As @LNW-GW Joint mentions in the West Coast award thread, many TOC codes (as used in journey planners) are named after a particular operator and bear little relation to the actual franchise name, and so when the operator changes, the new code can make little sense, such as "GR" previously being an abbreviation of "GNER" but now used by LNER.
Changing these codes on a regular basis is not a good idea because systems will be using these codes.
So I can see why they do not change when a new TOC takes over, but I think any new code should be named in such a way that it is likely to not have to change again (or at least not for a while!)
Changing these codes on a regular basis is not a good idea because systems will be using these codes.
So I can see why they do not change when a new TOC takes over, but I think any new code should be named in such a way that it is likely to not have to change again (or at least not for a while!)
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