Re: More stupidities

From: Hatunen (hatuunen_at_cox.net)
Date: 09/17/04 

Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 08:54:53 -0600

On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 00:32:34 GMT, "*** T. Winter"
<***.Winter@cwi.nl> wrote:

>In article <tOh2d.103454$dP1.372731@newsc.telia.net> "Lennart Petersen" <lennart.petersen@swipnet.se> writes:
> > "*** T. Winter" <***.Winter@cwi.nl> skrev i meddelandet
> > news:I43yBA.6w6@cwi.nl...
>...
> > > Moreover, I just checked the Swedish timetable
> > > (that I have here for some reason); they mention the town on the map
> > > only (there are no direct trains to it), and it is marked Helsinki with
> > > Helsingfors in smaller letter below. Also the timetable gives the
> > > capital of Danmark with an o-slash, a letter not in the Swedish
> > > alphabet. Just common practise with European railways.
> >
> > Just wonder what form of a timetable you have but the name of Finland's
> > capital is always "Helsingfors" in Swedish and Denmark's capital is always
> > "Köpenhamn" , spelled so.
>
>The standard railway timetable. Res Plus Tågtider, 13 juni - 15 augusti
>2004. København is spelled that way, see table 100 for instance. The
>spelling "Köpenhamn" does not occur in that booklet. Have a look at
>the international parts of the railway timetables of other countries.
>In most you will find that the same happens. So in the Dutch timetable
>you will find London, Paris, Köln and Aachen, none of them spelled that
>way in Dutch. This is convention of the railway companies, it makes it
>easier for foreigners to use the timetable.

And the Deutschebahn Hafas European timetables as seen at
http://bahn.hafas.de (it will be redirected but who can remember
the new URL) also show the local name of stations and cities,
although the search engine uses an algorithm that will find your
schedule no mattter which version of the name you use. Up to a
point, anyway; asking for schedules from Rome to Leghorn won't
get you to Ligurno.

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