Thamesdown: What's in a name?

Even though the title has been around some years now few outside Swindon would know or care where Thamesdown is. Perhaps it portrays a new clean go-ahead high-tech image but I would rather remember it's railway heritage instead of today's acres of tinted plate glass.  I'm so glad they never did it to Crewe. Swindon Corporation buses never ventured far beyond the Borough whereas Deregulated Thamesdown  coaches were free to go all the way to Bristol like this former Green Line Leyland Tiger looking rather smart.