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What symbol is this?
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Looks like the old British Rail emblem.
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British Rail logo, which is actually still used as a symbol for rail stations on signs and maps.
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Why is that?
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Because it is recognisable. That's the point of symbols and logos really.
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Then why is it now calledBecause it is recognisable. That's the point of symbols and logos really.
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The name for the group that represents all of the train operating companies (ATOC). Essentially they replaced British Rail when the system was de-nationalised.
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Ahh, it makes it lot easier to recognise a railway service in Britain.
Why is the symbol not used on staff uniform and trains?
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Because they are owned or run by individual train companies so they have the uniforms and liveries of the company that they belong to.
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How do individual train companies get to operate on National Railway network? Got to be very hard to do that?
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