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vAn * indicates that a passenger information system appears to be installed on this stock but we have no information about its voice (if any).

Specify "none" only if a train has absolutely no sound system installed at all, otherwise it's "manual".

See also: Stations

National Rail loco-hauled stock

Class Operator Voice Chime? Displays? Notes
HST CrossCountry Manual Yes Yes
HST London North Eastern Railway Manual Yes No
HST East Midlands Trains Manual Yes No
HST Great Western Railway Alison Foster (Ex-MD) No No Generic travel info only
HST Grand Central Manual No No
67+Mk2&3 Arriva Trains Wales Manual No
68+Mk3 Chiltern Railways Manual No
67+Mk2 Caledonian Sleeper Manual No
90+Mk3 Abellio Greater Anglia Manual No
91+Mk4 London Northeastern Railway Unnamed male and female voices No No

Male announcements start with 'welcome to InterCity' and also the voice of the on-board passenger emergency alarm. Female voice announces catering information

National Rail DMU stock

Class Operator Voice Chime? Displays? Notes
121 Arriva Trains Wales Manual No
121 Chiltern Railways Manual Yes
139 London Midland Manual Yes
142 Arriva Trains Wales Ruth Mitchell No Generic messages only on ex Wales & Borders units only
142 Northern Manual No
143 Arriva Trains Wales Ruth Mitchell No Generic messages only on ex Wales & Borders units only
143 Great Western Railway Ruth Mitchell No Generic messages only on ex Wessex Trains units only
144 Northern Manual No
150 Arriva Trains Wales Ruth MItchell No Generic messages only on ex Wales & Borders units only.
150 Great Western Railway Janine Cooper Marshall No Yes Janine Cooper Marshall replaced Faye Dicker in early 2018.
Ruth Mitchell Generic messages only on ex Wessex Trains units only.
150 Northern Unknown female voice No Yes
150 West MIdlands Railway Manual No No
153 Arriva Trains Wales Ruth MItchell No Generic messages only on ex Wales & Borders units only.
153 East Midlands Trains Manual No
153 Great Western Railway Janine Cooper Marshall No Janine Cooper Marshall replaced Faye Dicker in early 2018.
Ruth Mitchell Generic messages only on ex Wessex Trains units only.
153 Abellio Greater Anglia Manual No
153 London Midland Manual Yes
153 Northern Manual No
155 Northern Unknown female voice. No Yes
156 East Midlands Trains Manual No No
156 Greater Anglia Manual No No
156 Northern Unknown female voice. No Yes
156 ScotRail Fletcher Mathers No Yes
158 Arriva Trains Wales Ruth Mitchell Yes Yes
158 East Midlands Trains Manual No Yes East Midlands Trains are in the process of adding display screens on all their class 158 trains.
158 Great Western Railway Janine Cooper Marshall No Yes Janine Cooper Marshall replaced Faye Dicker in early 2018.
Ruth Mitchell Generic messages only on ex Wessex Trains units only.
158 Northern Unknown female voice. No Yes
158 ScotRail Fletcher Mathers

Ruth

Yes/No Yes/No Fletcher on 158701-741

Ruth does Generic Safety Messages on 158867, 158868 and 158869

Displays on 158701-741 only

158 South Western Railway Celia Drummond No Yes
159 South Western Railway Celia Drummond No Yes
165 Chiltern Railways Julie Berry Yes Yes
165 Great Western Railway Janine Cooper Marshall No Yes Janine Cooper Marshall replaced Faye Dicker in early 2018 who in turn replaced Michelle Beazley in late 2015.
166 Great Western Railway Janine Cooper Marshall No Yes Janine Cooper Marshall replaced Faye Dicker in early 2018 who in turn replaced Michelle Beazley in late 2015.
168 Chiltern Railways Julie Berry Yes Yes
170 Cross Country Manual Yes Yes
170 Greater Anglia Julie Berry Yes Yes
170 Scotrail Julie Berry Yes Yes
170 Trans Pennine Express Kath Donald No Yes Main announcements.
Angie Hunte Safety Announcements.
170 West Midlands Railway Julie Berry No Yes
171 Southern Julie Berry Yes Yes
172 Chiltern Railways Julie Berry Yes Yes
172 London Overground Julie Berry Yes Yes
172 West Midlands Railway Emma Hignett Yes Yes
175 Arriva Trains Wales Ruth Mitchell Yes Yes
175 First North Western Alison Foster Yes Yes This stock is no longer used with First North Western and FNW no longer exist.
175 Trans Pennine Express Alison Foster Yes Yes This stock is no longer used with Trans Pennine Express.
180 Grand Central Unknown female voice. No Yes Main announcements.
Unknown male voice. Safety announcements.
180 Great Western Railway Alison Foster No Yes The automated announcements are very rarely used.
180 Hull Trains Manual No Yes
185 Trans Pennine Express Kath Donald No Yes Main announcements.
Angie Hunte Safety announcements.
220 Cross Country Unknown female voice one. Yes Main announcements. The automated announcements are rarely used.
Unknown female voice two. Safety announcements. The automated announcements are rarely used.
221 Cross Country Unknown female voice one. Yes Main announcements. The automated announcements are rarely used.
Unknown female voice two. Safety announcements. The automated announcements are rarely used.
221 Virgin Trains Unnamed female voice. Yes Yes Main announcements. The two original female voices have been replaced.
Unknown male voice. Safety announcements. The two original female voices have been replaced.
222 East Midlands Trains Unnamed female voice Yes Yes

