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September 7th 06, 02:07 PM
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Shepherd's Bush Market, Wood Lane - H&C line developments
THC wrote:
I note from the TfL 2010 map the change to the name of Shepherd's Bush H&C station to Shepherd's Bush Market, which IMO is a very sensible development to reflect the distinct nature of the surrounding area and also the separateness from the Central/"London Overground" (still feels weird saying that!) station at the other end of Shepherd's Bush Green. On the other hand, it seems that by calling the new H&C line station "Wood Lane", TfL/LU are missing a trick. In an age where connectivity is apparently all I can't help but feel that this passes up a great chance to publicly embed a new H&C/Central line interchange by referring to the new station as "White City", even if the connection 'twixt the two stations is on-street as in the case of Hammersmith (which itself surely suggests that the approach to the new station's name is inconsistent with current practice). ....or that Hammersmith's name is inconsistent with current practice, but that renaming it would be confusing and expensive. General current practice seems to be to mark walking-distance interchanges on the map, but name them separately - e.g. Tower Hill/Tower Gateway; Bow Road/Bow Church; Dalston Kingsland/Dalston Junction. -- John Band john at johnband dot org www.johnband.org |
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September 7th 06, 03:30 PM
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Shepherd's Bush Market, Wood Lane - H&C line developments
On Thu, 7 Sep 2006 John B wrote:
THC wrote: I note from the TfL 2010 map the change to the name of Shepherd's Bush H&C station to Shepherd's Bush Market, which IMO is a very sensible development to reflect the distinct nature of the surrounding area and also the separateness from the Central/"London Overground" (still feels weird saying that!) station at the other end of Shepherd's Bush Green. On the other hand, it seems that by calling the new H&C line station "Wood Lane", TfL/LU are missing a trick. In an age where connectivity is apparently all I can't help but feel that this passes up a great chance to publicly embed a new H&C/Central line interchange by referring to the new station as "White City", even if the connection 'twixt the two stations is on-street as in the case of Hammersmith (which itself surely suggests that the approach to the new station's name is inconsistent with current practice). ...or that Hammersmith's name is inconsistent with current practice, but that renaming it would be confusing and expensive. General current practice seems to be to mark walking-distance interchanges on the map, but name them separately - e.g. Tower Hill/Tower Gateway; Bow Road/Bow Church; Dalston Kingsland/Dalston Junction. And it's of course a revival of the name of the station on the opposite side of Wood Lane which closed about fifty years ago following a fire. -- Thoss |
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September 7th 06, 10:25 PM
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Shepherd's Bush Market, Wood Lane - H&C line developments
On 7 Sep 2006 07:07:15 -0700, John B wrote:
On the other hand, it seems that by calling the new H&C line station "Wood Lane", TfL/LU are missing a trick. In an age where connectivity is apparently all I can't help but feel that this passes up a great chance to publicly embed a new H&C/Central line interchange by referring to the new station as "White City", even if the connection 'twixt the two stations is on-street as in the case of Hammersmith (which itself surely suggests that the approach to the new station's name is inconsistent with current practice). ...or that Hammersmith's name is inconsistent with current practice, but that renaming it would be confusing and expensive. General current practice seems to be to mark walking-distance interchanges on the map, but name them separately - e.g. Tower Hill/Tower Gateway; Bow Road/Bow Church; Dalston Kingsland/Dalston Junction. What about Shadwell/Shadwell, which opened at the same time as Bow Church and Tower Gateway? I don't think there is a consistent policy. (Though if there is, I look forward to using Hammersmith South and Hammersmith North. Not to mention changing from West Hampstead Thameslink to East West Hampstead, passing West West Hampstead on the way.) |
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September 8th 06, 05:08 AM
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Shepherd's Bush Market, Wood Lane - H&C line developments
John B wrote:
General current practice seems to be to mark walking-distance interchanges on the map, but name them separately - e.g. Tower Hill/Tower Gateway; Bow Road/Bow Church; Dalston Kingsland/Dalston Junction. Canary Wharf? West Hampstead? -- David of Broadway New York, NY, USA |
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