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[email protected] · August 11th 14, 02:01 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article , (Roland Perry)
wrote:

In message , at
06:39:25 on Mon, 11 Aug 2014, remarked:
If the Kings Lynn line is to be officially "GN", does this mean that in
a few years when a GTR train pulls into Farringdon on its way north
that it'll be announced as a GN train if heading for Peterborough/
Cambridge, and something else... perhaps Thameslink if heading for
Bedford. Doesn't that rather balkanise the new integrated TSGN
franchise?

They seem to do exactly that from the stakeholder presentation I've seen.
It shows "Gatwick Express", "Southern", "Great Northern" and "Thameslink"
brands as well as "Govia".

I've found this in the trade press:

"The Thameslink brand is to be re-introduced, and Southern and
Gatwick Express brands retained."

No mention of GN, and could encompass using GTR on all the
'Thameslink' services.

Another possibility is they might use GN temporarily until
through-running starts, but that leaves the Kings Lynn-Kings Cross
services out on a limb.

Look at the GTR material which makes the planned use of the "Great Northern"
brand very clear, even to argumentative Usenet users.

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Colin Rosenstiel