{"id":15147,"date":"2016-08-09T22:19:14","date_gmt":"2016-08-09T21:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=15147"},"modified":"2016-08-09T22:19:14","modified_gmt":"2016-08-09T21:19:14","slug":"a-new-voice-for-blackpools-trams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=15147","title":{"rendered":"A new voice for Blackpool&#8217;s trams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since their introduction into service in 2012, Blackpool&#8217;s Flexity2 tram fleet have &#8220;spoken&#8221; with the voice of Blackpool Transport&#8217;s Bryan Lindop. However, in recent weeks the recorded announcements on the trams have been updated with new voiceovers recorded by a local radio host.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Bryan&#8217;s clear voice has gained considerable acclaim, but presumably now that his role in the company solely involves looking after the heritage trams, it was decided to go with a new voice. As on the new Palladium specification buses, Radio Wave presenter Andy Mitchell has recorded the new announcements for the trams, informing passengers of upcoming stopping points and their ultimate destination.<\/p>\n<p>Already quite a few people have voiced their sadness at missing Bryan Lindop&#8217;s voice, which speaks volumes not only about the quality of his announcements, but also how well thought of he is by enthusiasts and the general public alike. Whether his replacement will be thought of as highly in years to come, only time will tell!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since their introduction into service in 2012, Blackpool&#8217;s Flexity2 tram fleet have &#8220;spoken&#8221; with the voice of Blackpool Transport&#8217;s Bryan Lindop. However, in recent weeks the recorded announcements on the trams have been updated with new voiceovers recorded by a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=15147\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15147"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15147"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15148,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15147\/revisions\/15148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}