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« on: December 18, 2016, 02:06:52 »
Earlier on tonight (Saturday) we was getting the last train back from Andover to London Waterloo, and whilst changing at Basingstoke noticed the station names on the Customer Information Systems had been altered.

We was expecting the connecting train to call at Wokingham, Clapham Junction and London Waterloo, but the CIS▸ (Customer Information System) said it was calling at "Wo-3-kings", "Clapham Jinglebells" and "London Winterloo"
Other station names that had been changed were Winterchester, Salisberries, Eastsleigh and Snowhampton Central.

These were all we were able to spot whilst hurrying to get a connecting train. I managed to take a very quick (and poor quality due to light reflection) photo before boarding...

By the time we got to Wo-3-kings the system had been taken offline. Earlier, trains in the opposite direction to Salisberries were also spotted at Whitchurch and Overton.



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« Reply #1 on: December 18, 2016, 07:56:22 »
I think this has happened on SWT▸ (South West Trains) before at Christmas. A case of permissive jollies at Christmas?
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« Reply #2 on: December 18, 2016, 09:59:47 »
Not a hack. SWT▸ (South West Trains) invited customers travellers to come up with festive suggestions for station names. They did something similar for Valentines day last year. I took a photo of the display at Bookham last year.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-38312718
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« Reply #3 on: December 18, 2016, 10:29:33 »
The Daily Mail goes into more detail. (here)

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« Reply #4 on: December 18, 2016, 14:12:47 »
Ha-ha! excellent!  Grin

I was totally unaware of the news, and it was my girlfriend that spotted the altered signs. She thought it was absolutely brilliant as that sort of thing would never happen in her home country (Switzerland). That's one of the reasons she moved to the UK▸ (United Kingdom) - the British humour...
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« Reply #5 on: December 18, 2016, 19:21:59 »
Good for her ... while accepting that the trains in the UK▸ (United Kingdom) do not run like clockwork - unlike the Swiss ones - perhaps?  Wink Cheesy Grin
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