This page has CTA rail and bus clips, a couple Metra clips, as well as some clips from the MTA New York City Subway.
CTA Rail sounds
sounds from 2003...
Added 12/26
Blue - Doors open left at Cicero (plus 2200 accel.).wav
Blue - Doors open left at Kedzie-Homan.wav
Blue - This is Medical Center (after 2200 decel.).wav
Blue - Welcome - Harlem Next (2200 accel.).wav
CTA - Outbound Arriving in 1 minute.wav
Red - Monroe - SB to 95th.wav
Red - Roosevelt - SB to 95 (annoying).wav
Added 8/31
Purple - This is Main.wav
Purple - This is Howard (SB).wav
Purple - South Blvd is Next.wav
Purple - Dempster is Next.wav
Purple - Davis is Next.wav
Added 8/30
This is a Green Line train to Harlem-Lake.wav
Red - Clark-Div-to Roosevelt.wav (train only to roosevelt)
Purple converted to Red.wav (due to switch problems in Loop)
Purple - Next stop Addison.wav (game day manual announcement)
Green (to Lake) - Clark-Lake is Next.wav
Green - This is Clinton.wav
Green - Conservatory Next.wav
Purple - Welcome - South Blvd Next.wav
This is Sedgwick (Purple Express).wav
This is Merchandise Mart (Purple Exp).wav
This is Libary (Old Annc - Orange).wav (announcement pronunciation criticized and later replaced)
This is Howard (Purple).wav
This is Diversey (Purple Exp).wav
This is Davis (Purple).wav
This is Belmont - Howard is Next (Purple Exp).wav
Sample of original Library-State-VanBuren.wav
Red - Sheridan is next.wav
Red - Argyle is Next.wav
Orage - This is Roosevelt (xfer red and green).wav
Merchandise Mart is next.wav
Manual - Western is Next.wav
Manual - 35-Archer is Next.wav
Belmont is Next (Purple Exp).wav
Blue - (manual) Clark and Lake will be next.wav
Blue - Clinton is Next.wav
Blue - FP - Kedzie-Homan is Next.wav
Blue - FP - This is Cicero.wav
Blue - FP - This is Kedzie-Homan.wav
Blue - Jackson is Next.wav
Blue - Racine is Next.wav
Blue - This is Clark & Lake (plus sound of doors opening, inbound train pulling in and noise of both trains from platform).wav
Blue - This is Clinton.wav
Blue - This is LaSalle.wav
Blue - This is Monroe (to O'Hare).wav
Blue - This is UIC-Halsted.wav
Blue - This is Washington (offpeak and weekend).wav
Blue - Transfer to Orange, Green, and Brown Line trains at Clark & Lake.wav
Blue - Transfer to Red Line trains at Washington.wav
Blue - UIC-Halsted is Next.wav
Blue - Washington is Next (weekday daytime).wav
Brown - Belmont (Terminating).wav
CTA - Automated and vocal combo - NB train to O'Hare.wav
Davis is next (Purple).wav
Dempster is next (Purple).wav
Fullerton is next (Purple Exp).wav
Kedzie is Next.wav
Main is next (Purple).wav
Older sounds:
Delay_EquipmentProblem.wav
Your attention please: We are being delayed because of an equipment problem on a train. Work is underway to correct the problem. We hope to be moving shortly.
Delay_MedicalEmergency.wav
Your attention please: We are being delayed because of a medical emergency. Assistance has been requested, and we hope to be moving shortly.
Delay_OperatorOff.wav
Your attention please: This train is experiencing an equipment problem. Your operator is off the train for a few minutes to correct the problem. We hope to be moving shortly.
Delay_RaisedBridge.wav
Your attention please: We are being delayed because of a raised bridge ahead. We hope to be moving shortly.
(2002 sounds include other delay announcements)
Announce - Southbound to 95th.wav
Blue - LaSalle is Next.wav
Brown - Wellington is next.wav
Clark and Lake will be next.wav
Outbound Train Annc.wav
Inbound Train.wav
This is a Purple Line Express.wav
This is Diversey.wav
This is Lake - Red Howard.wav
This is Quincy.wav
To Green from State.wav
To Harlem-Lake inst.wav
Washington is Next (Blue).wav
2002 sounds follow...
Adams and Wabash is next.wav
("Adams and Wabash is next. Doors open on the right at Adams and Wabash. Transfer to Green, Purple, and Brown Line trains at Adams and Wabash.")
Attention - Signal Delay.wav
("<beep beep beep> Your attention please: We are being delayed, waiting for signals ahead. We expect to be moving shortly.")
Doors Closing.wav
("<ding-dong> Doors closing.")
Doors open on the left at 35th-Archer.wav
("Doors open on the left at 35th and Archer.")
