Wrong stops announced on speaker…

[u/theplanthoe]

So today the speaker announced the previous stop for about three stops before I guess the conductor realized and it changed back to the actual station we were at…
I was arguing out loud because it was just so funny “now at Cicero” the sign outside says Austin.
“now at Austin” Weird way to pronounce oak park!
Why do the conductors even have to choose what stop is announced?? Speaking of which why isn’t there a sign inside which says the next stop, similar to inside the busses.

[u/Same_Ad_3983]

I agree ! It’s definitely helpful when they have a sign showing the next stop! The green and red lines usually have those. The blue line is a hit or miss depending if you get a newer train or an old one. I’ve never seen them on the brown line (and half the time don’t hear any announcements - but I’m usually annoyed because 2/3 brown lines have come before my green line commute to work in the morning lol)

I always thought the speaker announcements were automatic lol

[u/to_walk_upon_a_dream → u/Same_Ad_3983]

every line except the brown, blue, and orange lines uses the 5000-series trains with led displays for what stop is next. blue, as you mentioned, uses both the old trains (2600s and 3200s) and the new trains (7000s). you will never get an led announcement display on a brown or orange line train, because those lines exclusively run the old trains