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Old August 19th 08, 08:31 PM posted to uk.transport.london
Richard J.[_2_] Richard J.[_2_] is offline
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Default Who names new roads?

Mark Brader wrote:
John Rowland:
I notice that part of Gillett St N16 has been renamed to Bailey
Place N16... unfortunately, there is already a Batley Place N16, so
there will be numerous letters sent to the wrong address over the
next 50 years.


Not if the rest of the postcode is present and is used.

Now let's talk about an Underground system that has two stations
called Edgware Road and one called Edgware, but where trains to
Ealing Broadway station are marked Ealing


Abbreviated destination blinds on the District such as 'Ealing', 'Putney'
and 'High Street' have not been seen since the retirement of R/CO/CP stock
in about 1983. Actually there's the exception of 'Olympia' which is still
seen on D stock (both before and after refurbishment). Also I did once see
a train of original D stock on the High Street-Olympia shuttle with the
ambiguous 'Kensington' on the blind.
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