"E. Zackatackali" wrote in message
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I wish London Underground stations had names that properly
described the area that they were located in, instead of
using obscure street names or some other undescriptive name.
For example, if I had to rename the stations on the
Bakerloo line, I'd have this instead (with a little
help from my A-Z):

Elephant and Castle ---- Walworth North

[snip]


As it happens, it seems as if the tube names are more
readily recognised than the area, which is why if you
tell someone you live in Walworth, they have no idea
where you are talking about until you say you live
in the Elephant and Castle.

EZ


Surely that's exactly why the name should stay as it is?

Apart from anything else, Elephant and Castle is just so much more fun as a
name. And it is geographically accurate - that's the name of the junction.
As good as Oxford Circus.

Jonn

Apart from anything else, Elephant and Castle is just so much more fun as a
name. And it is geographically accurate - that's the name of the junction.
As good as Oxford Circus.

There's one name that really ought to go, however:

Tottenham Court Road.

The problem is that both Goodge St and Warren St also are on Tottenham
Court Road. TCR station is all the way at one end, so it's not even
the station you'd use if you had no idea where a house number was on
TCR - you'd be far better off starting at Goodge St. I suggest that it
becomes:

St Giles' Circus.

Or if that's a little obscure, leave people in no doubt with:

Soho Square.

(I mean there is precedent - Leicester Sq station exits onto the
Charing X Rd.)

"James" writes:
There's one name that really ought to go, however:

Tottenham Court Road.

The problem is that both Goodge St and Warren St also are on Tottenham
Court Road. ... if you had no idea where a house number was on TCR
- you'd be far better off starting at Goodge St.

In fact, when Goodge Street station opened in 1907 as part of the CCE&HR
(now part of the Northern Line), it was *called* Tottenham Court Road.

The trouble is that the present Tottenham Court Road station had
already opened in 1900 with the CLR (now Central Line) -- under the
same name. Back then, since it was at the place where the line
*crossed* the named street, that name made sense and was unambiguous.
When the CCE&HR opened, they built an adjacent station (later combined
with the CLR station to form the present layout) and similarly named
it after the street crossing the line there, Oxford Street.

But this situation was just too confusing -- having two TCR stations
might have been all right, but having one of them adjacent to a
differently named station on the same line as the other was too much.
So the following year the CCE&HR conceded to the senior line's precedent
and switched their two stations to the present naming.

In other words, James should put the blame the for this one on all
those people who declined to invest in HStP&CCR shares (as the CCE&HR
was originally known) back in 1894. If they had, construction on the
line (later called the CCE&HR) might have begun immediately and the
CLR might not have completed its TCR station first.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "Those who cannot Google the past are destined
to repost it." -- Huey Callison

My text in this article is in the public domain.

"James" wrote in message
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Apart from anything else, Elephant and Castle is just so much more fun
as a
name. And it is geographically accurate - that's the name of the
junction.
As good as Oxford Circus.

There's one name that really ought to go, however:

Tottenham Court Road.

The problem is that both Goodge St and Warren St also are on Tottenham
Court Road. TCR station is all the way at one end, so it's not even
the station you'd use if you had no idea where a house number was on
TCR - you'd be far better off starting at Goodge St. I suggest that it
becomes:

St Giles' Circus.

Or if that's a little obscure, leave people in no doubt with:

Soho Square.

(I mean there is precedent - Leicester Sq station exits onto the
Charing X Rd.)

A better name would be Centre Point perhaps?

"Reg Nullify" wrote in message
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"James" wrote in message
om...

There's one name that really ought to go, however:

Tottenham Court Road.

The problem is that both Goodge St and Warren St also are on Tottenham
Court Road. TCR station is all the way at one end, so it's not even
the station you'd use if you had no idea where a house number was on
TCR - you'd be far better off starting at Goodge St.

A better name would be Centre Point perhaps?

Genius!

--
Brian
"When all about you is crumbling, when the arse is falling out of your
world, you need to focus on something positive in your life. Something you
can control, improve even."

"James" a écrit dans le message de news:
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Apart from anything else, Elephant and Castle is just so much more fun
as a
name. And it is geographically accurate - that's the name of the
junction.
As good as Oxford Circus.

There's one name that really ought to go, however:

Tottenham Court Road.

I suggest that it
becomes:

St Giles' Circus.

I'd vote for that.

"E. Zackatackali" wrote

Harrow and Wealdstone -- Wealdstone

As it happens, it seems as if the tube names are more
readily recognised than the area, which is why if you
tell someone you live in Walworth, they have no idea
where you are talking about until you say you live
in the Elephant and Castle.

So what would you rename Wealdstone British Rail?

"Andrew Brian Hickman" wrote in message
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"E. Zackatackali" wrote

So what would you rename Wealdstone British Rail?

Bogbrush.

Ian

Andrew Brian Hickman wrote:

So what would you rename Wealdstone British Rail?

(Pssst, don't tell anyone I told you, but it's the same station!!)

"Andrew Brian Hickman" asked...

So what would you rename Wealdstone British Rail?



Fred. Or maybe Doris. It all depends what mood I'm in.