June 3rd 13, 01:51 PM
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Tube Lines Could Be Sponsored To Reduce Fares
Paul Corfield wrote:
On Mon, 3 Jun 2013 05:23:59 -0700 (PDT), Paul
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On Monday, June 3, 2013 9:03:28 AM UTC+1, Paul wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-22745677 Saw this article
on the BBC website. Whilst it will probably never come to fruition,
does anyone have any amusing suggestions regarding renamings for stations and lines?
I agree that it is a daft idea to rename stations and lines - it will
confuse Londoners and tourists alike. A station name has to give some
indication of the area that it is in, so that there is only a limited
scope for renaming in any case.
Mind you Boris has said that Crossrail should be called the "Queen Elizabeth Line" today.
Funny I thought it was called Crossrail which is a very long standing
name which people seem to understand.
Is there any precedent for naming what is really a National Rail
service, albeit procured by TfL? Only LU has named lines.
Thameslink on NR
Boris's suggestion will simply become the "Queenie Tube" or "Lizzie
Line" or somesuch. The proposed name is too long - tube lines are
nearly always named with a single word (Victoria) or composite
(Bakerloo). East London had some geographic reasoning as did
Hammersmith and City although that's a recent invention.
Jubilee Line?
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