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The Brenda line, for me. I'll happily Brenda it over to South Harlington International Terminal when it opens.
sftfan1909
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I sometimes forget which name is the real one
And yet the football team are colloquially known as Boro, aren't they?
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That’s right, I don’t understand it either and I’ve asked why many times
py_megapixel
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It does make sense though. If you're unfamiliar with the network, "the grey one" conveys the meaning pretty much as well as "the Jubilee line" to those familiar with it, and possibly better to those who aren't.
krus_aragon
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Hm...
<Starts to think about a Cluedo-based naming scheme for the different coloured lines>
<Starts to think about a Cluedo-based naming scheme for the different coloured lines>
AlbertBeale
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Nor sure about that - red/purple/orange, light/dark blue confusions and so on, especially with visitors who don't have English as their first language.
What does cause confusion for visitors sometimes, on board tubes, is that the route of line stuck up above the windows isn't necessarily in the direction you're going. (Depending on which side of the carriage you look of course.) I've tried to explain to visitors that (a) they're standardised as being L to R, as you look at them, N to S (for a line being broadly N-S) and W to E (for a line being broadly W-E), which decriptions should be consistent with the "northbound" etc direction signs at stations; and (b) given the wonderful complexity of some lines, trains can end up facing "the other way" at various times. And if this doesn't sort them out I just give them a little paper tube map and they're sorted...
On some of the SS lines now you have the confusion of showing, separately, both the District Line route diagram and the H&C and Circle Lines route diagram. I know that the rolling stock might be used for both at times, and so that's needed, but visitors do often look at the wrong diagram and get confused - especially given the overlap of routes between the two diagrams. I think it would help if at least part of the Circle was acknowledged on the District diagram, where they interact, say from Edgware Road to Aldgate, so people can "marry up" the two diagrams when looking at them.
adrock1976
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I recall going on a school trip to Weston-super-Mare circa 1985.
My teacher that I had for that academic year (and also the teacher of the other class of the year I was in) had advertised the trip to us as a day at the seaside.
When having arrived there and having a walk around, myself and a couple of my classmates were disappointed as we could not find the sea at all.
LOL The Irony
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That's the media during the strikes. It was referred to as "Northern" until the strikes and then they magically became "Northern Rail" again.
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There's a sign at Piccadilly Circus station which gives details of "HOW TO GET TO BRITISH RAIL STATIONS". Use of the term BR still happens in a variety of contexts, either in a negative way (sandwiches, excuses) or to differentiate between it and LU.
Slightly off topic, but any TfL bus based at Holloway depot still carries the code "HT" from when it, and the local area, was called Highgate - now known to all as Archway - and indeed Highgate is often qualified as Village or Station. I've heard "Highgate Low Level" referred to at least once.
Slightly off topic, but any TfL bus based at Holloway depot still carries the code "HT" from when it, and the local area, was called Highgate - now known to all as Archway - and indeed Highgate is often qualified as Village or Station. I've heard "Highgate Low Level" referred to at least once.
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Are you OK with "Small Town in Yorkshire"?
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My very old London A-Z has a monchrome tube map. Each line is represented by a different variety of stripe.
causton
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Well at interchange stations you used to find your way to the District Line by following the green lights and so on.
pinkmarie80
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I’m from Newcastle and I know my mum and a lot of her family still refer to ITV as Tyne Tees.
AlbertBeale
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They used to do the same for London bus maps - a large-print monochrome one, that is. But now they don't even produce a London bus map for anyone.
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It's like Bury. Some people pronounce it 'Berry' whilst others pronounce it 'Burry'.
I've got another name for it though... 8 letters begining with s and ending in e
I've got another name for it though... 8 letters begining with s and ending in e
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When I worked in Bradford I was the only member of staff who correctly pronounced Forster Square. All my colleagues mistakenly called it "Foster Square". They thought I was a nutter, I but I knew I was right!
johnnychips
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are alternative views.
dcsprior
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As an aside, in some cases it does matter. There's a recent fashion for cards made out of metal rather than plastic, but for contactless to work the rear of the card is coated with a very thin layer of plastic with the contactless antenna underneath it. Tapping that side on the reader works, tapping the other does not
Ash Bridge
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Interesting.
Do you know which banks have adopted this?
dcsprior
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I've had a quick Google and can see only two:
- American Express's Platinum Card. I think their "Centurion" card has been metal for a while, but there are very few of them around due to the sky-high fee and the fact they're only offered to people who spend a lot on another amex card.
- N26, who're a "challenger bank" like Monzo and Revolut. I did think one or both of them also did metal cards but it looks like I was confused with this one.
No, you're right. You can get a Metal card on Revolut as one of their premium options with added extras like an airport lounge access and limited travel insurance, it's £12.99 per month.
ElectroSoldier
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Liverpool - South Parkway when it should be Liverpool South - Parkway
Childwall was always a good one to confuse, now alas long gone, it seemed only scousers could pronounce it properly.
Mossley Hill is often mispronounced, as is Aigburth.
Childwall was always a good one to confuse, now alas long gone, it seemed only scousers could pronounce it properly.
Mossley Hill is often mispronounced, as is Aigburth.
Temple Meads
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I know someone who still refers to Network Rail as Railtrack, despite numerous corrections!
The aforementioned Virgin CrossCountry misconception is certainly still quite widespread here in the South West.
The aforementioned Virgin CrossCountry misconception is certainly still quite widespread here in the South West.
Charming. But it's Berry.
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