BART Station Announcements (Including George and Gracie)

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  • @dnglchlk
    @dnglchlk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    I really hope they don't replace them in the coming years like it's been rumored, I actually kind of hated what they did with the muni announcements, but those are pre-recorded, as opposed to George and Gracie being synthetic, which means they can really be tweaked to meet new demands. I actually emailed one of the engineers at Alcatel-Lucent that had been responsible for creating them and he had said they don't even have the software anymore that made them speak, so BART is really the last remaining example of a functioning use of the software.

    • @jonalderson5571
      @jonalderson5571 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      It should be given historical protection status

    • @SigmaRho2922
      @SigmaRho2922 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think they should use Mac TTS software

    • @cashvault1996
      @cashvault1996 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Well, they are still making announcements of the trains in the stations, but new voice announcers came for the new trains.

  • @beebfajeejy
    @beebfajeejy 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    the way george says "san francisco airport" is permanently burned into my brain

  • @TransitAndTeslas
    @TransitAndTeslas 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    I hope they keep these for a long time to come. They’re the voice of BART!

  • @cubdukat
    @cubdukat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Wow, they actually have names? That's so cool!

    • @calebreese2311
      @calebreese2311 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I took Bart all the time when I lived in the Bay Area, and I just learned they have names like 2 months ago

    • @mwiz100
      @mwiz100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      So as I recall (despite what I've read) is that one announced all northbound trains, and the other soundbound. Of which I'm pretty sure offhand George is for north and Gracie south.

  • @natebailey1122
    @natebailey1122 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I hear this in my memories of hoping not to get screamed at by someone in civic center station

    • @ATPTransit
      @ATPTransit  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Indeed, some call it "Civic Sewer" for a reason

  • @marcuscheng2507
    @marcuscheng2507 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The one in South San Francisco makes me laugh especially George!

  • @muniadventureswithantonmor8058
    @muniadventureswithantonmor8058 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    George and Gracie are funny! Also, I think Gracie's voice is more like a male voice.

  • @TheSearleFamily123
    @TheSearleFamily123 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Do you know the voice who provides the messages at the eBART platforms (Pittsburg/Bay Point, Pittsburg Center and Antioch)? Hint: it's neither George nor Gracie.

  • @blount_man
    @blount_man 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    These announcements are scarred into my brain since childhood

  • @potatoesare_jesus2278
    @potatoesare_jesus2278 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    When I was a kid these voices used to scare me 😟

    • @edwinhu-x1m
      @edwinhu-x1m 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Bruh

    • @edwinhu-x1m
      @edwinhu-x1m 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      How is it scary he doesnt sound like a monster

  • @anuchakongthavorn6884
    @anuchakongthavorn6884 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love your video. Thank you.

  • @A.Matt7
    @A.Matt7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I will always take a 2 door train. I don't wanna get stranded...

  • @SCGB127
    @SCGB127 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That's rare a two-car train I thought that was back in the day

    • @calebreese2311
      @calebreese2311 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      In the almost 16 years I lived in the Bay Area and the countless times I took BART, I never saw a 2-car train ever

    • @The_CalRailfaner
      @The_CalRailfaner 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Unless it’s in a yard

    • @cashvault1996
      @cashvault1996 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Maybe they did those trains way back in the day when there wasn't as much people. But I think they needed to add more cars than that today because of the Bay area's overpopulation rate.

    • @ATPTransit
      @ATPTransit  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Back in 1972 (for about 3 months) they ran 2 car trains, A car and A car. There weren't enough B cars in the early days to run long trains. CPUC won't allow 2 car trains in revenue service. However yard movements can have consist sizes ranging from 1 car to over 10 (even up to around 20 cars)

    • @SCGB127
      @SCGB127 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ATPTransit damn as much as I ride BART I would like to see that

  • @jonathanmthomas2728
    @jonathanmthomas2728 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'm originally from the bay area but I never understood the numbered car train meaning. They say "5 car train" for example and i swear to God that train had a lot more than 5 cars it seemed like

    • @ATPTransit
      @ATPTransit  3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Generally, they are pretty accurate. BART cars are pretty long, which can make it a bit hard to count. One easy way to confirm the train length (most of the time) is to count the black edge squares on the platform. An 8 car train will have 2 dots forward and behind the train for example

    • @jonathanmthomas2728
      @jonathanmthomas2728 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ATPTransit what do they mean by five car train for example?

