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(e27002 aurora) wrote: On Fri, 01 Jan 2016 04:37:11 -0600, wrote: In fact the creation of new names in modern times has been pretty unimaginative. Look at those created in my lifetime, Victoria, Jubilee (originally Fleet), Hammersmith & City and Crossrail. I think that Fleet would have been a better name, especially as there have been 2 more jubilees since Horace Cutler decided on the name. Victoria is a fine name for a fine piece of infrastructure. It is of the few good things to come out of the 1960s. The name Jubilee, as I am sure you are aware, long predates its British utilization. Better than name the route after a sewer. Hammersmith and City is an artificial renaming of part of the Metropolitan, and is very awkward. Who knows what the completed Crossrail will be called. Meanwhile Crossrail is not bad. You didn't read what I wrote very carefully. I aid the names were unimaginative, not necessarily bad. For the record I don't think Victoria or jubilee are bad names. I think Cross rail is still because many tube lines could be called crossrail. -- Colin Rosenstiel |
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On Fri, 01 Jan 2016 05:17:32 -0600,
wrote: In article , (e27002 aurora) wrote: On Fri, 01 Jan 2016 04:37:11 -0600, wrote: In fact the creation of new names in modern times has been pretty unimaginative. Look at those created in my lifetime, Victoria, Jubilee (originally Fleet), Hammersmith & City and Crossrail. I think that Fleet would have been a better name, especially as there have been 2 more jubilees since Horace Cutler decided on the name. Victoria is a fine name for a fine piece of infrastructure. It is of the few good things to come out of the 1960s. The name Jubilee, as I am sure you are aware, long predates its British utilization. Better than name the route after a sewer. Hammersmith and City is an artificial renaming of part of the Metropolitan, and is very awkward. Who knows what the completed Crossrail will be called. Meanwhile Crossrail is not bad. You didn't read what I wrote very carefully. I aid the names were unimaginative, not necessarily bad. For the record I don't think Victoria or jubilee are bad names. I think Cross rail is still because many tube lines could be called crossrail. Point taken councillor. |
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(e27002 aurora) wrote: On Fri, 01 Jan 2016 05:17:32 -0600, wrote: In article , (e27002 aurora) wrote: On Fri, 01 Jan 2016 04:37:11 -0600, wrote: In fact the creation of new names in modern times has been pretty unimaginative. Look at those created in my lifetime, Victoria, Jubilee (originally Fleet), Hammersmith & City and Crossrail. I think that Fleet would have been a better name, especially as there have been 2 more jubilees since Horace Cutler decided on the name. Victoria is a fine name for a fine piece of infrastructure. It is of the few good things to come out of the 1960s. The name Jubilee, as I am sure you are aware, long predates its British utilization. Better than name the route after a sewer. Hammersmith and City is an artificial renaming of part of the Metropolitan, and is very awkward. Who knows what the completed Crossrail will be called. Meanwhile Crossrail is not bad. You didn't read what I wrote very carefully. I said the names were unimaginative, not necessarily bad. For the record I don't think Victoria or jubilee are bad names. I think Cross rail is still because many tube lines could be called crossrail. Point taken councillor. Not a councillor since 2014. I'm just a pensioner these days. -- Colin Rosenstiel |
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On Fri, 01 Jan 2016 07:35:51 -0600,
wrote: In article , (e27002 aurora) wrote: On Fri, 01 Jan 2016 05:17:32 -0600, wrote: In article , (e27002 aurora) wrote: On Fri, 01 Jan 2016 04:37:11 -0600, wrote: In fact the creation of new names in modern times has been pretty unimaginative. Look at those created in my lifetime, Victoria, Jubilee (originally Fleet), Hammersmith & City and Crossrail. I think that Fleet would have been a better name, especially as there have been 2 more jubilees since Horace Cutler decided on the name. Victoria is a fine name for a fine piece of infrastructure. It is of the few good things to come out of the 1960s. The name Jubilee, as I am sure you are aware, long predates its British utilization. Better than name the route after a sewer. Hammersmith and City is an artificial renaming of part of the Metropolitan, and is very awkward. Who knows what the completed Crossrail will be called. Meanwhile Crossrail is not bad. You didn't read what I wrote very carefully. I said the names were unimaginative, not necessarily bad. For the record I don't think Victoria or jubilee are bad names. I think Cross rail is still because many tube lines could be called crossrail. Point taken councillor. Not a councillor since 2014. I'm just a pensioner these days. So, under the UK tradition you do not retain the title after your term in office? US tradition is slightly more familiar to me. Certain titles, President, Congressman, Judge, remain with the holder after his term Strictly speaking there are five living men who should be addressed as "Mr President". Of, course only one of them is currently serving his term. |
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In message , at 10:59:02 on
Fri, 1 Jan 2016, e27002 aurora remarked: Who knows what the completed Crossrail will be called. It could well be merged into the Overground brand. Meanwhile Crossrail is not bad. Thameslink has clung on, despite attempts to name it stupid things like First Capital Connect. -- Roland Perry |
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![]() On 01/01/2016 11:37, Roland Perry wrote: In message , at 10:59:02 on Fri, 1 Jan 2016, e27002 aurora remarked: Who knows what the completed Crossrail will be called. It could well be merged into the Overground brand. It's going to be called Crossrail. It has it's own purple roundel. http://www.londonreconnections.com/2013/crossrail-gets-its-roundel/ (The interim "TfL Rail" brand was created for the Shenfield service before it later becomes Crossrail, rather than it also being branded London Overground.) Meanwhile Crossrail is not bad. Thameslink has clung on, despite attempts to name it stupid things like First Capital Connect. Thameslink remained the name of part of the FCC service. |
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In message , at 10:52:53 on Mon, 11 Jan
2016, Mizter T remarked: Who knows what the completed Crossrail will be called. It could well be merged into the Overground brand. It's going to be called Crossrail. It has it's own purple roundel. Elizabeth Line. http://www.londonreconnections.com/2013/crossrail-gets-its-roundel/ They obviously changed their mind at some point in the last three years. -- Roland Perry |
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