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| Trainy McTrainface: Swedish rail firm approves name following online poll | Trainy McTrainface: Swedish rail firm approves name following online poll |
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| MTR Express allows name following public vote, saying news will bring joy to many – and ‘not just in Sweden’ | |
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| Thu 20 Jul 2017 21.20 BST | |
| Last modified on Fri 21 Jul 2017 09.21 BST | |
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| A Swedish rail operator has vowed to name one of its trains Trainy McTrainface after a public vote, saying it would bring joy to people disappointed when Britain rejected the name Boaty McBoatface for a polar research ship following a similar poll. | A Swedish rail operator has vowed to name one of its trains Trainy McTrainface after a public vote, saying it would bring joy to people disappointed when Britain rejected the name Boaty McBoatface for a polar research ship following a similar poll. |
| Trainy McTrainface won 49% of the votes in the naming competition, conducted online by train operator MTR Express and Swedish newspaper Metro, beating choices such as Hakan, Miriam and Poseidon. | Trainy McTrainface won 49% of the votes in the naming competition, conducted online by train operator MTR Express and Swedish newspaper Metro, beating choices such as Hakan, Miriam and Poseidon. |
| “[This is] news that will be received with joy by many, not just in Sweden,” MTR wrote in a statement. | “[This is] news that will be received with joy by many, not just in Sweden,” MTR wrote in a statement. |
| The train will run between the Swedish capital Stockholm and Gothenburg, the country’s second-biggest city. | The train will run between the Swedish capital Stockholm and Gothenburg, the country’s second-biggest city. |
| Last year, the British government said a new £200m polar research ship would be named after veteran BBC naturalist David Attenborough even though the name “Boaty McBoatface” had topped an online poll. | Last year, the British government said a new £200m polar research ship would be named after veteran BBC naturalist David Attenborough even though the name “Boaty McBoatface” had topped an online poll. |
| The instigator of the Boaty name later apologised for his suggestion, which won more than 124,000 votes. | The instigator of the Boaty name later apologised for his suggestion, which won more than 124,000 votes. |
| As a consolatory gesture, the research ship’s remotely operated undersea vehicle, designed to collect samples from the deep waters of the Arctic and Antarctic, will be named Boaty McBoatface, the government said. | As a consolatory gesture, the research ship’s remotely operated undersea vehicle, designed to collect samples from the deep waters of the Arctic and Antarctic, will be named Boaty McBoatface, the government said. |
| MTR said another train had been voted to be named “Glenn”, an apparent tribute to an IFK Gothenburg soccer team of the 1980s that featured four players of that name – uncommon in Sweden – including Glenn Hysen, who later captained Liverpool. | MTR said another train had been voted to be named “Glenn”, an apparent tribute to an IFK Gothenburg soccer team of the 1980s that featured four players of that name – uncommon in Sweden – including Glenn Hysen, who later captained Liverpool. |
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