iBus, Underground, Overground, and Tramlink announcements.
Dear Transport for London,
I am writing this to you to request a CD of the ibus, underground, overground, and tramlink announcements.
This is for a project I am making which will need these announcements.
Yours faithfully,
Dylan George
Dear Mr George
Our ref: FOI-2602-1718
Thank you for your email of 9 December 2017, asking for recorded
announcements.
Your request will be processed by TfL, the Greater London Authority and
its subsidiaries to provide you with a response in accordance with the
Freedom of Information Act 2000 and our information access policy.
Please provide us with your postal address, so that we can send you a CD.
You can email us direct at [1][email address] quoting the above reference.
Please note that we will not take any further action until we have
received your address. If we do not hear from you by 2 January we will
close this request.
Yours sincerely
Graham Hurt
FOI Case Officer
FOI Case Management Team
General Counsel
Transport for London
References
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1. mailto:[email address]
2. http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/about-tfl/
Dear Transport for London,
Unfortunately, the e-mail is not visible to me, as the website does not allow me to see them.
Could you please tell what the email is, in a format where it will not be censored.
Yours faithfully,
Dylan George
Dear Transport for London,
I have sent an email to your FOI department, with my adress, as well as including the FOI reference.
Yours sincerely,
Dylan George
Dear FOI,
I have sent you the email with my address, but you have still not given me a response either by post or on this website, may I please have a response to my request for the CD.
Yours sincerely,
Dylan George
Dear Mr George
Our ref: FOI-2602-1718
Thank you for your email of 9 December 2017, asking for recorded
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.
CDs containing the iBus, London Overground and Tramlink announcements has
been sent to you in the post.
iBus
It should be noted that the iBus announcements are recorded as fragments.
As a result, some announcements would not feature in full as the full
announcement would just be made up of two or more fragments that have
already been recorded. I have also included a list of the announcements
for your reference.
Overground
Announcements used on the services that London Overground took over from
Abellio Greater Anglia on 31 May 2015 are not held as audio files. They
are held on a server and we access them through existing server and
rolling stock. I can confirm that we have no current plans to create any
new recordings.
Please also note that while access to this material will be provided to
you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, you are not granted any
rights to any of the intellectual property that exists in it or granted
any permission to make secondary uses of it.
TfL owns all intellectual property (including, without limitation,
copyright) in the material supplied and will defend such rights.
If you wish to make any secondary use of the material provided, you must
first obtain the consent of TfL (which may be withheld) and, if consent is
granted, a fee may be charged, in accordance with the terms of the Reuse
of Public Sector Information Regulations 2005.
Tube
In accordance with the FOI Act, TfL is not obliged to supply the audio
files for London Underground’s Tube announcements 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 Global Services Ltd. The recordings in question
were provided to London Underground from Global Services Ltd under a
signed contract which contained explicit conditions concerning disclosure
and distribution.
The contract specifies that the recordings are solely to be used for the
purpose for which they were created and for broadcast on the London
Underground network only. If TfL were to disclose these recordings in
response to an FOI request, it would constitute an actionable breach of
contract and would be likely to result in a valid legal claim against
London Underground or the license to use the recordings being withdrawn,
which would impose additional, unnecessary, costs. TfL wishes to protect
its commercial interests and ability to participate in future commercial
activity. The disclosure of this information would be to the detriment of
present and future business activities for both parties.
The use of this exemption is subject to an assessment of the public
interest in relation to the disclosure of the information concerned. TfL
recognises the need for openness and transparency within public
authorities and the degree of public interest concerning London transport
announcements in light of the recent disclosure of iBus announcements.
However, in this instance this is outweighed by the damage that would be
done to TfL’s ability to use these recordings and any future contractual
negotiations that may take place regarding the London Underground
announcements.
If this is not the information you are looking for, or if you are unable
to access it for some reason, please feel free to contact me.
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
Graham Hurt
FOI Case Officer
FOI Case Management Team
General Counsel
Transport for London
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