Location: Geelong
I cannot stand 'Spenna'-I am so glad that calling the station Spenna went out of vougue.
Spencer street St action is back
xxxxlbear
Token Booking Clerk
Location: Geelong
Gwiwer
Rt Hon Gentleman and Ghost of Oliver Bulleid
Location: Loitering in darkest Somewhere
Likewise.
Though I always considered it as a legitimate abbreviation of "Spennastreetstayshun" as spoken by some of our community.
Though I always considered it as a legitimate abbreviation of "Spennastreetstayshun" as spoken by some of our community.
Valvegear
Oliver Bullied, CME
Location: Norda Fittazroy
Similarly ( and a tad off topic ) I had to take a colleague to task for referring to a Sprinter, when all Aussies know it's a Sprinner.
Alamein_Line
Chief Commissioner
Similarly ( and a tad off topic ) I had to take a colleague to task for referring to a Sprinter, when all Aussies know it's a Sprinner.
Classic !!!!
Camster
Chief Commissioner
Location: Geelong
With the "new" name, we can say Southern and think of Southern Comfort.
Calgully
Deputy Commissioner
Location:
With the "new" name, we can say Southern and think of Southern Comfort.
Or abstract it one step further to .... Comfort Station.
Gwiwer
Rt Hon Gentleman and Ghost of Oliver Bulleid
Location: Loitering in darkest Somewhere
Or abstract it one step further to .... Comfort Station.Sorry but that's already taken
The name, which is applied in large letters, appears on the building just off Nepean Highway in Frankston which has two platforms. One male and one female. With a dock for wheelchair users.
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Calgully
Deputy Commissioner
Location:
Sorry but that's already taken
Well that's a relief!
People under about 40 might not know what a comfort station is. I wonder if they get many visitors walking in just looking for a place to sit down.
don_dunstan
The Ghost of George Stephenson
Location: Adelaide proud
Don't come up with a new name for them for free.
It's the government. They need to spend at least a million dollars on a consultancy to set up focus groups and do market research before they can select a new name; even if the they come up with the same name ("Comfort Station"). Wasting money on things such as name-changes is their bread-and-butter, don't go giving them a free one or it will throw the whole system out of kilter.
It's the government. They need to spend at least a million dollars on a consultancy to set up focus groups and do market research before they can select a new name; even if the they come up with the same name ("Comfort Station"). Wasting money on things such as name-changes is their bread-and-butter, don't go giving them a free one or it will throw the whole system out of kilter.
SPSD40T2
Chief Commissioner
Location: Platform 9-3/4 and still waiting !!
Is there any actual time frame for a return to "Spencer St" or is it just conjecture ?
cheers
cheers
XAM2175
Assistant Commissioner
Location: Glasgow
It's already been changed back in the PRIDE voice announcements, though the text still reads Southern Cross so it could just be a mistake.
dean65
Locomotive Driver
Location: Ballarat
In the Weekly Times, they mentioned that Southern Cross Station will change its name back to Spencer Street Station.Changing the name back would be a very good idea. We need to maintain the historical link.
kapow
Junior Train Controller
Changing the name back would be a very good idea. We need to maintain the historical link.Changing it back would just be a waste of money.
dean65
Locomotive Driver
Location: Ballarat
Changing it back would just be a waste of money.The name should never have been changed in the first place.
kapow
Junior Train Controller
The name should never have been changed in the first place.But it has been changed, is it really worth the millions to re-badge the station, timetables and all the rest that goes with it just for the sake of nostalgia.
don_dunstan
The Ghost of George Stephenson
Location: Adelaide proud
But it has been changed, is it really worth the millions to re-badge the station, timetables and all the rest that goes with it just for the sake of nostalgia.
It's not about the nostalgia, it's about being seen doing something... anything really! Relative to the cost it would be a great publicity stunt from an otherwise moribund government.
Napthine has a big task ahead of him, he has to turn around a cynical public in eighteen months or so. They wasted a lot of time and public favour with Baillieu, now they've got to try and turn it around so they're not remembered as one-term screw-ups. There's no additional money, revenues from nearly all sources are shrinking and they seem incapable or reluctant to raise more. They really don't have much to offer between now and election time except maybe a 9 billion dollar toll-way that will probably be uneconomical and hard to finance. And Julia Gillard will be long-forgotten by the time we have a state election so they won't be able to rely on the unpopularity of the Labor brand any more.
Something trivial and relatively cheap like changing the name of Southern Cross back to its original "Spencer Street" is just the kind of stunt they're probably looking for.
Valvegear
Oliver Bullied, CME
Location: Norda Fittazroy
Something trivial and relatively cheap like changing the name of Southern Cross back to its original "Spencer Street" is just the kind of stunt they're probably looking for.
I dunno - I thought the latest stunt of the big pay rise was attention-grabbing enough.
Black Hoppers
Chief Train Controller
Location: Banned
But it has been changed, is it really worth the millions to re-badge the station, timetables and all the rest that goes with it just for the sake of nostalgia.
Oh yes its gunna cost Millions
Right now provide some facts about the Millions its going to cost will you and also please quote your sources.
AzN_dj
Chief Commissioner
Location: Along route 69
Oh yes its gunna cost MillionsSorry, those facts will cost millions to produce.
Right now provide some facts about the Millions its going to cost will you and also please quote your sources.
don_dunstan
The Ghost of George Stephenson
Location: Adelaide proud
Sorry, those facts will cost millions to produce.Boom-tish!
RustyRick
Chief Commissioner
Location: South West Vic
The Savoy Tavern across the road is being refurbished http://www.theage.com.au/national/savoy-not-putting-on-the-ritz-just-a-quality-remake-20130615-2ob77.html. With the change back to Spencer St, the 80's live again!
Rick
Rick
Heihachi_73
Chief Commissioner
Location: Terminating at Ringwood
I could have sworn that building was an abandoned McDonald's, its current shape is just too similar to be anything else.
xxxxlbear
Token Booking Clerk
Location: Geelong
Definitely the Savoy Tavern.
And thank God it is being refurbished. Up until it closed, it was a horrible dive.
No-one had any reason to visit the place unless one was destitute or into drug dealing.
Hope the reno will create a nice upmarket establishment that is nice to pop in to for a coffee or something nice to eat.
And thank God it is being refurbished. Up until it closed, it was a horrible dive.
No-one had any reason to visit the place unless one was destitute or into drug dealing.
Hope the reno will create a nice upmarket establishment that is nice to pop in to for a coffee or something nice to eat.
VBAndy
Chief Commissioner
A bit of competition for The Mail Exchange right next to it; I wonder how that'll pan out.
raudteejaam
Train Controller
The Mail Exchange is a horrible pokies den. I hope the Savoy doesn't go down that path- but I know it probably will.
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