Another SWR example are the weekday London Waterloo to Aldershot via Staines services which are advertised as going to Frimley, as Alton services offer a quicker alternative from Waterloo to Ash Vale and Aldershot down the mainline.
The Waterloo to Portsmouth via Eastleigh services used to be advertised as Cosham, however I believe these are advertised as going the full journey at Waterloo now since the drop in frequency on the Portsmouth via Guildford ‘Direct’ route since Covid. Similarly, I seem to recall the pre-Covid Waterloo to Poole stopping service was advertised in the up direction as Farnborough towards the start of its journey as it used to get overtaken once or twice by faster services, but I can’t remember if the down service was advertised as Brockenhurst or something.
Other SWR false destinations include, for different reasons, the Kingston loop services, which understandably aren’t advertised at London Waterloo as going to London Waterloo. From memory they are advertised as Strawberry Hill via Kingston or Teddington via Richmond. A similar situation exists with the weekday peak time Hounslow rounder services. One assumes similar circular services operated by Scotrail (Glasgow Central to Glasgow Central via Cathcart) and Southeastern (Cannon Street to Cannon Street via Woolwich & Sidcup) also do this.
