Peter Beale wrote:
In article ,
(Adrian) wrote:
pedant Watford has not been served by Tube services since the
Bakerloo was cut back.
I wonder where all those Met tubes are going, then? Not the
Uxbridges, not the Amershams, but the ones with "Watford" on the
front...
They're not tubes - they are cut-and-cover ("tube" traditionally describes
the trains using the deep-level bored tube lines, not those like the Met and
District built by scooping out a trough and subsequently covering it up).
I think this pedantic argument has been done to death on this newsgroup.
If you're going to split hairs over the type of stock, first recognise
the difference between "tube" and "Tube". The former may be taken to
mean just trains using the bored deep tube lines (if you wish to be so
pedantic about it). The latter refers to the London Underground system.
Of course, any reasonable person knows what someone means when they talk
about "tube services". Or even "Tube services". And I think pretty much
everyone on this newsgroup understands the difference between deep tube
and subsurface lines.
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Dave Arquati
Imperial College, SW7
www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London