UK National Rail On-train Announcer Voices

Automated announcements from various voices from around the UK. Please note, unfortunately I do not have any on board recordings from Northern Ireland or of some secondary voices.

[@matthighley1461]

Grand Central Announcer seems oddly happy about Sunderland.

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

3:23 I hear Emma linterns voice when I’m onboard the pendolino

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

1:15 I hear Julie berry’s voice when I’m On the West Midlands railway emus and London north western railway desiro unit

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

Sadly Celia Drummond is no longer with to us she’s now died

[@DonnyD44]

Good Video As Always @Parallel, But when some new train announcers come out like Tanya for AWC IET please make an updated one!

[@faberoony90]

Ahh yes the classic 175 jingle.

[@LokiAvivson]

also on the 231s for manual

[@ElijahStrange-cv3op]

Celia passed away

[@Cowman9791]

3:26 I do t get why they don't include the last station on those announcements, and make it seem like a truncated announcement due to the lack of an 'and' before Watford Junction in that case, ot just say "calling intermifiately at" at the start of the announcement.

[@jamiehooper5328]

Great video of variety of on-board announcers, Celias engineering work is very rare and not heard that one before, did you go on the Class 701 when you recorded New Celia assuming you did. Avantis 805s and 807s will use a different voice called Tanya according to a deleted Tweet from them. Hope to see more soon.

[@SWTROfficial]

Avanti’s 805/807s will have Tanya Rich’s voice

[@LokiAvivson]

@jamiehooper5328 yes that was indeed from a 701. new celia was also on the 442s and 484s 442 - withdrawn in march 2020 due to COVID-19 then scrapped in 2021 484 - elinor replaced celia in october 2023 also according to a member of swr staff they will eventually replace celia on the 701s

[@jamiehooper5328]

@@SWTROfficialThats the one.

[@jamiehooper5328]

@@LokiAvivsonSad they scrapped the 442s :( she was on the 484s for a short time almost 2 years.

[@jamesshore2987]

Not quite warmed to Peter yet, Tricia sounds a bit more positive

[@bendanson3661]

Could you possible do the LNR announcer between Liverpool and Birmingham New Street

[@Ron_TTE]

Ruth just sounds sad 😂

[@SWTROfficial]

For those wondering I have now just found the avanti male voice (also used on LNER) is David Sheppard

[@bus3s]

hes on gwr and it sounds nothing like him

[@SWTROfficial]

@@bus3s well it is him it’s probs because the GWR trains he’s used on have really poor quality announcements so you can’t really tell but that voice really is David Sheppard

[@bus3s]

@@SWTROfficial hes used on 802s and those have clear announcements

[@SWTROfficial]

@@bus3s well he is also the voice of the Avanti and LNER trains I’ve mentioned maybe it’s because his voice has deepened since he joined GWR he’s been on Virgin since 2015 and still now with Avanti when did he join GWR

[@SWTROfficial]

Could you do Justine on Avanti West Coast please?????

[@mama-mkm]

SWR is scary

[@reecehaines395]

what are you doing after this one

[@Cowman9791]

5:42 Or better yet, just don't smoke in the first place.

[@user-bz1fl1dy5o]

DJM I play this type of thing when operating my model railway it ads to it.