"Michael Hoffman" wrote in message
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Sky Rider wrote:

According to the local press in Hertfordshire, First Capital Connect
will name one of their trains 'King's Cross Thameslink' at Brighton on
December 5 and another 'St Pancras International' at Bedford on December
9;

Am I the only one who thinks those are bizarre names for trains?

At one time the LBSCR named its locos after places it served. Too many
passengers mistook the loco name for a destination board that they had to
change the names.

Peter