A self-styled tourist board has called for a south London station to be renamed 'Norwood Intergalactic'.
The South Norwood Tourist Board made the apparently light-hearted suggestion after Croydon council bosses announced they want to rename East Croydon station 'Croydon International'.
The borough's council leader, Tony Newman, said: "A new station is an absolute must - it's a purely personal view, but left to me it might be called Croydon International and not East Croydon."
The tourist board has now published a letter suggesting Norwood Junction be renamed Norwood Intergalactic in a bid to attract "visitors from other galaxies".
It reads: "We are closer to London than Croydon and have a London postcode, which would be an obvious attraction to visitors from other galaxies.
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"South Norwood is a very diverse and vibrant community.
"We remain proud to extend a warm welcome to people from all corners of the world – and the universe.
"Indeed in a time of such difficult international relations, it is our belief that we would all greatly benefit from an intergalactic perspective which saw humanity as one – rather than the fractious, squabbling bunch of psychopaths that we often present ourselves as."
It adds: "As the suggestion to rename East Croydon proves, current reality needn’t be a brake on our aspirations."