![]() ![]() The older cars - 2200-, 2400-, 2600- and 3200-series cars - required each message in the sequence to be triggered manually until those cars' retirement. ![]() Informational (public service) announcements are sequenced into the regular message lists and require no special procedures. Regular announcements can be played from the OCU and are sequenced automatically. The operator performs a log-on procedure on the Operator Control Unit (OCU), a small display unit with buttons to navigate through on-screen menus, at the beginning of every trip that automatically cues the system to select the proper messages for that line, direction of travel, day, and time of day. ![]() The messages for all the rail lines are loaded onto every railcar, allowing units to be interchanged throughout the rail system.Īlthough the announcements are pre-recorded and the sequence is pre-programmed, the announcement were not originally "automatic" they were manually triggered by the train operator. The pre-recorded announcement system assures consistently correct, clear and helpful announcements. In 2000, the CTA activated a pre-recorded announcement system on its trains. from that platform, to take you to Harlem and Lake, board this train, go one stop to Clark and Lake, get off atĬlark and Lake, on the platform there will be a train to come and get Green Line." (Sound courtesy of Tony Coppoletta) The Orange Line train, get off at Roosevelt, and transfer to the If you would like to go to Cottage Grove or Ashland, board Stop to Clark and Lake, wait there for the Harlem/Lake train to pick The Loop Elevated, a Loop Shuttle was "To go to the Green Line to Harlem and Lake, take trains one On the Occasion of a Green Line Reroute over Wrigley Field Cubs game." (Sound courtesy of Tony Line train leaves Howard Street, our next stop will be Addison, Once this train leaves Howard, our next stop will beĪddison, Cubs game and Wrigley Field. (487k): "Hello passengers: This is a regular train going toĪddison. Manual Purple Line announcement for Addison, Train is going south to 95th, making all stops. This is a southbound train to 95th, making all stops. (376k): "This is a southbound train going to 95th, making all (122k): "This is a southbound train to 95th, southbound train OnceĪgain, this Purple Line train has become a Red Line Train due to the fact that there are signal problems downtown. (313k): "This Purple Line train has changed into a Red Line (108k): "Next stop will take you to Halsted. (319k): This sound is a combination of the automated announcementĪutomated: "This is a Blue Line train to O'Hare." Operator: "This isĪ northbound train to O'Hare. Passengers, this train is only going as far as Roosevelt. System and the train operator making a manual announcement.Īutomated: "This is Clark and Division." Operator: "Alright (301k): This sound is a combination of the automated announcement Operators need to make manual announcements for a variety of reasons. Occasionally, even with the pre-recorded announcement system, (16K): Station announcement for Roosevelt/Wabash. & State, northbound Howard 'B' train, Harrison & State (34K): Station announcement for Polk/Medical (49K): A conductor announcing "Smoking, littering, radio playing is (23K): A Ravenswood conductor announces, "Montrose, Montrose (18K): Conductor announcement for the next stop, Harlem This is our final stop, all passengers must leave the train." (14K): Station announcement for Clark/Lake. (35K): Station announcement for Ashland (Midway). (49K): Green Line operator gives the standard greeting again, Grove, then announces the next stop, King (77K): A Green Line operator gives the standard safetyĪnnouncement at the beginning of the run at Cottage (25K): "All aboard, please step up, all aboard!" (58K): Conductor announcement: "Northbound Howard 'B', (15K): Station announcement for Adams/Wabash. That a Jackson Park B train is right behind. That a train is off-schedule and is becoming an express, but assured (422K): The bane of all "L" riders' existence, an announcement (129K): The standard "L" safety announcement. The sounds are divided into sections based on Chicago ''L''.org: Multimedia - Sound ArchiveĪnnouncements to cab signals to the squeal of the train wheels, thisĪrchive has sound files that will be instantly recognizable to any ![]()
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