Class 700 Announcements | Rare Compilation

This video is a compilation of some of the more interesting Thameslink Class 700 announcements stored on the system

[@LondonTransport466]

Really nice catches, mate. 👍 Some of the station announcements in the last section do kinda make sense (For example, Tattenham Corner, which at one point was intended to become of Thameslink.) but the Ruislip Lido Railway stations are just plain bizarre!

[@ItsAllAboutTheJourney]

Yeah, a lot of the stations in the system (eg. Hastings, Tattenham Corner, Ramsgate) could definitely become part of the network if Thameslink expanded. The Ruislip Lido stations are interesting, I agree!

[@mattstreeton5031]

I wouldn't be surprised if the guy who manages the information system is a bit of a train geek and volunteers at Ruislip. He probably uses them as test stations on the PIS so as not to mess around with real ones when testing new features.

[@thediamonder11]

@@alexb__4133 The person you replied to, is the person you mentioned.

[@megalodon5185]

And ditto with Kings Lynn - thameslink now runs here

[@andrewmagnusthegreatesttra1230]

Keep up the great work mate

[@ItsAllAboutTheJourney]

Thank you!

[@arrivalondonveg]

Nice! I heard the red signal announcement at city thameslink and we were there for 30 whole mins, it was kinda creepy considering nobody was on the platforms

[@ItsAllAboutTheJourney]

Thank you! That is a little creepy, City Thameslink is quite a gloomy station...

[@chandlerbstransport422]

This is great I love it

[@TheCaterhamBusGuys]

Great video! Never heard any of them tho :(

[@ItsAllAboutTheJourney]

Thanks! They are all super rare after all - maybe you will hear some of them at some point on your travels! Quite a few of them seem to be dead announcements stored on the system never to be used though.

[@PFCtaylor95]

I’m more concerned with why it’s got Uckfield on the announcement list. When Uckfield isn’t electrified for the 700s

[@ItsAllAboutTheJourney]

Uckfield has been on the cards for electrification for a while now - I don’t think it’ll go ahead though unfortunately. The government seems to be more in favour of battery trains on the route.

[@313rail]

Nice! I subscribed

[@ItsAllAboutTheJourney]

Thank you for your support! Glad you enjoy my content.

[@manomaylr]

I’ve heard the first one - red signal.

[@Ilovetubes]

Do a Southern one

[@AminaMedjdoub-bf2kn]

The chime is for the class 377

[@ehg319]

more of this please! where did you get all this from?

[@ItsAllAboutTheJourney]

I downloaded these from the website AlanThomsonSim to use in Train Simulator scenarios. I believe the upload has now been deleted. Other train announcements are available if you search for them online (I believe the LNER 800 announcements are available if you search “LNER Class 800 announcements download” on Google.

[@PGATProductions]

4:50 how do you spell the unopened station there?

[@ItsAllAboutTheJourney]

I believe it’s spelt “Wixams.” It’s a new-build town just south of Bedford.

[@PGATProductions]

@@ItsAllAboutTheJourney just did a google search and it turns out wixams might be built for east west rail

[@retrobuild4614]

Nottingham, Rugby, Sheffield are rarely interesting for me. Wow.. also there’s no calling at Birmingham New Street, Manchester Piccadilly, Liverpool Lime Street and etc… Weird idea much but I’d like to see it :)

[@ItsAllAboutTheJourney]

Would definitely be interesting to see Thameslink going to the north - sort of defeats the point of the name “Thames”link though…

[@Techmaniaalex]

As somene who commutes from the far ends of the line I hear the red signal one at least once or twice a week!

[@train_dude_youtube9]

Can someone tell me some examples of scenarios of emergencies on trains where those announcements and the alarm are played and the train is evacuated?

[@ItsAllAboutTheJourney]

(Thankfully) I’ve never heard one of these announcements before so I’m not too sure. I believe the emergency evacuation announcements are used in case of eg. fire, derailment, or any other of the minority of incidents where it is safer to leave the train than to stay in it.

