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. 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. 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.

Source: The Guardian July 20, 2017 20:15 UTC