In the direction of travel- doors open on the left at Pulaski.wav
("In the direction of travel, doors open on the left at Pulaski.")
Kedzie Next.wav
("Kedzie is next. Doors open on the left at Kedzie.")
Madison and Wabash is next.wav
("Madison and Wabash is next. Doors open on the right at Madison and Wabash.")
No Smoking Littering Playing of Radios---.wav
("Smoking, littering, and playing radios or loud devices is prohibited.")
No Soliciting.wav
("Soliciting on CTA trains is prohibited. Violators will be arrested.")
Orange Line Intro.wav bonus track - full Orange Line intro announcements strung together
("This is an Orange Line train to downtown. Maps are posted in each railcar and station to help you plan your trip--contact station personnel for further assistance. Scheduled travel time to downtown is about 25 minutes. Welcome aboard Orange Line run 705. Pulaski is next. In the direction of travel, doors open on the left at Pulaski.")
Orange Line Run 701.wav
("Welcome aboard Orange Line run 701.")
Priority Seating.wav
("Priority seating is intended for the elderly and passengers with disabilities.")
Red Line run 839.wav
("Welcome aboard Red Line run 839. North and Clybourn is next. Doors open on the right at North and Clybourn.")
standing.wav
("Standing passengers: Please do not lean against the doors.")
This is an Orange Line train to Midway.wav
("This is an Orange Line train to Midway")
This is Fullerton.wav
("This is Fullerton. This is a Red Line train to 95th." - note no transfer information here, since this announcement was from about 2am while there is no other service to Fullerton)
This is Midway.wav
("This is Midway—as far as this train goes. All passengers must leave the train.") - note, this is followed by "Thank you for riding the CTA Orange Line" but I cut the recording short on accident.
This is Pulaski.wav
("This is Pulaski" ... doors open ... "Doors Closing")
This is Western.wav
("This is Western" ... doors open ... "Doors Closing")
WA Delay.wav
("<beep beep beep> Your attention please. We are being delayed because crews are working on the track ahead. We expect to be moving shortly.")
Library next.wav
("Library-State/Van Buren is next. Doors open on the right at Library-State/Van Buren.")
This is Clark and Lake - from Orange.wav
("This is Clark and Lake. Transfer to Green, Blue, Purple, and Brown Line trains, and The Thompson Center, at Clark and Lake. This is an Orange Line train to Midway.)
This is LaSalle-Van Buren - from Orange.wav
("This is LaSalle/Van Buren. Transfer to Metra trains at LaSalle/Van Buren."
This is Library - from Orange.wav
("This is Library-State/Van Buren. Transfer to Brown Line trains at Library-State/Van Buren. This is an Orange Line train to Midway.")
Clark and Division is Next.wav
("Clark and Division is next. Doors open on the left at Clark and Division.")
Cermak-Chinatown is Next.wav
("Cermak-Chinatown is next. Doors open on the left at Cermak-Chinatown.")
Delay - Crews Ahead.wav
("Your attention please. We are being delayed, because crews are working on the track ahead. We expect to be moving shortly.")
Turnstile alarm.wav
(this is a sound recorded at Midway, coming out of an AVM that was being opened by a repair person - turnstiles also make this noise if the alarm is set off)
Addison is Next.wav
("Addison is next. Doors open on the left at Addison.")
Doors open on the right at Fullerton.wav
("Doors open on the right at Fullerton.")
This is Chicago.wav
("This is Chicago.")
Sheridan is Next.wav
("Sheridan is next. Doors open on the right at Sheridan.")
This is Washington (Red Subway).wav
("This is Washington. Transfer to Blue Line, Metra, and South Shore Trains, City Hall, The Daley Center, and The Thompson Center, at Washington. This is a Red Line train to Howard.")
This is North and Clybourn.wav
("This is North and (SIC) Clyburn.")
