December 10th 06, 04:50 PM
posted to uk.transport.london
|
|
external usenet poster
|
|
First recorded activity at LondonBanter: Jun 2005
Posts: 905
|
|
Harwich for the Continent.....
On 9 Dec 2006 16:44:20 -0800, "
wrote:
Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
In article om,
() wrote:
"One" (can that really be the successor to the Great Eastern Railway?!)
The franchise operator's official name is "London Eastern Railway". They
just trade as 'one'.
--
Colin Rosenstiel
Thanks, Colin.
Is that an acronym, or meant to stand for something? Like "A right
One", or "The One to avoid if you want to get home in time" or "One
load of inefficient train operators"?
It's designed to confuse people by announcements for "the 12:20 one
service to London".
|