National Rail EMU stock

Class Operator Voice Chime? Displays? Notes
313 Great Northern Manual No No
313 Southern Julie Berry No Yes
314 ScotRail Manual No No
315 Greater Anglia Julie Berry No Yes This stock is no longer used with Greater Anglia
315 London Overground Julie Berry No Yes
315 TFL Rail Julie Berry No Yes
317 Great Northern Julie Berry No Yes This stock is no longer used with Great Northern.
317 Greater Anglia Julie Berry No Yes
318 ScotRail Fletcher Mathers No Yes
319 Thameslink Julie Berry No No Automated voice was rarely used. Generic travel info only. This stock is no longer used with Thameslink.
320 ScotRail Fletcher Mathers No Yes
321 Great Northern Manual No No This stock is no longer used with Great Northern.
321 Greater Anglia Julie Berry No Yes
321 London North Western Railway Manual No No
321 Northern Unnamed female voice (as 322) No Yes
322 Northern Unnamed female voice (as 321) No Yes
323 Northern Manual No
323 West Midlands Railway Manual No
332 Heathrow Express Unnamed voices No Yes Information is given in the form of pre-recorded video messages
333 Northern Martin Oldfield No Yes
334 ScotRail Fletcher Mathers No Yes
350 London North Western Railway Julie Berry No Yes
350 Trans Pennine EXpress Kath Donald No Yes Main announcements.
Angie Hunte Safety announcements.
357 C2C Julie Berry Yes Yes
360 Greater Anglia Julie Berry No Yes
360 Heathrow Connect Julie Berry No Yes This stock is no longer used with Heathrow Connect.
360 Heathrow Express Julie Berry No Yes This stock is no longer used with Heathrow Express.
360 TFL Rail Julie Berry No Yes
365 Great Northern Julie Berry Yes Yes Main announcements.
Matthew Streeton Safety announcements.
373 Eurostar Manual Yes Yes Manual announcements onboard are spoken by the Guard in English and French on trains to France, and in English, French and Dutch on trains to Belgium and Netherlands.
374 Eurostar Manual Yes Yes Manual announcements onboard are spoken by the Guard in English and French on trains to France, and in English, French and Dutch on trains to Belgium and Netherlands.
375 Southeastern Julie Berry Yes Yes
376 Southeastern Julie Berry Yes Yes
377 Southeastern Julie Berry Yes Yes
377 Southern Julie Berry Yes Yes
377 Thameslink Julie Berry Yes Yes This stock is no longer used with Thameslink.
378 London Overground Emma Hignett Yes Yes Main announcements.
Julie Berry Only used for the "this is coach number x of x" announcements at short platforms.
379 Greater Anglia Julie Berry No Yes
379 Stansted Express Julie Berry No Yes Additional voices are used for German, French, Spanish, and Italian announcements.

380

ScotRail Fletcher Mathers No Yes
387 C2C Julie Berry Yes Yes
387 Gatwick Express Julie Berry Yes Yes Additional voices are used for German, French, Spanish, and Italian announcements.
387 Great Northern Julie Berry Yes Yes
387 Great Western Railway Janine Cooper Marshall Yes Yes Main Announcements. Janine Cooper Marshall replaced Faye Dicker in early 2018.
Julie Berry Only used for the "this is coach number x of x" announcements at short platforms.
387 Thameslink Julie Berry Yes Yes This stock is no longer used with Thameslink.
390 Virgin Trains Unknown female voice. Yes Yes Main announcements. The two original female voices have been replaced.
Unknown male voice. Safety announcements. The two original female voices have been replaced.
395 Southeastern Julie Berry Yes Yes
442 Gatwick Express Julie Berry Yes Yes Additional voices are used for German, French, Spanish, and Italian announcements. This stock is no longer used with Gatwick Express.
442 Southern Julie Berry Yes Yes This stock is no longer used with Southern.
444 South Western Railway Celia Drummond No Yes Celia Drummond replaced Phil Sayer in 2008.
450 South Western Railway Celia Drummond No Yes Celia Drummond replaced Phil Sayer in 2008.
455 South Western Railway Celia Drummond No Yes
455 Southern Julie Berry No Yes
456 South Western Railway Celia Drummond No Yes Class 456 fleet are now operated by South West Trains. Celia will announce train services on this fleet.
456 Southern Julie Berry No Yes This stock is no longer operated by Southern.
458 South Western Railway Celia Drummond No Yes Celia Drummond was introduced when the 458/0 fleet was converted to 458/5 trains. The 458/0 fleet used an unknown male voice.
460 Gatwick Express Unnamed female voice No Yes Class 460 fleet are now operated by South West Trains. Celia will announce train services on this fleet.
465 Southeastern Julie Berry Yes Yes
466 Southeastern Julie Berry Yes Yes
483 South Western Railway Manual No No
507 Merseyrail Julie Berry No Yes
508 Merseyrail Julie Berry No Yes
700 Thameslink Julie Berry No Yes Main announcements.
Matthew Streeton Safety announcements.
707 South Western Railway Acapela Rachael No Yes

Docklands Light Railway stock

Class Voice Chime? Displays? Notes
B90/B92/B2K Text-to-Speech Yes
B07 Text-to-Speech Yes

Tramlink stock

Class Voice Chime? Displays? Notes
CR4000 Nicholas Owen, Theo Spring Yes Nicholas Owen announces stopping points etc, Theo Spring does additional information, such as safety announcements and interchanges.
Variobahn Nicholas Owen, Theo Spring Yes As above
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