In message , Roland Perry
writes

I presume the track has been canted over in recent times, to facilitate
fast through-running.

Going into London on SWT this morning, I noticed "mind the gap"
announcements at every station after Putney. I suspect this results from
switching over the fast and slow lines a few years back - the platforms
on the old up slow line have all been visibly raised at some time in the
past, but those on the new slow line (old up fast) have not, leaving
quite a gap.

At most stations it was a standard "mind the gap between the train and
the platform", but at Queens Road Battersea it was subtly different:
"mind the step down from the train to the platform".
--
Paul Terry

On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:26:12 -0800, THC wrote:

My wife wants to know whether "Mind the Gap" as used on London
Underground is used on railways, metros outside London (I'm pretty
certain that announcements are made on Platform 17 at Clapham Junction -
the phrase is certainly picked out in white paint as you step off the
train) but for the life of me I can't think of any examples of seeing it
written or hearing it on PA systems elsewhere in the UK. I'd be grateful
for any examples, o wise ones!

THC

The automated announcements on class 175s always used to say "When
leaving the train, please mind the gap between the train and the platform
edge" at all stations. I'm not sure if they still do.

peter

In article ,
(Paul Terry) wrote:

In message , Roland Perry
writes

I presume the track has been canted over in recent times, to
facilitate fast through-running.

Going into London on SWT this morning, I noticed "mind the gap"
announcements at every station after Putney. I suspect this results
from switching over the fast and slow lines a few years back - the
platforms on the old up slow line have all been visibly raised at
some time in the past, but those on the new slow line (old up fast)
have not, leaving quite a gap.

At most stations it was a standard "mind the gap between the train
and the platform", but at Queens Road Battersea it was subtly
different: "mind the step down from the train to the platform".

I don't think the up line designation has ever been quite as you say but
it's academic at Queens Road Battersea as there has only been one up
platform in use for many years.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

In article ,
(Jeremy Parker) wrote:

I seem to recall reading that some Americanisms came over with
Chicago financier Yerkes, who founded a London tube/bus empire at
the beginning of the 20th century, after having to leave Chicago
under a cloud, because of something to do with financing the
Chicago El'.

Wasn't there one of his minions, an ex and restored Brit' from New
Jersey, who became Lord Stanley?

You mean Albert Henry Stanley (1874-1948), who became Lord Ashfield. Born
in Derby but his early career was in the USA, including Detroit and New
Jersey.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

"naked_draughtsman" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:26:12 -0800, THC wrote:

My wife wants to know whether "Mind the Gap" as used on London
Underground is used on railways, metros outside London (I'm pretty
certain that announcements are made on Platform 17 at Clapham Junction -
the phrase is certainly picked out in white paint as you step off the
train) but for the life of me I can't think of any examples of seeing it
written or hearing it on PA systems elsewhere in the UK. I'd be grateful
for any examples, o wise ones!

THC

The automated announcements on class 175s always used to say "When
leaving the train, please mind the gap between the train and the platform
edge" at all stations. I'm not sure if they still do.


SPT units do the same thing - Think the message is along the lines of "We
are now approaching Carntyne, please mind the gap when alighting from this
train" It took about 3 iterations of the announcement software to get to
that..... The message is read at every station, regardless of the size of
the gap.

Unfortunately I'd become de-sensitised to the constant reminders to mind the
gap when I visited Bristol TM on a 150. Please mind the yawning chasm
between the train and P3 would have been more appropriate.

They were saying 'Mind the gap' in Portuguese on the Rio de Janeiro
metro yesterday.
tim

On Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:52:01 -0600, naked_draughtsman
wrote:

The automated announcements on class 175s always used to say "When
leaving the train, please mind the gap between the train and the platform
edge" at all stations. I'm not sure if they still do.

The 175s now have an odd new setup, including a slightly
Eastern-European-sounding "tune" before some announcements. They also
don't seem to include the request stops in the list of stations,
getting away with it by saying "the following principal stations".

Surprisingly, the announcements are not even in part in Welsh.

Desiros mention to mind the gap, as I recall. They also *have* a
large gap in the announcement itself if there is a long list of
stations for some reason.

Neil

--
Neil Williams
Put my first name before the at to reply.

"Neil Williams" wrote in message
...

The 175s now have an odd new setup, including a slightly
Eastern-European-sounding "tune" before some announcements. They also
don't seem to include the request stops in the list of stations,
getting away with it by saying "the following principal stations".

The jingle does sound a bit home made. And you can hear the joins in the
station list.

Surprisingly, the announcements are not even in part in Welsh.

They've gone to great pains to have the end of coach displays show
Cryw/Crewe and the like, but for some reason they miss the Welsh translation
of Abergavenny (Y Fenni) - which is shown on the platform signs there.

--
Tim
http://tim-fenton.fotopic.net

In article
,
(TimB) wrote:

They were saying 'Mind the gap' in Portuguese on the Rio de Janeiro
metro yesterday.

You're going to have to give us what they said in Portuguese now.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

TimB wrote:
They were saying 'Mind the gap' in Portuguese on the Rio de Janeiro
metro yesterday.
tim

They were displaying
PLEASE LISEN O ANOUNCGMGNTS.....?
on my Southeastern train this afternoon.

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Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK