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Old December 3rd 06, 12:05 PM posted to uk.transport.london
Richard J. Richard J. is offline
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Default Chiltern and Virgin on Great Western.

Peter Smyth wrote:
"Richard J." wrote in message
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Fig wrote:
On Sun, 03 Dec 2006 10:30:11 -0000, Adrian
wrote:
Fig ) gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying :

I've seen Chiltern trains in Paddington twice. One was
working a service to Princess Risborough

Blimey, not only a strange route, but a royal sex change, too...

My most humble appologies to all Princes Risbarians.
I wasn't sure which it was, so I googled "Princess Risborough" and
it returned a few thousand results, including
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princes...ailway_station
at number 3. It didn't ask me if I meant "Princes Risborough", so
I took it as
gospel.
Beware the power of google and wikipedia combined!


Beware untrained drivers of such powerful engines! The Wikipedia
URL produces "Princes Risborough railway station ... (Redirected
from Princess Risborough railway station)".


That is because I have just changed it! Originally Princess
Risborough railway station was a seperate article.


Well done! Sorry, I should have checked the history of the wrongly
spelt article, before referring to others as untrained.

On Google, one should always check the number of articles for *both*
spellings and enclose the name in quotes: "Princess Risborough" 525,
"Princes Risborough" 422,000.
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Richard J.
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