VOTING has now opened for the public to have their say on naming one of Network Rail’s autumn leaf-busting trains.

More than a thousand name suggestions have been whittled down to just four; Ctrl Alt De-leaf, Leaf-Fall Weapon, Pulp Friction and The Autumn Avenger.

The winning name will feature on one of Network Rail’s fleet of leaf-busting trains as they travel Britain clearing the rails to keep the railway running this autumn.

The power is in the public's hands to decide which of the names will be bestowed upon one of the unsung heroes of the British Autumn, with the reveal planned for Thursday, October 24.

More than 1,300 individual nominations were submitted by the public, before being painstakingly whittled down by a panel of judges: railway historian, presenter and author Tim Dunn, Minister of State for Rail, Lord Peter Hendy, and Network Rail’s seasonal delivery director Lisa Angus.

An array of fantastic name suggestions, including: ‘Britney Clears’, ‘Buster Grimes’, ‘Don’t Stop De-Leafing’, and ‘Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Anti-Leaf Machiney’ fell just short of making the final shortlist.

Voting is now open at networkrail.co.uk/stories/can-you-help-name-one-of-our-leaf-busting-trains/ and closes at midnight on Friday, October 11.