Re: [melb] PIDs on Connex Comengs

["Daniel Bowen" <dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au>]

"OgO" <quentisl@leaves.qjc.cjb.net> wrote in message
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> In aus.rail, on 13 Jun 2001, Paul announced:
> > Hang on.....PRIDE announcements are played at Flinders St as
> > it arrives and will usually announce the stopping pattern
> > immediately before departure with a "stand clear....train
> > now departing...stand clear please" sound bite attached.  I
> > have heard messages whilst a train is sitting on the
> > platform.
>
> Sometimes it's like this - generally when I'm passing through
> however there is an announcement as the train is pulling out,
> which is useless, as everone who is on the train is there until
> at least the next stop and everyone who isn't has missed out.

Ummm.. when you say "passing through"... if you're passing through on the
train, you won't hear the announcement that plays on the platform as it
arrives. I've certainly heard them.


Daniel
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Daniel Bowen, Melbourne, Australia
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