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[Fixed, cheers. LBM]
2021/22 ORR Station Flow Images (anisotropi4) Without commuter flows there is something mesmerising about the result. People from a small commuter station travel all over the country and nearby settlements are really reached by changing in central London.
Just a personal view – I think temporary station namechange for revenue gain is inappropriate anyway, but absolutely fatuous if, in future, it will be accompanied by posters/people/whatever saying “it’s not true, it’s not really Coutts Garden, don’t be confused”. It reminds me peripherally of the lomg-ago augmented postmark for Newport in South Wales, “Newport, home of the Mole Wrench”. It turned out that this had been created by a local member of staff and was unauthorised by the Royal Mail authorities, being deemed inappropriate in those days of separation of public bodies and commercial advertising. A compromise was reached which didn’t name the product but encouraged use of postcodes, then new. Three of the variants were:
Send your letters with the postcode on,
Use a self-grip wrench from Newport, Mon.
The postcode helps to speed the mails,
The self-grip wrench from Newport hails.
The postcode helps to speed your letter,
Use a self-grip wrench – there is none better.