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Title: SWT renaming stations for Valentine's Day Post by: Brucey on February 14, 2015, 19:05:32 The latest pointless stunt by a TOC is South West Trains' attempt to change their station names on information screens.
London Waterloo = London Waterlove Clapham Junction = Cupid Junction Richmond = Rich (in love) mond Guildford = Gorgeous Guildford Whilst it may seem funny to some people (I thought it was nothing but tacky), this could be rather confusing to tourists and anyone whose first language is not English. See the Evening Standard for photographs: http://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/london-waterlove-to-gorgeous-guildford-rail-operators-stunt-leaves-passengers-feeling-cold-10046544.html Title: Re: SWT renaming stations for Valentine's Day Post by: Surrey 455 on February 14, 2015, 19:28:58 I saw "Gorgeous Guildford" on the display at my local station this afternoon. My first thought was that someone had been mucking around with the system until I saw London Waterlove and Love Ascotly at Guildford and realised what day it was.
Wonder why they didn't rename Clapham Junction "The Clap"? Title: Re: SWT renaming stations for Valentine's Day Post by: Brucey on February 14, 2015, 19:56:16 Some others included:
Liphook = Lips-hooked Petersfield = Passionfield ? = Four weddings ? = Kissington Sth The last two are so good, I can't actually work out what they are supposed to be ??? Title: Re: SWT renaming stations for Valentine's Day Post by: Ollie on February 14, 2015, 21:43:05 Kissington would be Chessington, but I've no clue what the Four Weddings one could be.
Title: Re: SWT renaming stations for Valentine's Day Post by: Surrey 455 on February 14, 2015, 22:53:28 I've looked at the SWT network map and I've drawn a blank. The only one I can think of is Fulwell on the basis that the start of each syllable matches the start of each word in Four Weddings.
Title: Re: SWT renaming stations for Valentine's Day Post by: brizzlechris on February 14, 2015, 22:54:51 Also "Breakfast at"? https://twitter.com/OfficialFLTLR/status/566569720057692160/photo/1
Title: Re: SWT renaming stations for Valentine's Day Post by: stuving on February 14, 2015, 23:00:06 Also "Breakfast at"? https://twitter.com/OfficialFLTLR/status/566569720057692160/photo/1 Well, that train was for Twickenham (only because of the rugby match). Pretty feeble, huh?Title: Re: SWT renaming stations for Valentine's Day Post by: Ollie on February 14, 2015, 23:50:09 I cheated and looked it up... it's Four Weddings and Farnborough.
Title: Re: SWT renaming stations for Valentine's Day Post by: stuving on February 15, 2015, 00:03:38 I cheated and looked it up... it's Four Weddings and Farnborough. I feared as much.They seem to have not twigged that a stunt like this has to pass two tests: 1. It should not cause problems, for example by confusing people who can't guess the station. 2. It should be witty. This fails on both counts. Title: Re: SWT renaming stations for Valentine's Day Post by: Red Squirrel on February 15, 2015, 23:21:12 I saw "Gorgeous Guildford" on the display at my local station this afternoon. My first thought was that someone had been mucking around with the system until I saw London Waterlove and Love Ascotly at Guildford and realised what day it was. Wonder why they didn't rename Clapham Junction "The Clap"? Erhem: Effingham Junction needs no modification for Valentine's Day... Or have I just got a dirty mind? This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |