Indeed, the Department for Transport was renamed in 1997, and TfL followed suit in 2000.
There is a minor fandom controversy over the Ministry of Magic in the Wizarding World and whether the "Ministry for Magic" and "Minister for Magic" are valid alternate terms, but I have only identified one instance where JK Rowling wrote it this way, and it was outside the novels. Canonically, Harry turned 17 in 1997, so I suppose Tony Blair's reforms wouldn't apply post-Voldemort. However, Platform 9¾ is now "properly labelled" in the Muggles' King's Cross Station.
Travellers should also mind the gap between "TfL" and "TLF Travel Alerts", a defunct account which was part of Weird Twitter, and somewhere I hope I can dig up an archive, because the daily alerts were comic genius in 140 characters or less.
The arrival of Paddington Bear from Darkest Peru may be partly explained by the heating of the Tube stations. He surely would be right at home in a dark, humid and warm environment. My mother encouraged me to read about Paddington Bear, and in 2008 I was privileged to have a layover in Westminster, where I passed through Paddington Station and totally missed out on visiting the Paddington Bear statue therein. But I was able to purchase a refrigerator magnet bearing the "MIND THE GAP" official logo, which I presented to her in gratitude.
There is a minor fandom controversy over the Ministry of Magic in the Wizarding World and whether the "Ministry for Magic" and "Minister for Magic" are valid alternate terms, but I have only identified one instance where JK Rowling wrote it this way, and it was outside the novels. Canonically, Harry turned 17 in 1997, so I suppose Tony Blair's reforms wouldn't apply post-Voldemort. However, Platform 9¾ is now "properly labelled" in the Muggles' King's Cross Station.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cmglee_London_Kings_...
Travellers should also mind the gap between "TfL" and "TLF Travel Alerts", a defunct account which was part of Weird Twitter, and somewhere I hope I can dig up an archive, because the daily alerts were comic genius in 140 characters or less.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paddington_Bear_Stat...
The arrival of Paddington Bear from Darkest Peru may be partly explained by the heating of the Tube stations. He surely would be right at home in a dark, humid and warm environment. My mother encouraged me to read about Paddington Bear, and in 2008 I was privileged to have a layover in Westminster, where I passed through Paddington Station and totally missed out on visiting the Paddington Bear statue therein. But I was able to purchase a refrigerator magnet bearing the "MIND THE GAP" official logo, which I presented to her in gratitude.