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Posted Jan 14, 2019 18:40 UTC (Mon) by mpr22 (subscriber, #60784)
In reply to: New by Guhvanoh
Parent article: Approaching the kernel year-2038 end game

Apart from Victoria (which needs to be disambiguated from the ones in Manchester and Southend) and Cannon Street (which needs to be disambiguated from the one in Hull), hardly anyone outside the travel industry or London local government bothers with the 'London' bit when referring to the London terminals that are not London Bridge :)

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Posted Jan 14, 2019 20:00 UTC (Mon) by brother_rat (subscriber, #1895) [Link]

As we're already way off topic... there's also 'Gatwick' which is GTW by train and LGW by plane.

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Posted Jan 14, 2019 20:49 UTC (Mon) by BlueLightning (subscriber, #38978) [Link] (4 responses)

I think one reason the rail companies use the "London" prefix (or at least did, when I lived in London a few years ago) is so that when you have a "Not via London" rail ticket it's more obvious that you're not allowed to pass through those stations.

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Posted Jan 24, 2019 2:08 UTC (Thu) by Wol (subscriber, #4433) [Link] (3 responses)

That was back in the days when the Overground came into the London termini, and you had to use the Underground to traverse Central London. Now with travel cards and zones and Thameslink, and the soon-to-open Crossrail, I don't think you get "not via London" any more.

Cheers,
Wol

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Posted Jan 24, 2019 18:51 UTC (Thu) by mpr22 (subscriber, #60784) [Link] (2 responses)

> I don't think you get "not via London" any more.

To take an example relevant to myself, journeys between Northampton and the South Coast are still about 20-25% cheaper when made with a ticket that requires one to travel via the West London Line through Kensington Olympia rather than permitting interchange in central London.

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Posted Jan 24, 2019 19:31 UTC (Thu) by TomH (subscriber, #56149) [Link] (1 responses)

Sure, but as http://www.brfares.com/#!fares?orig=NMP&dest=BTN will show you that is because there are tickets routed "ANY PERMITTED" and cheaper tickets routed "KEN OLYMPIA" rather than having some with a "NOT LONDON" restriction.

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Posted Jan 24, 2019 19:36 UTC (Thu) by TomH (subscriber, #56149) [Link]

That said you can get NOT VIA LONDON if you look at Bristol to York for example: http://www.brfares.com/#!fares?orig=BPW&dest=YRK