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Old October 29th 09, 08:42 AM posted to uk.transport.london,misc.transport.urban-transit,uk.railway
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Default West London Line - what recession?

Martin Edwards wrote:


grin and OT: but if you're gonna write "Mumbai" for Bombay, please
be consistent and use "Bengaluru" for Bangalore...


Or "Chennai" for "Madras". This could get complicated.


I work with a bloke from Madras, and he's very annoyed about the whole
Chennai thing, which he sees as a vain politician jumping on a
bandwagon. According to him it makes about as much sense as renaming
London, 'Kensington'.

Tom