Re: OT Mel/Vic's station and location abbreviation

[usenet.spam@gunzel.net (Michael Kurkowski)]

Railway Rasputin3 <james_ccj@my-deja.com> wrote in article
<8nob46$42g$1@nnrp1.deja.com>: 

>> Why is it that all Victorian station names are 3 letters long, in
>> capitals and hard to pronounce? (Is it "Msee" or "Mkee") 

>http://www.railpage.org.au/vicsig/general/station-codes.html

>BMS=Broadmeadows
>MCE=Melbourne Central

>This abbreviation is use for signalling, staff and working timetable.
>So you don't have to waste time and looking for space to type out stuff
>like <Macaulay Light Repair Center> or <North Melbourne Stabling
>Sidings>

For the record, Macaulay Light Repair Centre, has a 4 letter code (-:
"MLRC". There might be others too.

MK