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Emma Clark, known to many as the voice of the London Underground due to having voiced most of the in-train and station announcements for the tube, has recently been fired after telling the Mail on Sunday that she thought the transit network was dreadful.

“The thought of being stuck in the Tube with strangers for minutes on end and having to listen to endless repeated messages of my own voice fills me with horror,” she told the paper.

She said using the service every day had been “dreadful.”

The Mail on Sunday also featured Clarke’s Web site, which hosts a series of spoof Tube announcements, including one warning a passenger not to stare at a woman’s chest, however though Transport for London noted that some of the spoof announcements were quite funny, spokesman Dan Hodges said Clarke’s attack on the subway itself had crossed the line.

“We wouldn’t employ somebody to promote our services who simultaneously criticizes those services,” Hodges said. Clarke’s voice will continue to fill London’s subway cars until a replacement is needed, he said.

So though she is unfortunately no longer employed by Transport of London, we can still hear her spoof and of course real London underground announcements on her site, she has also recently made a deal to be the voice of CoPilot Live satellite navigation. what’ll be next she says?  Space rockets?  Dinghies?? Haha..

Good luck emma with your future, thanks for the announcements!

Real London Underground Announcements

• All change please Format: MP3 | Size: 22KB
• Customers are reminded that smoking is not permitted anywhere on the london underground Format: MP3 | Size: 79KB
• Let customers off the train first please Format: MP3 | Size: 45KB
• Mind the gap Format: MP3 | Size: 17KB
• Please leave the train Format: MP3 | Size: 21KB
• Please note that this train will not stop at the next station Format: MP3 | Size: 57KB
• Thank you for travelling on the central line Format: MP3 | Size: 45KB
• Please note that this train will not stop at the next station Format: MP3 | Size: 57KB

Spoof London Underground Announcements

• Do not drop litter on the train Format: MP3 | Size: 202KB
• Emergency warning I’ve chipped a nail Format: MP3 | Size: 187KB
• Would the passenger pretending to read the paper… Format: MP3 | Size: 411KB
• A reminder for American tourists Format: MP3 | Size: 268KB
• Passengers should note… Format: MP3 | Size: 452KB
• Would the gentleman in the pinstripe suit… Format: MP3 | Size: 411KB
• A reminder for residents of London Format: MP3 | Size: 514KB
• A reminder for passengers… Format: MP3 | Size: 268KB
• I may look nothing like you imagine Format: MP3 | Size: 338KB
• Would passengers filling in their sudokus… Format: MP3 | Size: 416KB
• Here we are again, crammed into a sweaty tube carriage… Format: MP3 | Size: 711KB

1. Terinea Weblog says:

   December 12, 2007 at 2:46 am

   A reminder for residents of London

   Is my favourite!

   Jamie