[@mudchute4dlr]

derailments, power issues, motor issues, passanger issues (eg fighting), fires, anything

[@manomaylr]

@@ItsAllAboutTheJourney Usually if things get that bad the manual PA is used…

[@katniss3550]

I never saw geoff marshall do the thameslink announcement

[@SuliPlayz5264]

weird how east midlands parkway is on the announcement list

[@thameslinkannouncements]

4:50 how is that station spelt?

[@ItsAllAboutTheJourney]

I believe it’s spelt “Wixams” - it’s a town just south of Bedford.

[@mudchute4dlr]

For all of the random stations, it could be part of a ‘Change here for services to’ but I don’t know

[@ItsAllAboutTheJourney]

Some of them I think likely are - others I’m not so sure about. The closed stations are interesting.

[@PinguVlogs2]

I can’t go one thameslink without hearing the strike because one time the central line was on strike and now the Elizabeth 😭

[@ItsAllAboutTheJourney]

Yeah, it’s annoying…

[@kiri2235]

The random "bongs" confuse me, always hear them on southern

[@mudchute4dlr]

That alarm just before point 5 lol

[@fergus.015]

it couldnt even get to some of those stations

[@ItsAllAboutTheJourney]

Yeah it’s quite funny lol - looks like Thameslink relying on electrification plans to go ahead in the near future should they want to expand their network!

[@Maxspotter]

I have actually caught a 700 in london Victoria before

[@ItsAllAboutTheJourney]

Does happen on the odd occasion - seems to be more common on strike days.

[@NoelplayzGD]

4:52 ITS GEOFF MARSHAL🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@ItsAllAboutTheJourney]

Indeed! I wonder if he'll record any more announcements.

[@bedfordshireeastmidlandstrains]

What the hell? I've only seen Class 185's at Sheffield. That's the closest I'll ever get to a 700 in Yorkshire

[@ItsAllAboutTheJourney]

Well the announcements are on the system from Bedford up to Sheffield! Maybe Thameslink are planning something…

[@bedfordshireeastmidlandstrains]

@@ItsAllAboutTheJourney The platform at Syston, sileby, barrow, Attenborough & Beeston will have to be extended for that to happen

[@mudchute4dlr]

Could be something to do with EMR's 810s. SE 707 used these announcements, so maybe EMR 810 might use them! But then at the same time, the 810 isnt a desiro or desiro city so i dont know

[@bedfordshireeastmidlandstrains]

@@mudchute4dlr Fair point but LNER,GWR, Hull Trains & TPE do not use Julie Berry for announcements, so its a surprise then

[@mudchute4dlr]

@@bedfordshireeastmidlandstrains yeah that is also true

[@MonsterJamFan69]

Is that Julie Berry?

[@ItsAllAboutTheJourney]

Yup - it is indeed!

[@MonsterJamFan69]

@ItsAllAboutTheJourney I'm a local on Greater Anglia, and I recognised her voice from Greater Anglia

[@handdryersrule]

It's also Matt Streeton and Geoff Marshall (on Brighton Main Line Project announcement)

[@transportenthusiast11]

i heard the red signal announcement yesterday, between finsbury park and st pancras thameslink

[@ItsAllAboutTheJourney]

Nice - good to see the drivers making use of even the redundant announcements!

[@manomaylr]

I’ve heard it too! It’s not shown on the PIS.

[@PTLtrainspotting]

Why are these random things on a thameslink

[@PTLtrainspotting]

Also I have heard the Victoria I have been on a Thameslink to Victoria

[@ItsAllAboutTheJourney]

Good question - I’m not sure. Possibly remnants from announcements brought over from other older systems or plans that never went ahead.

[@PTLtrainspotting]

Also Folkestone Harbour is confusing cause it was closed long before Thameslink

[@alexb__4133]

I think a mix of tests and things carried over from the software of the classes 707/717 trains (especialy the second since Great Northern & Thameslink are one Company). The Ruislip Lido RW stations were probably the idea of Matt (male voice) who is in charge of the PIS on the (Southern?),GN,TL trains and also a member of the RLR.

[@harryelliott4310]

Thameslink Class 700