Request ID: FOI-0579-2122 Date published: 24 June 2021
You asked
Hello please would you be able to provide me with a link to the announcements that are on the the Piccadilly Line if that was possible?
Also in addition if possible I would appreciate some typical generic customer announcements and some unusual announcements.
I am asking as I have an autistic child who is obsessed with the announcements and with he pandemic has not been able to enjoy the underground like we would normally. This would give him immense pleasure and I really appreciate your help with this rather unusual request.
We answered
Our ref: FOI-0579-2122/GH
Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 16 June 2021 asking for London Underground announcements.
Your request has been considered under the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and our information access policy. I can confirm that we do hold the information you require.
The Piccadilly line announcements are supplied as PCC files which may need specialist software to play them. This format is the only version we currently have available. The Northern and Jubilee line announcements are more readily accessible.
With regards to London Underground station announcements, and the on train announcements for other lines, we are not obliged to supply these audio files as the information is subject to a statutory exemption to the right of access to information under section 43(2).
In this instance section 43(2) has been applied as disclosure of the information requested would be likely to prejudice the commercial interests of TfL and/or the company used to provide the recordings. The recordings in question were provided to London Underground under a signed contracts which contained explicit conditions concerning disclosure and distribution.
If this is not the information you are looking for, or if you are unable to access it for some reason, please do not hesitate to contact me.
If you are not satisfied with this response please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal.
Yours sincerely
Graham Hurt
FOI Case Officer FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
