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.
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Thoss