Previous voiceover artist used for the automated announcements on the Class 3000 trains.
Dear Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company,
Under the Freedom Of Information Act 2000 i would like to ask what was the name of the previous voiceover artist used for the automated announcements on the Class 3000 trains before Kathy Clugston was installed.
The voice in this video is the old voice that i am talking about:
I believe she was replaced with Kathy Clugston at some point in the early 2010s i think.
I know the current voice used onboard the 3000 trains and 4000 trains and De Dietrich Set trains is Kathy Clugston and the current voice used at your stations is Anne Jermy but i am unable to find out who this old Class 3000 voice is. So i would just like to request the name of this previous voiceover artist. Many thanks.
Yours faithfully,
Anthony Collins
Dear Mr Collins
Freedom of Information Act 2000 - (Our Reference: FOI1397)
We acknowledge receipt of your email received 1st October 2023, under the
Freedom of Information Act 2000 ("FOIA").
You have requested the following information:
Request
1. What was the name of the previous voiceover artist used for the
automated announcements on the Class 3000 trains before Kathy Clugston was
installed.
The voice in this video is the old voice that i am talking about:
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I believe she was replaced with Kathy Clugston at some point in the early
2010s i think.
2. I know the current voice used onboard the 3000 trains and 4000
trains and De Dietrich Set trains is Kathy Clugston and the current voice
used at your stations is Anne Jermy but i am unable to find out who
this old Class 3000 voice is. So i would just like to request the name of
this previous voiceover artist.
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Translink is a trading name used by any one or more of the companies under
the ultimate ownership of the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company
(NITHC). The Group comprises NITHC as parent company which owns Citybus
Limited (which also trades as “Metro”) (NI009039) Flexibus Limited
(NI006724) Ulsterbus Limited (NI006725), Translink (NI) Limited (NI006673)
and NIR Networks Limited (NI017638) - each of which is registered in
Northern Ireland and has its registered office at 22 Great Victoria
Street, Belfast BT2 7LX; Northern Ireland Railways Company Limited
(NI006929) which is registered in Northern Ireland and has its registered
office at 22 Great Victoria Street, Belfast BT2 7LX; and NIR Operations
Limited (NI021091) which is registered in Northern Ireland and has its
registered office at Lanyon Place Station, 47 East Bridge Street, Belfast
BT1 3NR.
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Dear Mr Collins
Freedom of Information Act 2000 - Our Reference: FOI1397
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request of 1^st October 2023. To
summarise, you have requested:
Request
“Under the Freedom Of Information Act 2000 i would like to ask what was
the name of the previous voiceover artist used for the automated
announcements on the Class 3000 trains before Kathy Clugston was
installed. The voice in this video is the old voice that i am talking
about:
[1]https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlo...
I believe she was replaced with Kathy Clugston at some point in the early
2010s i think. I know the current voice used onboard the 3000 trains and
4000 trains and De Dietrich Set trains is Kathy Clugston and the current
voice used at your stations is Anne Jermy but i am unable to find out who
this old Class 3000 voice is. So i would just like to request the name of
this previous voiceover artist.”
Translink responds to your request as follows:
Response
In relation to this Freedom of Information request regarding the voiceover
artist named above, following searches by the relevant teams within
Translink, and as required by section 1(1)(a) Freedom of Information Act,
we can confirm that this information is not held by the organisation at
this time and therefore, no information in response to your request is
held on this matter.
Review Procedure
If you are not satisfied with this response you may request a review by
writing to the Translink General Counsel and Company Secretary, who has
overall responsibility for Freedom of Information and Data Protection
issues within this organisation. Correspondence should be addressed to the
above-mentioned at: Translink, 22 Great Victoria Street, Belfast BT2 7LX
or by email to [2][NITHCo / Translink request email].
If having exhausted the review process you are not content that your
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of appeal to the Information Commissioner who will make an independent
judgement. The address of the Information Commissioner is: Wycliffe House,
Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The address of the Information
Commissioner’s Office for Northern Ireland is: 3rd floor, 14 Cromac Place,
Gasworks, Belfast, BT7 2JB.
Kind regards
FOI Team - Translink
[3][email address]
[4]Website | [5]Twitter | [6]LinkedIn
Journeys and more at www.translink.co.uk
Translink is a trading name used by any one or more of the companies under
the ultimate ownership of the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company
(NITHC). The Group comprises NITHC as parent company which owns Citybus
Limited (which also trades as “Metro”) (NI009039) Flexibus Limited
(NI006724) Ulsterbus Limited (NI006725), Translink (NI) Limited (NI006673)
and NIR Networks Limited (NI017638) - each of which is registered in
Northern Ireland and has its registered office at 22 Great Victoria
Street, Belfast BT2 7LX; Northern Ireland Railways Company Limited
(NI006929) which is registered in Northern Ireland and has its registered
office at 22 Great Victoria Street, Belfast BT2 7LX; and NIR Operations
Limited (NI021091) which is registered in Northern Ireland and has its
registered office at Lanyon Place Station, 47 East Bridge Street, Belfast
BT1 3NR.
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