Post-Privatisation strongest brands

[frankmoh]

Was at Fenchurch Street recently, I overheard an old man still call the line "London, Tilbury and Southend". The line is still called that, so I suppose he wasn't wrong. I wonder if any of the NSE-era route names (think Kent Link) still are knocking about in people's collective memories. There's always the Island Line I guess.

Also, something I've noticed recently is how many trains and stations still have the old Southern logo with yellow text.

 

[yorksrob]

Was at Fenchurch Street recently, I overheard an old man still call the line "London, Tilbury and Southend". The line is still called that, so I suppose he wasn't wrong. I wonder if any of the NSE-era route names (think Kent Link) still are knocking about in people's collective memories. There's always the Island Line I guess.

Also, something I've noticed recently is how many trains and stations still have the old Southern logo with yellow text.

Some of us still refer to the "Marshlink".

 

[vuzzeho]

Virgin, Chiltern, LNER

I would add to that CrossCountry (not for good reasons, but still very well known), TfW and ScotRail (for obvious reasons), Eurostar, Thameslink, and possibly GWR.

 

[frankmoh]

I would add to that CrossCountry (not for good reasons, but still very well known), TfW and ScotRail (for obvious reasons), Eurostar, Thameslink, and possibly GWR.

post-privatisation TOC brands are still referred to or were referred to the longest after demise

All of these brands still exist...

 

[vuzzeho]

All of these brands still exist...

Oops. That's on me for skim-reading. In that case... I've heard people refer to London Midland even as late as last year. Also, South West Trains and East Midlands Trains (but that might just be because their successors are so similarly named that most people just don't think about it). If I really wanted to push what could be counted... I suppose Crossrail (though that was never an operator name but just the project) and TfL Rail (though that's more thanks to signage not updated)