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I agree with you that tube station renaming is an awful precedent,(lack of respect of local history) but I can tell you are having fun mocking the TfL decision.
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I've sometimes thought that if I became super-rich I would donate to TfL and similar organisations. It's all very well trying to solve world poverty but this would also benefit millions of people. Or TfL staff could all accept a £1 cut in their wages.
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Can't help feeling Canada Dry are missing a trick here.
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Is Buxton station being renamed for the day in exchange - and by a rival fizzy drinks company?
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I do feel these kind of moves slightly knock the integrity of TFL, but I think the vast majority of users would rather the occasional sponsorship deal than higher price hikes.
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Rewax butt no!
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I'm impressed at your digital image enhancement skills! I won't believe any picture I see on the DG blog now!
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Is the money earned by TfL not equal to £110,000 minus the amount it costs to manufacture new signs and have some one stick them up and take them down again?
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Why not rename London Bridge as London Marathon for the day? Ah, no money in that...
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And probably no chance of getting Evian interested in sponsoring Waterloo, either.
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@Kim London Snickers?
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Having just got back from Madrid where I took Vodafone Line 2 to Vodafone Sol station this makes me sad.
Keep sponsorship off the Tube please. |
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For a moment I honestly thought it was April 1st.
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@Adrian
I would hope that the sponsors are paying for the signs, and any extra staff costs, on top of the £110,000. |
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It may be the first time TfL have done it, but Surrey Docks was renamed Surrey Quays -permanently - at the behest and expense of the local shopping centre way back in 1989. I have my commemorative paperweight from the opening ceremony, performed by the Duchess of Kent, to prove it,
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I was with @Tony (Somerset) for a while too. Then decided it was probably daft enough to be for real. Aaaarrrggh!
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@ David, the station now known as Brent Cross was originally called Brent and renamed in the mid 70s when the eponymous shopping centre opened, though pedestrian access from station to shops was not easy at that time
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How many £110,000s are there in £3.4billion please? That's a lot of petty renaming, lard-brained excuses for advertising and large passenger confusion, especially visitors and those who do not have a good grasp of English (let alone our peculiar sense of humour)?
How many passengers were upset by this, and who listens to announcements anyway? Bah, Spangles (better than Humbugs). |
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