[Talk-GB] Bulk railway station changes

[SomeoneElse]

Richard Fairhurst wrote:
> Or indeed we could just go with "network=National Rail" as a good 
> enough solution. 

My issue with "National Rail" was that, to me, (as I explained to the 
Peruvian chap who's edited Mansfield Woodhouse station):

"National Rail" means these people: http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/ , 
also http://www.atoc.org/

It's just an industry association of the various Train Operating 
Companies. They don't own, operate or have any direct involvement with 
the British rail _network_.


The only place I've heard "national rail"* used is in London to refer to 
non-underground stations (and even there, you still here "British Rail 
station").   Everyone else says "Railway".


I don't think that "network=network_rail" works either, as there will 
inevitably by issues in London where NR works on infrastructure for TfL 
Overground services.

So "network=railway" for me, since that's probably the best description 
of what it actually is.

Cheers,
Andy

* in lower case, where "national" simply means "non-underground", and is 
a description rather than a name.