In article .com,
(Paul Oter) wrote:

Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
In article .com,
(Jonathan Morris) wrote:

Dave Plumb wrote:

http://www.whatmobile.net/tmp/fcc/wagnliveson.jpg

(Notice too that it's just CAPITAL CONNECT on the right hand
display).

chuckle It also shows how "FirstCapitalConnect" only just fits by
leaving out all the spaces. How soon before Network Rail switch to
"FCC" I wonder?

At KX this evening both the main and smaller departure boards were
showing the TOC as "First Cap Connect"

Hmm. Missed that. I was too busy trying to figure which platform the
19:15 was going to depart from. It was definitely FirstCapitalConnect
yesterday.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
In article .com,
(Paul Oter) wrote:

Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
In article .com,
(Jonathan Morris) wrote:

Dave Plumb wrote:

http://www.whatmobile.net/tmp/fcc/wagnliveson.jpg

(Notice too that it's just CAPITAL CONNECT on the right hand
display).

chuckle It also shows how "FirstCapitalConnect" only just fits by
leaving out all the spaces. How soon before Network Rail switch to
"FCC" I wonder?

At KX this evening both the main and smaller departure boards were
showing the TOC as "First Cap Connect"

Hmm. Missed that. I was too busy trying to figure which platform the
19:15 was going to depart from. It was definitely FirstCapitalConnect
yesterday.


Strange - I was on the 1915 too. I was referring to the displays that
give a list of departures: the big one in the main concourse and the
smaller ones such as the one facing the York Road entrance. These were
all using the wording First Cap Connect at about 1905 last night.
(Though I wonder whether the TOC itself approved the abbreviation).

The displays on the platforms which only show a single departure were
showing First Capital Connect.

We may well see further variations in the future as staff learn how to
cope with this ridiculously long name.

PaulO

[First Cap Connect on departure boards at King's Cross]

See also the thread "First Cap Connect" over on uk.railway, which
includes links to some photos.

PaulO

In article .com,
(Paul Oter) wrote:

Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
In article .com,
(Paul Oter) wrote:

Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
In article
.com,
(Jonathan Morris) wrote:

Dave Plumb wrote:

http://www.whatmobile.net/tmp/fcc/wagnliveson.jpg

(Notice too that it's just CAPITAL CONNECT on the right hand
display).

chuckle It also shows how "FirstCapitalConnect" only just
fits by leaving out all the spaces. How soon before Network Rail
switch to "FCC" I wonder?

At KX this evening both the main and smaller departure boards were
showing the TOC as "First Cap Connect"

Hmm. Missed that. I was too busy trying to figure which platform the
19:15 was going to depart from. It was definitely
FirstCapitalConnect
yesterday.

Strange - I was on the 1915 too. I was referring to the displays that
give a list of departures: the big one in the main concourse and the
smaller ones such as the one facing the York Road entrance. These were
all using the wording First Cap Connect at about 1905 last night.
(Though I wonder whether the TOC itself approved the abbreviation).

The displays on the platforms which only show a single departure were
showing First Capital Connect.

We may well see further variations in the future as staff learn how to
cope with this ridiculously long name.

Sorry. I meant the day before. I didn't notice the signs yesterday. I
was too preoccupied with getting myself on the train which wasn't on its
usual platform.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

Paul Oter:
The displays on the platforms which only show a single departure were
showing First Capital Connect.

We may well see further variations in the future as staff learn how to
cope with this ridiculously long name.

Um, well, it is a shorter name than "West Anglia Great Northern". Let
alone "Great Northern, Piccadilly & Brompton", to take just one old-time
name that comes to mind.
--
Mark Brader "Succeed, and you'll be remembered for a very long time.
Toronto Fail, and you'll be remembered even longer."
-- Hel Faczel (John Barnes: ...the Martian King)

Mark Brader wrote:
Paul Oter:
The displays on the platforms which only show a single departure were
showing First Capital Connect.

We may well see further variations in the future as staff learn how to
cope with this ridiculously long name.

Um, well, it is a shorter name than "West Anglia Great Northern".

Yes, but WAGN almost always shortened their own name to WAGN (or
sometimes wagn) in timetables and on the sides of trains. FCC seem not
to want to abbreviate their name to FCC.

PaulO

"Paul Oter" wrote in message
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Mark Brader wrote:
Paul Oter:
The displays on the platforms which only show a single departure were
showing First Capital Connect.

We may well see further variations in the future as staff learn how to
cope with this ridiculously long name.

Um, well, it is a shorter name than "West Anglia Great Northern".

Yes, but WAGN almost always shortened their own name to WAGN (or
sometimes wagn) in timetables and on the sides of trains. FCC seem not
to want to abbreviate their name to FCC.

Or "ICC" to rhyme with "ICK".

:-)
--
Brian

Paul Oter wrote:

Yes, but WAGN almost always shortened their own name to WAGN (or
sometimes wagn) in timetables and on the sides of trains. FCC seem not
to want to abbreviate their name to FCC.

Although they do on their own journey check service (WAP, PDA, web) if
there are any status/line updates.

Jonathan

Mark Brader wrote:
Paul Oter:
The displays on the platforms which only show a single departure were
showing First Capital Connect.

We may well see further variations in the future as staff learn how to
cope with this ridiculously long name.

Um, well, it is a shorter name than "West Anglia Great Northern". Let
alone "Great Northern, Piccadilly & Brompton", to take just one old-time
name that comes to mind.
Or Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead.
Even OT:- Stalybridge, Hyde, Mossley and Dukinfield Tramways and
Electricity Board (hey, they use rails too;-) ).
Ob. railways Also the Easton Neston(forgot the rest), part of the S&MJ.

On Thu, 20 Apr 2006 19:55:44 -0000, (Mark Brader) wrote:

Paul Oter:
The displays on the platforms which only show a single departure were
showing First Capital Connect.

We may well see further variations in the future as staff learn how to
cope with this ridiculously long name.

Um, well, it is a shorter name than "West Anglia Great Northern".

Which was very rarely said, and even less commonly written.

--
James Farrar
. @gmail.com