    • @ATPTransit
      @ATPTransit  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      For 5 cars, it will be 5 cars long. For train cars, maybe CBBBC. Berthed in the middle of the platform, with lots of space open at each end of the platform

  • @keloc0411
    @keloc0411 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    4:49 for SFO

  • @WMAC_Master
    @WMAC_Master 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    classic
    love it

  • @VOLTRONDEFENDER4440
    @VOLTRONDEFENDER4440 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    the 2 car train is rare and was only in the old days where its only a 2 car train

  • @I61void
    @I61void ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow, I had to search this up because I recently went on Bart after many years and it sounded different. Memories, grew up on this shi… like when you feel the air brushing up on you and you hear the train coming… it’s giving me a mental orgasm. (Didn’t even know they had names) I like Gracie the most… so hot

  • @wencesceleste4007
    @wencesceleste4007 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Why is the train going to MacArthur

    • @BayAreaFoamCo
      @BayAreaFoamCo 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Who knows, it’s a mystery of the rapid transit system

  • @HIDLad001
    @HIDLad001 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What exactly happened with the 2 car train? Was it a glitch in the system?

    • @ATPTransit
      @ATPTransit  28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yes, a glitch. Two car trains are basically not allowed in revenue service.

  • @riversiderocks
    @riversiderocks ปีที่แล้ว

    Was there actually a two car train? Also, is the 2 door train announcement for the old rolling stock?

    • @ATPTransit
      @ATPTransit  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes, but not since 1972. This was a bug. The two door announcement meant legacy cars, three doors meant fleet of the future.

  • @northerncalirails2008
    @northerncalirails2008 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Can u do one for caltrain

    • @ATPTransit
      @ATPTransit  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Soon. I am still collecting video on it. A lot more Caltrain stuff is in the works too.

    • @northerncalirails2008
      @northerncalirails2008 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ATPTransit alright sounds great

  • @markkerr7059
    @markkerr7059 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    1:07 (for personal use)

  • @Bogarttherideop
    @Bogarttherideop ปีที่แล้ว

    1:40 a train for MacArthur?

    • @basictransportenthusiast4386
      @basictransportenthusiast4386 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Briefly they ran the blue line on Sunday’s to MacArthur leaving only the yellow line to serve San Francisco, probably their dumbest Sunday schedule in the history of the system

  • @WMAC_Master
    @WMAC_Master 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    when do they run 4 car trains?! I haven't seen one in years

    • @WMAC_Master
      @WMAC_Master 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      and 2 car?!

    • @ATPTransit
      @ATPTransit  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Four car trains - Red line, Orange line, Purple line before the pandemic, and 2 car trains were around in 1972 (this was a bug/error announcement).

  • @The_CalRailfaner
    @The_CalRailfaner ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sadly the FOTFs have completely displaced the old bois on the yellow

  • @ElevatingArizonaByGageWilliams
    @ElevatingArizonaByGageWilliams 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Creepy voice BART announcements

  • @cashvault1996
    @cashvault1996 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Poor outdated software. RIP, George & Gracie.
    It'll not be this great again once they take them out. i believe that the company that works for this software is out of business today.

  • @markkerr7059
    @markkerr7059 ปีที่แล้ว

    6:52

  • @IKbisWT
    @IKbisWT 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    A 2 car train!

  • @calleywang6203
    @calleywang6203 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Theyre not very easy to understand

    • @derrickw5204
      @derrickw5204 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      They are if you pay attention and listen closely !

  • @realquadmoo
    @realquadmoo 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I hate these voices so much haha
    It’s very good information though