Ditra Chimes

[AzureOtsu]

Is there anywhere on the network you can still hear these infamous chimes?

I heard rumours that they still play on some chiltern stations, and that Northern are reintroducing the ditra system for some reason.

Does london overground still have these on the west Croydon branch? a recent recording of norwood junction had them playing in the background. (2 weeks ago)

 

[johnnychips]

What are these?

 

[AzureOtsu]

What are these?

The three/four tone chimes you used to hear before a PIS announcement very commonly all over the network, they are very scarce nowadays.

 

[365 Networker]

I think he is talking about this chime:-

Freesound - Bing Bong.mp3 by the_bloke33

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I haven't heard for years - the last time was Birmingham New Street around early 2012.

Northern are reintroducing the ditra system for some reason.

Ditra were acquired by a company called KeTech and northern are using the Celia Drummond voice, although that may end as she passed away recently. As far as I am aware, Northern do not use the chime.

 

[AzureOtsu]

Ditra were acquired by a company called KeTech and northern are using the Celia Drummond voice, although that may end as she passed away recently. As far as I am aware, Northern do not use the chime.

So am I right in believing that the only places you can still hear the chimes are on chiltern & london overground?

 

[365 Networker]

So am I right in believing that the only places you can still hear the chimes are on chiltern & london overground?

Possibly.

 

[Parallel]

You used to be able to hear them at Haddenham and Thame Parkway, and some Northern stations in the North East, but since both Northern and Chiltern have standardised their systems, they are no longer played.

Someone reported last year hearing the Ditra chime at Newcastle followed by an announcement about poor weather but I’ve not heard this myself.

You do also get a French horn play at some LO stations in South London (Norwood Junction, New Cross Gate and West Croydon) for passing trains but this isn’t the same as the Ditra chime. There are no chimes used at LO stations that use the Amey/Ditra system.

 

[AzureOtsu]

You do also get a French horn play at some LO stations in South London (Norwood Junction, New Cross Gate and West Croydon) for passing trains but this isn’t the same as the Ditra chime. There are no chimes used at LO stations that use the Amey/Ditra system.

The French horn chime is part of ditra afaik. when I was a child on the west coastway line it used to play when the PIS was announcing the train was ready to leave.

 

[DelW]

I think he is talking about this chime:-

Freesound - Bing Bong.mp3 by the_bloke33

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I haven't heard for years - the last time was Birmingham New Street around early 2012.

I always used to expect that four-note chime to be followed by "hello campers" in a Welsh accent!

 

[thenorthern]

I think they are still used at Stoke-on-Trent.

 

[ChilternTurbo]

I was always a fan of the rather jolly SNCF announcement jingle. Always the sound track to me struggling with my Grade C GCSE French and getting reply back in perfect English...

 

[berneyarms]

Come over to Dublin and you’ll hear them at Heuston Station.