On 4 May 2006 05:40:37 -0700, wrote:

Good news on the start dates...

http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/i...nge_please.php

Before losing the franchise, Thameslink had set up the Thameslink 2000
initiative which included plans to expand the network, reduce
overcrowding and increase the frequency of services.

Wasn't Thameslink, the franchisee, named after Thameslink, the
project? By which I mean the idea of running N-S services through the
reopened Snow Hill Tunnel?

Thameslink2000 is simply a later expansion of the original Thameslink
idea.