What silver thing does Silverlink link?

stuartpalmer · Post by **stuartpalmer** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 6:33 pm

Ok - ThamesLink provided a link to the Thames, WY Metro operates in West Yorkshire, Scotrail in Scotland and so on. But does anyone know what the silver in Silverlink refers to?

salopiangrowler · Post by **salopiangrowler** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 11:35 pm

gold, SILVER & Bronze

London, Birmingham & Manchester

whats Silver and Birmingham got in Common, they are both Second's

Birmingham is Britians second city and Silver is the colour of the Second place medal in the olympic's

Honestly i aint got a clue.

yj03ppv · Post by **yj03ppv** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 7:36 am

Yeah but they there's County which serves London... shouldn't that be Goldlink County?

I also don't have a clue, also their inital livery (not 350s) has no silver on it in any major form?

John

jamesinbolton · Post by **jamesinbolton** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 5:11 pm

salopiangrowler wrote:Birmingham is Britians second city.

I think the Mancs would disagree!

electric · Post by **electric** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 5:24 pm

Brum is the first city moraly

Tell me one REALLY good thing London's done for us, actrully, scub that, it keeps all the office workers out my way

arabiandisco · Post by **arabiandisco** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 5:47 pm

electric wrote:Brum is the first city moraly

Tell me one REALLY good thing London's done for us, actrully, scub that, it keeps all the office workers out my way

Aside from subsidising the economy of the rest of the UK?

Brum is widely regarded as the second city, though frankly there's the capital, and what order you put the rest in is academic.

I imagine that National Express thought that "Silverlink" sounded good. What's the fanchise known as officially?

asharte · Post by **asharte** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 5:53 pm

The logo doesn't shed any light either (apart from giving rise to the nickname "Silverfish")...

http://www.railbritain.com/img/maps/silverlink.gif

ianmacmillan · Post by **ianmacmillan** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 6:29 pm

They are trying to win the silliest name contest.

Currently led by One with First Capital Connect and C2C closely behind.

carlwestwood · Post by **carlwestwood** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 6:35 pm

yj03ppv wrote:Yeah but they there's County which serves London... shouldn't that be Goldlink County?

John

nope..... Goldlink metro

MrHillingdon · Post by **MrHillingdon** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 7:24 pm

As someone who has travelled into Euston for 20+ years since the days of the AM10's and therefore used Silverlink since it was born I can answer this.
When Silverlink was created they dished out leaflets explaining the name.
The Silver referred to a term of excellence, such as in Silver Service. The Link was because they linked a lot of places together (honestly).
That is the meaning of the name Silverlink, or Salivalink as I (un)affectionately refer to them as.

Cheers,

Paul

Garthion · Post by **Garthion** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 7:27 pm

Birmingham used to be famous for its silver industry, there are still some but not many silversmiths in Birmingham. The hallmark used to feature an Anchor of all things

Hope this helps, Silverlink, links the Silver city with the Gold City

(the Gold city being London)

Cheers,
Dale Williams
All Good Fun.

allypally · Post by **allypally** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 7:43 pm

Jewellery Quarter is a clue, it does what it says on the tin!

stuartpalmer · Post by **stuartpalmer** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 10:15 am

MrHillingdon wrote:As someone who has travelled into Euston for 20+ years since the days of the AM10's and therefore used Silverlink since it was born I can answer this.
When Silverlink was created they dished out leaflets explaining the name.
The Silver referred to a term of excellence, such as in Silver Service. The Link was because they linked a lot of places together (honestly).
That is the meaning of the name Silverlink, or Salivalink as I (un)affectionately refer to them as.

Cheers,

Paul

Thanks for this - can't get better than the company's own explanation, however implausible it sounds!

asharte · Post by **asharte** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 10:31 am

MrHillingdon - do you remember the NSE line branding (early 90s perhaps)? IIRC the DC line was the Harlequin Line (a 'pun' on HARLEsden/QUeenN's park I think) and the AC line was Grand Union (after the canal). I think one car in each set was branded with the logo and the name - looked well enough

MrHillingdon · Post by **MrHillingdon** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 11:51 am

Yes, I remember the DC line being the Harlequin line. I'm not sure but I thought that was something to do with the Harlequin Shopping Centre in Watford. At various times the various AC units have carried a small branding such as Grand Union that you mention, also a Northampton line sticker on a few trains and a North London lines branding as well. The Grand Union branding lasted the longest I think. In case anyone was wondering, it's because of the close proximity of the Grand Union Canal to the route.

Paul