Ian F. wrote:

(including myself when I commuted to school

Epsom College?

City of London School.

However I didn't take the direct trains from Epsom to Blackfriars when they
existed because it was a stopping service round all the houses through West
Croydon.

Tom Anderson wrote:

That was a different station, slightly further southwest.

Not really a different station, more they moved the station.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus

Don't railway planning laws settle that one by having a clear distinction
between the same station being resited and two different stations?

On Wed, 23 Jul 2008, Roland Perry wrote:

In message , at 13:00:15
on Wed, 23 Jul 2008, Tom Anderson remarked:
Not really a different station, more they moved the station.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus

Isn't 4472 anther example of this?

I don't know enough about it to comment authoritatively, but yes, i would
imagine so. If you have the details, add it to the wikipedia page for the
train, and add a link from the Ship of Thesus article!

tom

--
We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that
needs to be done. -- Alan Turing

On Wed, 23 Jul 2008, Tim Roll-Pickering wrote:

Tom Anderson wrote:

That was a different station, slightly further southwest.

Not really a different station, more they moved the station.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus

Don't railway planning laws settle that one by having a clear
distinction between the same station being resited and two different
stations?

Laws? Bah! This is metaphysics!

Er, but yes, probably. I know nothing about railway planning laws.

tom

--
We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that
needs to be done. -- Alan Turing