Metro News Release
For immediate release: January 14, 2005
Metro updates prerecorded station announcements
Metro staff have recorded a handful of new station announcements that customers can expect to hear as they travel through the Metrorail system. The messages began to be used during the past few days.
The announcements, some of which use light-hearted humor and others that are straightforward, include messages and helpful tips about train doors, safety, no consuming of food, no littering or smoking, how best to board a crowded train, and courtesy toward seniors and customers with disabilities.
The updated recordings were made by a Metro employee who has had previous experience in the broadcast field and has what the broadcast field refers to as "a radio voice."
Examples of some of the announcements are listed below.
News release issued on January 14, 2005.