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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:16, 25 November 2018 (UTC)

Victoria line
Improved to Good Article status by Ritchie333 (talk). Nominated by Angga (talk) at 19:00, 31 October 2018 (UTC).
 * ... that the London Underground Victoria line was decidedly named so because it "sounded just right"? Source: [from the article] "During the planning stages it was known as Route C, and was then named the Victoria line (after Victoria station) by David McKenna, whose suggestion was seconded by Sir John Elliot. The board decided that the Victoria line sounded 'just right'." (Klapper 1976, p. 123; and Day & Reed 2010, p. 153.)