In a press release dated 4th May TfL have a article on a station called
"Haringey", How have they kept this "new" station top secret, as it does
not appear on any maps! (yes I am taking the P@#%) Whilst on station names,
can the long suffering punters and staff be further confused by the renaming
of "Thameslink" stations by the "F in circle" people (with Notwork Rail's
approval) to:- "First City Capital Connect" "First Kings Cross Capital
Connect" "First West Hampstead Capital Connect".
Wonder they havn't thought of it already!

Yes, and First GNER after Sea Containers go bust.

Indeed even First National Express..........but First Stagecoach?

On Sat, 06 May 2006 11:30:09 GMT, wrote:

In a press release dated 4th May TfL have a article on a station called
"Haringey", How have they kept this "new" station top secret, as it does
not appear on any maps! (yes I am taking the P@#%) Whilst on station names,
can the long suffering punters and staff be further confused by the renaming
of "Thameslink" stations by the "F in circle" people (with Notwork Rail's
approval) to:- "First City Capital Connect" "First Kings Cross Capital
Connect" "First West Hampstead Capital Connect".
Wonder they havn't thought of it already!

The stations with Thameslink in their title are not going to be renamed.
I've read this in at least two separate places. The name applies to the
line not the franchisee - as discussed on here a few days ago.
--
Paul C


Admits to working for London Underground!

On Sat, 06 May 2006 16:28:16 +0100, Paul Corfield
wrote:

On Sat, 06 May 2006 11:30:09 GMT, wrote:

In a press release dated 4th May TfL have a article on a station called
"Haringey", How have they kept this "new" station top secret, as it does
not appear on any maps! (yes I am taking the P@#%) Whilst on station names,
can the long suffering punters and staff be further confused by the renaming
of "Thameslink" stations by the "F in circle" people (with Notwork Rail's
approval) to:- "First City Capital Connect" "First Kings Cross Capital
Connect" "First West Hampstead Capital Connect".
Wonder they havn't thought of it already!

The stations with Thameslink in their title are not going to be renamed.
I've read this in at least two separate places. The name applies to the
line not the franchisee - as discussed on here a few days ago.

I was bored enough to phone FCC and ask them just before they took
over, and they assured my they weren't going to rename the stations.

Do tickets not valid via the underground say route Thameslink, or
route FCC?
--
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On Sat, 06 May 2006 18:33:08 +0100, Arthur Figgis
] wrote:

Do tickets not valid via the underground say route Thameslink, or
route FCC?

The former "Thameslink only" tickets were reprogrammed to say "FCC
only" on the day of the change-over.
--
Terry Harper
Website Coordinator, The Omnibus Society
http://www.omnibussoc.org

On Sat, 06 May 2006 16:28:16 +0100, Paul Corfield
wrote:



The stations with Thameslink in their title are not going to be renamed.
I've read this in at least two separate places. The name applies to the
line not the franchisee - as discussed on here a few days ago.

Why would they be? The last franchisee was named after the route, not
vice verse.

On Sun, 07 May 2006 12:03:06 +0100, Ken wrote:

On Sat, 06 May 2006 16:28:16 +0100, Paul Corfield
wrote:



The stations with Thameslink in their title are not going to be renamed.
I've read this in at least two separate places. The name applies to the
line not the franchisee - as discussed on here a few days ago.

Why would they be? The last franchisee was named after the route, not
vice verse.

There was a general assumption when FCC launched that there would be a
renaming. The original poster when further and said that Network Rail
had agreed to the rebranding. I was simply replying to that not making
the statement that there would be a change.
--
Paul C


Admits to working for London Underground!

Ken wrote:

Why would they be? The last franchisee was named after the route, not
vice versa.

The last franchisee was not named after the route. The franchisee was GoVia
Group. The trading name that they used for their services was Thameslink,
which happened to be the same as the franchise name. The current franchisee
is First Group. The trading name that they use is First Capital Connect -
but the name of the franchise, as far as the DfT is concerned, is still
Thameslink.

Similarly, the Midland Main Line franchise is franchised to National Express
and operated using the trading name Midland Mainline and the Inter City East
Coast franchise is franchised to Great North Eastern Railway, who operate it
using their company name.

Not surprising that people get confused, is it?