On Wed, 23 Aug 2006, Jonathan Morris wrote:

Richard J. wrote:

These are presumably the people who after more than 10 years still
think it's "British Rail". I bet most of them don't know the TOC names
either.

I think "National Rail" is better than "British Rail". Let's ignore the
argument for the renationalisation of the train network for now!

It's a national railway network, rather than a service that's usually
for a town/city (i.e. the tube or another metro system)

Oh yes? And where, pray tell, do the National Rail trains at Walthamstow
Central go? Or Greenford? Or any of the NLL stations?

My point is that there are a substantial number of NR lines that *are*
specifically for London, and for London's rail network to be fully
integrated, these should be signed individually, just like underground
lines. I'd certainly agree that giving details of the national services at
Euston or King's Cross St Pancras would be silly, but indicating that you
can change for Watford, Thameslink, the Great Northern or whatever would
be appropriate.

tom

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