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Post by vjaska on Feb 23, 2016 23:10:36 GMT
The 'Maidenfield' line personally has a better ring to it though admittedly sounds like a non London station rather than a name for a line lol.
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Post by thewintersoldier on Feb 24, 2016 9:23:53 GMT
Elizabeth line? Sounds ridiculous. I'll stick to driving on the down Chertsey, or as I call it, the down chavsey.
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Post by thewintersoldier on Feb 24, 2016 9:27:18 GMT
There are plenty of jokes to be made about drivers and signallers using the term "down Elizabeth" but I will refrain.
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Post by Nathan on Feb 24, 2016 10:42:40 GMT
Elizabeth line? Sounds ridiculous. I'll stick to driving on the down Chertsey, or as I call it, the down chavsey. Chertsey has chavs? |
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Post by thewintersoldier on Feb 24, 2016 10:45:09 GMT
Elizabeth line? Sounds ridiculous. I'll stick to driving on the down Chertsey, or as I call it, the down chavsey. Chertsey has chavs? Egress, passcoms, setting fire to seats and throwing them out of train doors, throwing stones at trains, teens doing PA announcements about the shirts being too tight, and spitting at staff. Can't Imagine this being a problem on Elizabeth's line..... |
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Post by routew15 on Feb 24, 2016 11:23:29 GMT
Crossrail is clearly not a tube line, so I fail to understand why it needs a name. If it was a new tube line then it would be ok to name it the Elizabeth Line, as it would have the branding of the Underground but the name of the Queen (it would be nice if it turns out that Crossrail will be the identifying brand but the Elizabeth line is the line of the route and nothing more). What i find most ridiculous is the fact that the Shenfield Line will be called Crossrail from next year and changed to the Elizabeth Line once the full service is open, why TfL Rail is not being retained until full service makes no sense to me. The queen already has the Olympic Park, A282 bridge and one of the Crossrail tunnel boring machines (just to name a few) named after her, what else does she need? Don't get me wrong I'm not anti-royalist but I just don't see the point in naming things after the royalty. Don't normally align with the opinions on this blog but they hit the nail on the head in this post. No one is going to call Crossrail the Elizabeth Line |
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Post by John tuthill on Feb 24, 2016 12:26:11 GMT
Egress, passcoms, setting fire to seats and throwing them out of train doors, throwing stones at trains, teens doing PA announcements about the shirts being too tight, and spitting at staff. Can't Imagine this being a problem on Elizabeth's line..... It will be if they keep their little pinkie upright when throwing objects. "All objects thrown/damaged etc must bear the royal warrant. Nothings too good for our chavs"   |
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Post by paulsw2 on Feb 24, 2016 12:48:43 GMT
I'd have preferred boring old numbers (Crossrail 1, 2 etc.), or a Paris RER style A, B, C etc. (so, as an example, A1 Reading, A3 Heathrow, A2 Shenfield, A4 Abbey Wood) than a Tube style name. I have no objection to there being an Elizabeth line, but Crossrail I don't feel should be it... It will be Elizabeth I Elizabeth II Elizabeth III etc etc   |
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Post by vjaska on Feb 24, 2016 13:21:59 GMT
Crossrail is clearly not a tube line, so I fail to understand why it needs a name. If it was a new tube line then it would be ok to name it the Elizabeth Line, as it would have the branding of the Underground but the name of the Queen (it would be nice if it turns out that Crossrail will be the identifying brand but the Elizabeth line is the line of the route and nothing more). What i find most ridiculous is the fact that the Shenfield Line will be called Crossrail from next year and changed to the Elizabeth Line once the full service is open, why TfL Rail is not being retained until full service makes no sense to me. The queen already has the Olympic Park, A282 bridge and one of the Crossrail tunnel boring machines (just to name a few) named after her, what else does she need? Don't get me wrong I'm not anti-royalist but I just don't see the point in naming things after the royalty. Don't normally align with the opinions on this blog but they hit the nail on the head in this post. No one is going to call Crossrail the Elizabeth LineDo people really say the H&C line & Victria line - I just call them by their proper names. Same with the Metropolitan line - I don't call it the Met. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2016 13:33:34 GMT
Do people really say the H&C line & Victria line - I just call them by their proper names. Same with the Metropolitan line - I don't call it the Met. I can't stand it when people shorten names like that. I think the worst is when people in America say "tranny" instead of transmission. |
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Post by LX09FBJ on Feb 24, 2016 14:41:31 GMT
Do people really say the H&C line & Victria line - I just call them by their proper names. Same with the Metropolitan line - I don't call it the Met. I can't stand it when people shorten names like that. I think the worst is when people in America say "tranny" instead of transmission. Depends on what's being shortened in my view, the "Vicky Line" sounds wrong but "The Met" and "H&C" sound OK. The "Elizabeth line" sounds either like the telephone to Buckingham Palace or some sort of special railway between Windsor and Balmoral via Buckingham Palace. I think "Crossrail" was/is perfectly fine, after all Thameslink isn't called the "St. Paul's Line". Will be looking for the "Made In Chelsea Line" at the end of my road, should that project go ahead. |
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Post by routew15 on Feb 24, 2016 14:41:59 GMT
Do people really say the H&C line & Victria line - I just call them by their proper names. Same with the Metropolitan line - I don't call it the Met. Never heard it myself I normally result in saying "Hammersmith" or "Metropolitan" as the person I'm talking to normally catches the drift of what I'm saying/referring to. The rest I just use there full name "Central Line" "Victoria Line" etc. (I have rarely mentioned or used the Waterloo & City so I never needed to abbreviate or use its full name) |
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Post by snoggle on Feb 24, 2016 15:30:57 GMT
Do people really say the H&C line & Victria line - I just call them by their proper names. Same with the Metropolitan line - I don't call it the Met. I can't stand it when people shorten names like that. I think the worst is when people in America say "tranny" instead of transmission. If you are referring to the same thing umpteen times a day then names get shortened. As a former LU employee I guess it became second nature for me to shorten names. I just say "Vic Line" or "Met Line" or "Joob Line" or "Picc Line" as a matter of course. I wouldn't add "line" if referring to the Central or Northern. I assume you and several other posters will now go into a rage. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2016 15:59:40 GMT
I can't stand it when people shorten names like that. I think the worst is when people in America say "tranny" instead of transmission. If you are referring to the same thing umpteen times a day then names get shortened. As a former LU employee I guess it became second nature for me to shorten names. I just say "Vic Line" or "Met Line" or "Joob Line" or "Picc Line" as a matter of course. I wouldn't add "line" if referring to the Central or Northern. I assume you and several other posters will now go into a rage. No rage from me. "Joob Line" though... That's just unacceptable If you were to say Joob to me referring to the London Underground, I'd have to add "...ilee Line" onto the end. Just like I add "...versity" whenever somebody says "Uni". I have a problem, I know. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2016 20:44:15 GMT
The Liz line or just pop on the lizzy line two stops lol
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