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Rebranding the London Overground

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Re: Rebranding the London Overground

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Postby XFool » February 16th, 2024, 3:59 pm

didds wrote:It wasn't until a couple of weeks ago I learned that Crossrail is now named the Elizabeth line. I just thought the latter was a new line and Crossrail had died a death sometime in the 90s and got swept under a carpet.

I think Crossrail was the name of the project, not the line itself, which was eventually named the Elizabeth line.

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Re: Rebranding the London Overground

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Postby bruncher » March 7th, 2024, 11:56 am

There's no Cockney Line. Serious omission.

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Re: Rebranding the London Overground

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Postby DrFfybes » March 7th, 2024, 12:06 pm

9873210 wrote:All of these are at least as good as Victoria, Elizabeth or Jubilee, which could be objected to on exactly the same grounds.

In particular honouring people who where good at choosing their parents as opposed to people who worked to accomplish something is distasteful.


Yeah, because 2 of those didn't work until they dropped. Liz even made sure she stayed on long enough to see Truss out of the door. If that doesn't warrant recognition then nothing does.


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