This is Grand.wav
("This is grand!" - always sounds more like a statement of opinion than a declaration of location)
Added 1/5/04
Bus - 14th Place.wav
Bus - Balbo.wav
Bus - Jackson.wav
Bus - Maxwell.wav
Bus - Monroe.wav
Bus - Rte N62 to Midway Orange Line.wav
Added 1/4/04
Bus - 18th Street.wav
Bus - 35th & Archer.wav
Bus - 39th Place.wav
Bus - Poplar.wav
Bus - Pulaski & 51st.wav
Bus - 34th Street.wav
Bus - 47th Street.wav
Bus - 49th Street & Avers.wav
Bus - 53rd Street.wav
Bus - 5400 South.wav
Bus - 55th Street.wav
Bus - Archer & Keeler.wav
Bus - Campbell & 38th Street.wav
Bus - Cullerton.wav
Bus - Hamlin.wav
Bus - Homan.wav
Bus - Karlov & Archer.wav
Bus - Kedzie.wav
Bus - Lawndale.wav
Bus - Pershing & Rockwell.wav
Bus - PSA - Cust Svc.wav
Bus - Pulaski.wav
Bus - Spaulding.wav
Bus - St. Louis.wav
Bus - Union.wav
Added 12/27
Bus - 11th St.wav
Bus - 33rd St.wav
Bus - 39th Pl.wav
Bus - 9th St.wav
Bus - Archer & Oakley.wav
Bus - Bonfield.wav
Bus - California.wav
Bus - Cicero & Archer.wav
Bus - Clark.wav
Bus - Francisco.wav
Bus - Kilpatrick.wav
Bus - Kostner.wav
Bus - Leavitt & 35th St.wav
Bus - Lock.wav
Bus - Pershing.wav
Bus - Pitney Ct.wav
Bus - Pope John Paul II & 43rd St.wav
Bus - Roosevelt (xfer Red sub-Orng-Grn).wav
Bus - Sacramento.wav
Bus - Senour.wav
Added 12/26
Bus - 1700N.wav
Bus - Chicago.wav
Bus - Cicero & 62nd.wav
Bus - Cicero.wav
Bus - Crosby.wav
Bus - Division.wav
Bus - Elston.wav
Bus - Evergreen.wav
Bus - Hickory.wav
Bus - Hooker.wav
Bus - Keating.wav
Bus - Larrabee.wav
Bus - Midway Orange Line.wav
Bus - Milwaukee (xfer to blue).wav
Bus - North Branch.wav
Bus - Scott.wav
Bus - Sedgwick.wav
Bus - Washington Wabash Transfer.wav
Bus - Welcome aboard the CTA.wav
Bus - Wells.wav
Bus - Willow.wav
Added 9/27
Bus - 700 West.wav
Bus - Ashland.wav
Bus - Cambridge.wav
Bus - Elizabeth.wav
Bus - Greenview.wav
Bus - Halsted.wav
Bus - Hudson.wav
Bus - Larrabee.wav
Bus - May.wav
Bus - Noble.wav
Bus - Ogden.wav
Bus - Paulina.wav
Bus - Peoria.wav
Bus - Racine.wav
Bus - Sangamon.wav
Added 8/31
Bus - Wood.wav
Bus - Wolcott.wav
Bus - Damen.wav
Added 8/30 (rarity—female voice for testing)
Next stop 14th and Indiana.wav
Next stop Michigan and 13th Street.wav
Added 12/26/2003
Metra - Door Chime.wav
Metra - Next stop 91st Street.wav
Metra - Next stop 99th Street.wav
Added 8/30
MTA - Brakes.wav
MTA - Mumbling conductor (3).wav
MTA - This is 14 St-Union Sq (6).wav
MTA - This is 34 St-Penn Sta (2).wav
MTA - This is a Bronx-bound 5 Express - Fulton next (5).wav
MTA - This is a Brooklyn-bound 2 Express (2).wav
MTA - This is a Brooklyn-bound L train - Bedford Av Next (L).wav
MTA - This is Times Square - 42nd (2 overnight).wav
MTA - This is Times Square-42nd (2).wav
Older sounds:
MTA - 1 train stopping at 14th - 1am.wav
Love the MTA train brakes. The sounds these things make, in theory, probably should drive the rats out of the subway and into the Hudson. lol
MTA - 3 Express at 23rd.wav
The sound of an express train blowing by on the center track.
MTA - Brooklyn bound 2 Express - next stop 14th.wav
Automated announcement from the new trains
Female voice: This is a Brooklyn-bound 2 express train. The next stop is 14th Street.
Note: normally, the conductor would play the "stand clear of the closing doors" noise, but they apparently forgot, because the simple xylophone-sounding door chime plays without the vocal pre-warning.
MTA - emer annc.wav
This one is the sound of an announcement I could barely hear telling me that I'm basically stuck below 42nd Street because of a "police investigation" resulting in indefinite suspension of 1, 2, and 3 service outside of downtown Manhattan.
MTA - Exiting a 1 train at 23rd.wav
The old-fashioned way of announcing a stop, and the rattling of the doors opening on a 1 train.
MTA - Grand Central on the 6.wav
automated announcement (note I didn't catch the first couple of words):
Female voice:[This is] Grand Central / 42nd Street.
Male voice: Transfer is available to FOUR, FIVE, and SEVEN trains. Transfer is available to SHUTTLE TO TIMES SQUARE. Connection is available to METRO-NORTH.
MTA - stopping.wav
The sound of a decently maintained train stopping. You can hear the force though of the train being slowed, and a little bit of the hissing from the air brakes.
MTA - This is Christopher Street.wav
automated announcement:
Female Voice: This is Christopher Street.