"Recliner" wrote in message
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"DW downunder" reply@newsgroup wrote in message

"Recliner" wrote in message
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Yes, I think the London 'Overground' needs a new brand that doesn't
get confused with other overground trains. The obvious one would be
'Metro' but that risks confusion with the Metropolitan line.

Wasn't that the purpose of "London Rail"?

But it's certainly not branded that way, and it would be pretty confusing
if that name was used. What struck me was that the loop will soon be
complete, so you could have names like "London Ringrail".

The problem as I see it, is that 'London Rail' is primarily an 'overview
organisation', which has a remit to take a strategic view on all heavy rail
in London, but it is only a subset, the TfL managed Overground, that it has
real control over.

IMHO 'Overground' was flawed as a choice of name from the off, due to both
the earlier 'Overground Network' in south London, that just seemed to wither
away, when another (better) idea came along; but mainly because of the
colloquial use of 'overground' to mean anything that isn't underground. IMX
many Londoners use the term for ANY heavy rail, not just suburban services,
e.g. some (by no means all) would consider the WCML an 'overground
service'...

Paul S