Great British Railways: Naming suggestions

[davidknibb]

Years ago - some private rail companies were given nicknames derived from the first letters of the name of the company.
Hence the LNER was the Late and Never Early Railway
The GWR was variously The Great Way Round or God's Wonderful Railway
And many other names were invented, often a cruel reflection on the service the company offered.

So now the challenge is to find a better naming for the newly created 'Great British Railways'.
What might GBR really stand for I wonder?

 

[d9009alycidon]

Grant's Brainless Reorganisation?

 

[D6130]

Ghastly Boring Railway?

 

[Cowley]

Grant's Brainless Reorganisation?

Pretty good.

 

[43096]

Goes Broken Regularly

 

[CBlue]

Guaranteed brokenly rumbunctious.

 

[SteveM70]

Going backwards rapidly

 

[davidknibb]

Years ago - some private rail companies were given nicknames derived from the first letters of the name of the company.
Hence the LNER was the Late and Never Early Railway
The GWR was variously The Great Way Round or God's Wonderful Railway
And many other names were invented, often a cruel reflection on the service the company offered.

So now the challenge is to find a better naming for the newly created 'Great British Railways'.
What might GBR really stand for I wonder?

Grim/Ghastly bus replacements

 

[zwk500]

Great British Ripoff, every time fares are raised

 

[squizzler]

GB-Arrgh! (Or maybe GB-ahh on a good day)

Grant's Brainless Reorganisation?

+1 But I don’t think it’s “brainless” really, two decades after flaws of the privatisation became clear perhaps it is “Belated”.

 

[mrcheek]

Get Back to Regionalisation?

Get Beeching, Richard?

 

[D6130]

Gone (are) Bus Replacements?

 

[Halifaxlad]

Great British Ripoff, every time fares are raised

If fares remain high I can easily imagine this name sticking!

 

[randyrippley]

diverging from the topic slightly, I'd call it either
Rail Britannia or
Albion Rail

 

[bramling]

Years ago - some private rail companies were given nicknames derived from the first letters of the name of the company.
Hence the LNER was the Late and Never Early Railway
The GWR was variously The Great Way Round or God's Wonderful Railway
And many other names were invented, often a cruel reflection on the service the company offered.

So now the challenge is to find a better naming for the newly created 'Great British Railways'.
What might GBR really stand for I wonder?

Personally I'd just go for British Railways. I know this is politically sensitive, but only for people over about 45.

 

[Halifaxlad]

If we were going for alternative names I would go for 'Transport for Great Britain', that way Transport for Wales would fit nicely under it and it could include all forms of transport rather than just railways.

On a sillier note: Great Bumbling Railways!

Please no-one take offence from that!

 

[SteveM70]

Grant’s bloody ridiculous

 

[Wolfie]

Years ago - some private rail companies were given nicknames derived from the first letters of the name of the company.
Hence the LNER was the Late and Never Early Railway
The GWR was variously The Great Way Round or God's Wonderful Railway
And many other names were invented, often a cruel reflection on the service the company offered.

So now the challenge is to find a better naming for the newly created 'Great British Railways'.
What might GBR really stand for I wonder?

Gormless BoZo's Rubbish

diverging from the topic slightly, I'd call it either
Rail Britannia or
Albion Rail

If and only if it only applied to England then the last suggestion would be appropriate.

 

[PerryPacer]

Get Back Rapidly, for when a High-Speed Train speeds through a minor station

 

[Halifaxlad]

Here's another one: Great Buzzing Railways!

 

[BrianW]

Grant's Brilliant Railway