cholsey-choose
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I wonder what you think about this. Along the route between Oxford and Paddington, at major stations the stopping train to Paddington is advertised as being to Ealing Broadway, which is misleading because it continues to Paddington.
I think this is a bad policy for a number of reasons:
- if you don't know the area and you get on an 'ealing broadway' train at say Oxford, the voice announcement that this is a train to Paddington is quite jarring.
- the same train is listed as having Paddington as its destination at some stops (such as Cholsey).
- Reading has a 'next trains to London' board. I was in a rush once and was worried about accidentally getting on the slow train to London. I asked the information desk and they somewhat condescendingly told me that the slow trains are not listed as being to London.
What I don't understand is why the trains aren't listed as 'Paddington (local stopping service)', as they are in the direction towards Oxford. Would there be any major downsides to this. The current policy of (almost) lying about the final destination of the train is quite irksome to me, when I think about it.
I think this is a bad policy for a number of reasons:
- if you don't know the area and you get on an 'ealing broadway' train at say Oxford, the voice announcement that this is a train to Paddington is quite jarring.
- the same train is listed as having Paddington as its destination at some stops (such as Cholsey).
- Reading has a 'next trains to London' board. I was in a rush once and was worried about accidentally getting on the slow train to London. I asked the information desk and they somewhat condescendingly told me that the slow trains are not listed as being to London.
What I don't understand is why the trains aren't listed as 'Paddington (local stopping service)', as they are in the direction towards Oxford. Would there be any major downsides to this. The current policy of (almost) lying about the final destination of the train is quite irksome to me, when I think about it.