In 1975 I was amused to see one such sign warning motorists of a crossing of the Lille tramway, in France.

Stuttgart however had their own tramcar signs with VORSICHT {WATCH OUT] there also.

Regards,

On 11/04/2013, at 8:22 AM, Tony Prescott wrote:

> --- InTramsDownUnder@..., "Jones, Richard" <RICHARD.JONES@....> wrote:

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> > Of course you wouldn't be able to have that destination RAILWAY STATION these days - it would have to be changed to Train Station so that the younger people would know what it meant.

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> I don't have a problem with "train station" and I'm an old fart. Do we say "tramway stop" and "bus line stop"?

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> More confusing to youngsters would be this typical standard warning sign:

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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:UK_traffic_sign_771.svg

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> "What the hell is that strange object in the triangle? I'll go and ask grandpa"!

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> cheers

> Tony P

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