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Dave Newt · September 8th 04, 07:39 PM posted to uk.transport.london

Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
In article t,
(Dave Newt)
wrote:

Slightly. The fact that LU has more branches than (say) Paris, does
make more termini, though they certainly do this too. "Direction
Villejuif Louis Aragon/Mairie D/Ivry" is one, whilst another is the
incredibly long-winded "Direction Gabriel Peri
Asnieres-Gennevilliers/St-Denis-Universite" (that's only two - they
just have some stupidly long names for some of the termini).

And they keep extending their lines in Paris so the destinations change.
For example I'm sure it was just St Denis when I was more familiar with
the latter case.

You might be right in this case (I don't remember), though nobody ever
uses those full names when talking - even the trains say on them simply
"Gabriel Peri" or "St Denis". (Though the last three stops are all
called "St Denis-something", so wouldn't make much difference in this case.)