Goldfish62
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Yes, I thought that as well.I'd hazard a guess and suggest that's not even RA2.
Yes, I thought that as well.I'd hazard a guess and suggest that's not even RA2.
Certainly looks temporaryAt Crewe this morning...
This sign off platform 11 looks like printed plastic rather than stuck on letters.
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I noticed that sign a week or so back, too. And I've got to admit to being somewhat surprised by how cheap and flimsy it looked. With the station lights lit, it's possible to see the fence panel through the sign!At Crewe this morning...
This sign off platform 11 looks like printed plastic rather than stuck on letters.
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Not enough double arrows. Each sign should have at least two... one red, one blue. (It'd also to serve as a reminder as to what colour the party in charge was that renationalised the railways.)
Also, some incidental mentions of GBR, and Great Britain, and just some general reminders of how GREAT everything is.
Plus Union Flags on the signage. Lots of them, on the running in boards and elsewhere. And flags flying at each and every entrance.
No, it'll be renamed GreatBritishstar. Or not.Except St Pancras, which can have blue and yellow arrows, lots of mentions of Eurostar and how "Euro" everything is and EU flags flying at each and every entrance. Just to draw attention to the international services, of course.
I noticed that sign a week or so back, too. And I've got to admit to being somewhat surprised by how cheap and flimsy it looked. With the station lights lit, it's possible to see the fence panel through the sign!
Pretty sure Warrington Bank Quay has some very similar on platforms 3 and 4
Grubby but simple and effective!! Guess it's one that got awayLancaster has this relic from the first time around, blue arrows and all.
Lancaster has this relic from the first time around, blue arrows and all.
There's some other blue arrow signs, but they look much newer. Quite a few grey arrow ones as well, but I think that's the only "original" there. It's above the stairs from the footbridge so that may have helped itGrubby but simple and effective!! Guess it's one that got away
In which case every station needs to have "Station" added to its signs...
But the whole purpose of GBR is supposed to be in the interests of consistency, so if you’re not even going to be consistent with the signs on the station entrances, what is the point?Not really.
The point stands that in the case of Euston Station 'Station' becomes a proper noun, while 'stations' generally are a common noun.
Same rule as 'government' (generally, a common noun), governments, become a proper noun when you refer to the current Conservative Government, or the 1997-2001 Labour Government, for example.
And how is that different from any other station?Not really.
The point stands that in the case of Euston Station 'Station' becomes a proper noun, while 'stations' generally are a common noun.
Same rule as 'government' (generally, a common noun), governments, become a proper noun when you refer to the current Conservative Government, or the 1997-2001 Labour Government, for example.
And how is that different from any other station?
Clearly you misunderstand the difference between common and proper nouns.
'station' is a common noun. The sentence "I'm going to the station" has no capital letter because it is an unspecified station.
The sentence "I'm going to Bank Quay Station" (for example) requires a capital letter because it is a named station and therefore becomes a proper noun.
The sign is correct.
I understood that before you explained it the first time. That doesn't explain why "Euston Station" is on signs there, but "Warrington Bank Quay" is on signs there.Clearly you misunderstand the difference between common and proper nouns.
'station' is a common noun. The sentence "I'm going to the station" has no capital letter because it is an unspecified station.
The sentence "I'm going to Bank Quay Station" (for example) requires a capital letter because it is a named station and therefore becomes a proper noun.
The sign is correct.
Yep it its got the br logo it shouldnt need 'Station' plus it should be lower case 's' anyway
I was mostly replying to this.
Euston Station is probably necessarily specific because Euston is also an area of London.
That really wasn't clear, as you quoted @the sniper's comment where "station" and "Station" were both used correctly.I was mostly replying to this.
I was mostly replying to this.
Clapham Junction possibly being the most well known exception to the rule.Pretty much all stations are named after the area in which they are located.
Clapham Junction possibly being the most well known exception to the rule.
Recently the area around the station apears to have gained the name "Clapham Junction" !.Clapham Junction possibly being the most well known exception to the rule.
Well, I suppose by its sheer size including the yard it does dominate the area!Recently the area around the station apears to have gained the name "Clapham Junction" !.
Though in the case of Clapham it wasn't really that. Clapham station on the South London line didn't have a direct link to the junction until the recent Overground takeover."X Junction" as a whole is a common exception, as it typically (though not always) means "the junction where you change for X".
not that recently. Nell Dunn's Up the Junction was published in 1963.Recently the area around the station apears to have gained the name "Clapham Junction" !.