The sound files of your automated announcements.

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Dear Transport for Wales,

May i please request to have the sound files of all of the automated announcements that are used onboard your trains and at your railway stations platforms please.

Yours faithfully,

Douglas Williams

Freedom Of Information, Transport for Wales

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Freedom Of Information, Transport for Wales

TfW does hold this information. Though TfW has previously refused this information under Section 38 (Endangering Health and Safety) of the Freedom of Information Act, we have recently taken the decision to publish this information on our website. As such, we now apply the Section 22 exemption (Information Intended for Future Publication).

We understand there is considerable interest in this information, particularly among rail enthusiasts, and we have listened to the representations made in response to our previous decision to withhold this information. Disclosure has been carefully considered, and we understand that our decision to change our approach has generated much anticipation. We do ask for patience at this time as the task of collating, formatting and uploading these files to the website is a significant undertaking. Many of the files contain just a single word, therefore the volume of information for upload is substantial. We are working with operational colleagues across the organisation to produce this information, but it is also important to note that these colleagues are already heavily committed with other priorities to ensure the running of the railway and keeping our passengers safe. It is reasonable that these colleagues must prioritise appropriately in the greater public interest. As such we cannot give a completion date for this work at present, though please be assured this is something that we are actively working towards.

Please also note we will not be publishing the sound files for all of our automated announcements. The ‘Eryl’ and ‘Elin’ announcements are the copyrighted intellectual property of TfW, as, though they adhere to national standards, they have been specifically recorded in a style that adheres to TfW's tone of voice and branding specifications. TfW also has contracted exclusivity of the ‘Eryl’ and ‘Elin’ voice artist recordings. As such, this information is also exempt from disclosure under section 43(1) (trade secrets) of the Freedom of Information Act. The ‘Ruth’ sound recordings will be disclosed.

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