In message 
, at 
15:41:21 on Mon, 2 Jun 2008, Mizter T  remarked:
>> Problem solved. There are no longer any trains to Liverpool from
>> Stansted.
>
>That was easy.
>
>Although the problem (in as much as it is a problem) still exists at
>Norwich, for example.

And Ely and Peterborough.

>How comes the yanks developed this nomenclature anyway?

I've been thinking about this, and it's probably because they give more 
directions by "block", identified by the names of the road either side, 
than by name of road junction.

So the Empire State Building is at 5th and 34th. "5th *Avenue* and 34th 
*Street*" is such a mouthful that the "avenue/street" gets dropped.
-- 
Roland Perry

In article , roland@perry.co.uk (Roland
Perry) wrote:

> In message 
> ,
>  at 15:41:21 on Mon, 2 Jun 2008, Mizter T  
> remarked:
> >> Problem solved. There are no longer any trains to Liverpool from
> >> Stansted.
> >
> >That was easy.
> >
> >Although the problem (in as much as it is a problem) still exists at
> >Norwich, for example.
> 
> And Ely and Peterborough.

Last time I was there trains which run from Peterborough to Liverpool St
were not advertised beyond Colchester at Peterborough.

-- 
Colin Rosenstiel

In message , at 
09:52:00 on Tue, 3 Jun 2008, Colin Rosenstiel  
remarked:
>Last time I was there trains which run from Peterborough to Liverpool St
>were not advertised beyond Colchester at Peterborough.

I've seen them advertised to Shenfield.

And I agree there won't be many people wanting "The Liverpool St train", 
and pointing at a northbound DMU and asking "is that the Liverpool 
train"; but if there were, then the advertised destination of the other 
one isn't relevant. Indeed, failing to advertise it to "Liverpool St" 
would actually make the situation worse.
-- 
Roland Perry