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• At 2009.12.17 00:29, Ash said:

  Where are we going?
  My daughter and I loved riding the Metro as much as possible when we visit family in Newcastle. Often we ride from the top of Northumberland Street line to the flea market in the train station at Tynemouth. The automatic voice recording on the train as you enter or exit the doors repeat “mind the doors, please” for some reason we loved repeating that phrase to each other as much as possible in our very best British accent. My British mother was not amused.

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• At 2009.12.17 10:56, Beth said:

  Going into town for a coffee, I think :)

  I do think it’s a shame that I rarely use the metro these days. But it’s never been the same since they changed the announcement - it’s now a very simple ‘doors closing’ which sounds robotic. I miss ’stand clear of the doors please!’ in a cheery Geordie accent. Oh well…..

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• At 2009.12.17 15:16, Dave said:

  Yes I miss that announcement too. I read that they did that, as they thought it would be easier for foreigners - but it is a shame!

  Like the pic.

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• At 2009.12.17 22:55, alf stone said:

  Dave, thanks for that information, I hadn’t realised that was why it was changed.

  I wish I had a pound for every time I have travelled down that line on the Metro and on its previous incarnation the old electric trains to the coast. There used to be an alternative route called the Riverside Branch which ran near the river bank and past all the shipyards and engineering works. If my memory serves me right, only one in three trains went that way and occasionally as a special treat my mother would allow us to wait until the riverside train came as we returned from our day at the seaside. Point Pleasant, Walker, St. Anthony’s, St. Peter’s were just a few of the stations I remember passing through as we sat eating our willicks.

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