Rail Sound Atlas Contribution Form

What would you like to contribute?

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Suggestion

Country System

Sound Scope System Sound: played anywhere in the system.

Line Sound: played anywhere on specific line(s)

Station Sound: played in/mentions a specific station (e.g. Next Station/Arriving at)

Sound Active? Yes: sound is currently used.

No: historical/retired sound.

If unsure and the sound doesn't exist on the website yet, choose Yes.

Line(s) Pick the line this sound applies to.

You can select multiple lines.

Station

Line Order (On Selected Line) Station is also on other lines

Sound Category The name of the sound category, like Door Chime, Arrival, Next Station, or Acceleration.

Include a transcription only if the sound's transcription is the same across all sound variants.

Title Title of the variant sound within the sound category. Examples include directions "To (Terminus Station)", rolling stock variants "(Rolling Stock Name)".

If there is only one sound for the category and no variants are possible, leave this field blank.

Transcription/Sound Name Must be the transcription of the sound. If the sound has no speech, then use the name of the sound (if applicable, do not make up names yourself).

If there is no speech nor does the sound have a commonly known name, leave this field blank.

Rolling Stock The train model which produces said sound. Do not include for sounds NOT made by the train (e.g. in-station announcements). Leave blank if unknown.

Year Captured The year this sound was recorded, not the first year of service. This could be either the date of an uploaded video (e.g. on YouTube) or the actual date of the recording. Leave blank if unknown.

Source A link to the original source of the sound. For sounds recorded by you, you may either write "User Recorded" (anonymous option) or if you would like credit, provide a link to a profile of yours.

Audio Guidelines

Audio must be clear and mostly free of unrelated background noise/speech. Extremely noisy recordings may be rejected.
If the sound contains speech, the description must contain the full transcription in its original language.
- For pure sound effects, unless there is a name for it, leave the transcription field blank.
- If a name does exist, please wrap it in the native language's quotation marks. (e.g. Vancouver's "Doo doo doo", Japan's 「三点式ドアチャイム」)
Trim guidelines:
- Trim must start at the exact beginning of said sound. There must little to no background noise before the sound plays. Audios with long silences before the sound begins WILL be rejected.
- Trim must end at any reasonable time after the end of said sound, preferably around 1 second.

Audio File

Drag and drop audio/video

or click to choose a file

Trim Audio

I confirm this audio follows the Audio Guidelines.

Notes

Submissions are reviewed before they are added to the atlas. Please read all info labels carefully.
If you would like to see a country, system, line, station or sound added, choose New Suggestion above.
If you suggest something new to be added, there is no guarantee any sounds will be added unless specified. Please contribute the sounds yourself.