On Tue, 25 Sep 2007, Paul Scott wrote:

"Mr Thant" wrote in message
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Paul Scott wrote:

I saw yet another post in a forum sugesting that November 11 is
intended for the opening date, asserting that it would be branded
Overground from the off because it had no existing signage. Which is
odd because I distinctly remember the Silverlink style signs.

I went for a look a couple of weeks ago. The platforms signs have
Silverlink swooshes on them. I couldn't get that close to the main
building, but it has a giant set of rail double arrows in the window
above the door (possibly etched on the glass).

That should be ok, isn't the convention TfL have decided upon that the NR
and 'Overground' logos will both be used outside the station if NR services
(Southern) also stop there?

So is the NLR not going to count as National Rail? I had this vague idea
that it was essentially franchised to TfL, which is then conceeding it to
Laing MTR, so although it would be part of the London Overground, it would
also be part of National Rail. Bit like the futile system of old, where
the king grants fiefs to dukes, dukes sub-grant bits of them to barons,
etc. It's going to be run along NR lines in technical, operational, etc
terms, no?

tom

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