Request ID: FOI-1562-2324 Date published: 21 August 2023
You asked
Hi there. I was wandering if i could get the new SL6 and SL8 announcements, including the route number and updated stop names, along with the renumbered notice announcement
We answered
TfL Ref: FOI-1562-2324
Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 11th August 2023 asking for Superloop bus announcements.
Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy.
Specifically you asked:
“I was wandering if i could get the new SL6 and SL8 announcements, including the route number and updated stop names, along with the renumbered notice announcement.”
I understand that you have already been given access to our repository of audio announcements. Please note that all of the audio announcements across the full TfL network that we are currently able to provide access to are accessible via this site. However, please be aware that many of the audio announcements that can be heard across the network are actually made up of smaller, fragmented recordings which are then combined for the purposes of public announcements so there will be some instances where full recordings of specific stop/station names, numbers or locations are not held.
As we have previously advised you, we intend to update these files on a six monthly basis and so any newer recordings will be uploaded as part of this pre-determined schedule, rather than in response to specific future FOI requests. This is to ensure our resources can be managed effectively. Therefore, if you are aware of newer recordings that have been created that are not yet uploaded, we would appreciate your patience with this as requests for these recordings will be refused under section 22 of the FOI Act on the basis that there is a pre-existing intention to publish these in accordance with our publication schedule. We would therefore encourage you to wait for this upload rather than submit requests for recordings in this way. To confirm, these updates are expected to occur around January and July of each year.
Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal as well as information on copyright and what to do if you would like to re-use any of the information we have disclosed.
Yours sincerely,
David Wells FOI Case Officer FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
