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Old April 23rd 06, 10:48 AM posted to uk.transport.london
James Farrar James Farrar is offline
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On Sat, 22 Apr 2006 13:34 +0100 (BST), (Colin
Rosenstiel) wrote:

In article ,
(James Farrar) wrote:

On Thu, 20 Apr 2006 19:55:44 -0000, (Mark Brader) wrote:

Paul Oter:
The displays on the platforms which only show a single departure
were showing First Capital Connect.

We may well see further variations in the future as staff learn
how to cope with this ridiculously long name.

Um, well, it is a shorter name than "West Anglia Great Northern".

Which was very rarely said, and even less commonly written.

If they didn't insist on adding "First" to all their company names (as
they don't with Hull Trains) they'd not have the problem.

Nonetheless, Capital Connect does strike me as a name that resulted
from a meeting where a bunch of suits were asked the question "how can
we say Thameslink without saying Thameslink?"

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