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« 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▸ (Great Western Railway) change their name again?  Tongue
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« Reply #1 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!
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« Reply #2 on: November 17, 2016, 12:09:51 »
Put back the brown first class and it could be marketed as a heritage turbo ...
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« Reply #3 on: November 17, 2016, 13:36:00 »
Quote from: 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!
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!"
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