"Edward Cowling London UK" wrote in message
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In message , Peter Smyth
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"James Farrar" wrote in message
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On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 08:01:48 -0700, John B wrote:

On 29 Oct, 14:56, Boltar wrote:
Now that arsenal footbal club have shoved off to drayton park , are
there any murmurings at LUL about renaming Arsenal station back to
Gillespie Road? Or would this just be too much money/hassle?

Seems pointless, given that Arsenal is the nearest tube station to
AG.

Whats AG?

Ashburton Grove, the site of Arsenal's new stadium (although I think
Holloway Road station might actually be nearer).

Arsenal claim that Arsenal is the nearest, although this could be
because HR is exit-only on matchdays.

It depends where you are sitting. Arsenal is closest to the north end
while
Holloway Road is closest to the south end of the stadium.

Holloway Road only has lifts - and can be discounted for use by football
crowds unless many millions are spent - compare with Covent Garden for
instance

Actually Drayton Park is closest, which by some weird logic isn't used on
match days....... only in England ;-)

Drayton Park is a narrow island platform with access by steps at only one
end. Although I did read of a good idea w.r.t. Drayton Park, which was to
provide another large down (northbound platform) for northbound matchday
traffic only? and use the existing island at other times. Another main
problem is that many matches happen when the line to Moorgate isn't even
open...

Paul