Winner of public vote to name new engine on Stockholm-Gothenburg line echoes UK poll choice for polar research shipIt’s happened again. A public vote to name four trains running between the Swedish cities of Stockholm and Gothenburg has resulted in one of the four being called Trainy McTrainface in an echo of the name chosen by the British public for the new polar research vessel. Trainy McTrainface received 49% of the votes in a poll, jointly run by Swedish rail company MTR Express and Swedish newspaper Metro. Another is named Glenn, after a long-running joke that everyone in Gothenburg is called Glenn. MTR Express said the McBoatface decision had led to disappointment worldwide and it hoped the name Trainy McTrainface would “be received with joy by many, not only in Sweden”.

Source: The Guardian July 19, 2017 14:00 UTC