queen's Pk or Wembley going northbound use a route starting from E&C and double click the announcement for your origin station then use as normal.

Update v.1.2 17/04/2024

• Fixed incorrect announcement when stopped at Queen's Park (E&C to H&W)
• Fixed announcement when approaching Kensal Green (wrong door side)
• Fixed incorrect announcement when approaching Harlesden
• Removed duplicate announcement at Lambeth North (E&C to S Pk)
• Shortened announcement when stopped at Queen's Park
• Renamed a few files

Update v1.1 16/04/2024

• Removed duplicate announcement at Lambeth North (E&C to Q Pk)
• Renumbered Approaching Stonebridge Park announcement (E&C to H&W)
• Added Kilburn Park (E&C to H&W)
• Removed duplicate announcement at Kenton (H&W to E&C)
• Renamed some files

Requirements

Soundpad on Steam

To get the best experience use Soundpad

Installation Instructions

• Extract the ZIP file
• Open Soundpad
• Make a new collection (eg. for E&C to Queens Park) and drag and drop all the files from the correct folder
• Set keybinds for stuff like play next recording
• Sort the files using the arrow to make sure they are all in the right position

Alternatively you can just open the files with any audio player

Additional Comments

FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY
This uses audio snippets released by Freedom of Information requests. Copyright may still apply to these files and these are for personal use only.

NOTICE FROM TFL
"These announcements are temporary and are being used for testing purposes on the refurbished Bakerloo line trains. Therefore, please be advised that the contents may not reflect our latest customer language and/or insights as they have been recorded for use over a limited time period. We are also actively exploring the use of a female voice for permanent use on the refurbished Bakerloo line trains, which will better reflect our customer research findings."

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