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Trainy McTrainface is officially born!
With fanfare, speeches and applause, Trainy McTrainface received its name in a ceremony in Gothenburg Central Station Tuesday, October 17th.
Peder Osterkamp, the Chief Commercial Officer of MTR Express, dubbed the train with champagne. During his speech, Osterkamp told the attendees how last summer, the Metro readers overwhelmingly voted for Trainy McTrainface as a nod to the popular Boaty McBoatface. The British authorities vetoed the name for the research vessel despite winning the majority of the votes.
“We listen to the voice of the people”, said Osterkamp proudly, and mentioned that the news of the Swedish train being named Trainy McTrainface has grabbed attention across the globe. A reoccurring theme in the international media was that in Sweden, people’s voices are heard and their opinions are taken seriously with many bloggers wanting to move to Sweden “where there is still some democracy left”.
After the inauguration in the Gothenburg Central Station, Trainy McTrainface rolled on smiling on its maiden voyage to Stockholm, proudly carrying its name on both sides.
Soon, Trainy will be joined by the company of Glenn, Estelle, and Lasse. On November 7th, there will be another naming ceremony in Gothenburg — this time for Glenn. Soon after, Estelle and Lasse will receive their names in Stockholm.
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MTR-koncernen, med bas i Hongkong, är ett av världens ledande företag inom spårbunden kollektivtrafik och infrastruktur. MTR har verksamhet i Asien, Australien och Europa. Koncernen omsatte 2015 ca 47 miljarder SEK (41,7 miljarder HKD) med ett resultat efter skatt på ca 12 miljarder SEK (10,9 miljarder HKD). Sedan november 2009 ansvarar MTR för drift och underhåll av Stockholms tunnelbana på uppdrag av SL. Från och med december 2016 drivs även Stockholms pendeltåg av MTR. Sedan mars 2015 kör MTR också snabbtågstrafik mellan Göteborg och Stockholm under varumärket MTR Express. MTR Express erbjuder de dokumenterat punktligaste snabbtågen på sträckan och en genomsnittlig kundnöjdhet på drygt 90 procent.
