Swedish train operator names new line ‘Trainy McTrainface’
The moniker came from a poll of Swedish citizens and nabbed 49 percent of the votes. It’s not the first time the organization has embraced jokes, however.
You might have thought you saw the end of public naming contests when the United Kingdom’s Natural Environment Research Council named its ship the RSS Sur Richard Attenborough, despite a majority of people voting to name it Boaty McBoatface.
The lesson clearly was not learned, because Sweden’s MTR Express will have a train in its fleet named Trainy McTrainface.
The name won out by a large margin in an online vote that was co-sponsored by Swedish newspaper Metro.
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