Down in London, the line between Reading Lane Junction and Navarino Road Junction is known as the Graham Road Curve, and in the West Midlands, the line linking the High Level route with the Trent Valley at Lichfield is known as the Lichfield Trent Valley Chord.
My question is this: What's the difference (if any) between a curve and a chord, and who decides as to whether a given section of line is named as such (and, in some cases, whether it's named at all)?
My question is this: What's the difference (if any) between a curve and a chord, and who decides as to whether a given section of line is named as such (and, in some cases, whether it's named at all)?