On Dec 6, 7:43 am, wrote:

Finchley Road & Frognal.

Why do you think that is confusing ?

It is no different to main town name + suffix, i.e. Gatepost, and
Gatepost West.

& Frognal can be thought of as a suffix.

--
Nick

On 6 Dec, 15:20, Offramp wrote:
Another slightly annoying thing is the name, Shepherd's Bush.

"What are we going to call this brand new station, then?"
"Shepherd's Bush."
"Right. So it doesn't matter that there's already a Shepherd's Bush on
the Central Line?"
"No."
"And that there's a Shepherd's Bush on the Hammersmith & City Line?"
"No."
"And that people are already confused..."
"No."
"So we're going to call it...."
"Shepherd's Bush. No other names are available."
One of the reasons for building is to interchange with the Central
Line station next door, so giving them the same name makes a lot of
sense. The H&C station is being renamed Shepherd's Bush Market in the
next year or two.

U

On Dec 6, 3:52 pm, Mr Thant
wrote:
On 6 Dec, 15:20, Offramp wrote:

reasons for building is to interchange with the Central
Line station next door, so giving them the same name makes a lot of
sense. The H&C station is being renamed Shepherd's Bush Market in the
next year or two.

Thanks for pointing that out - I did not know that, so my criticism
was definitely unfair.
Renaming SB on the H+C is a good idea - and SBM is a good choice.

On Thu, 6 Dec 2007, Mr Thant wrote:

On 6 Dec, 15:20, Offramp wrote:
Another slightly annoying thing is the name, Shepherd's Bush.

"What are we going to call this brand new station, then?"
"Shepherd's Bush."
"Right. So it doesn't matter that there's already a Shepherd's Bush on
the Central Line?"
"No."
"And that there's a Shepherd's Bush on the Hammersmith & City Line?"
"No."
"And that people are already confused..."
"No."
"So we're going to call it...."
"Shepherd's Bush. No other names are available."

One of the reasons for building is to interchange with the Central Line
station next door, so giving them the same name makes a lot of sense.
The H&C station is being renamed Shepherd's Bush Market in the next year
or two.

Is it going to be a true interchange, or an outerchange? Will there be a
behind-the-gateline route from WLL to Central platforms?

tom

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"Tom Anderson" wrote in message
h.li...
On Thu, 6 Dec 2007, Mr Thant wrote:

One of the reasons for building is to interchange with the Central Line
station next door, so giving them the same name makes a lot of sense. The
H&C station is being renamed Shepherd's Bush Market in the next year or
two.

Is it going to be a true interchange, or an outerchange? Will there be a
behind-the-gateline route from WLL to Central platforms?


No, its an outerchange. We discussed this a while ago [on uk.t.l], cos there
is an escape stair shaft on the WLL side of the bus station [the site
immediately next to the new station], but it appears normal interchange will
be via a pedestrian crossing at the junction with the main road.

I guess an underground paid side interchange to the WLL station would have
been difficult to engineer, in view of the footbridge access to the eastmost
platform?

Presumably though, access to the actual shopping development may be via
either side of the bus station?

Paul

On 6 Dec, 18:19, "Paul Scott" wrote:
I guess an underground paid side interchange to the WLL station would have
been difficult to engineer, in view of the footbridge access to the eastmost
platform?

The station building itself is level with the footbridge, so that's
not an issue. I think it would have been fairly straightforward to
have escalators coming up behind the gateline at concourse level, then
stairs and lifts down to the platforms as now.

But the new building isn't big enough for this, and it'd be bloody
expensive just for interchange. If they'd combined the two projects so
that the WLL station was also be the new Central Line station, it
might have made sense.

Presumably though, access to the actual shopping development may be via
either side of the bus station?

The shopping centre entrance is on the west side of the road, but
there'll be a crossing outside.

U

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On Thu, 6 Dec 2007, Paul Scott wrote:

"Tom Anderson" wrote in message
h.li...
On Thu, 6 Dec 2007, Mr Thant wrote:

One of the reasons for building is to interchange with the Central Line
station next door, so giving them the same name makes a lot of sense. The
H&C station is being renamed Shepherd's Bush Market in the next year or
two.

Is it going to be a true interchange, or an outerchange? Will there be
a behind-the-gateline route from WLL to Central platforms?

No, its an outerchange. We discussed this a while ago [on uk.t.l],

Oh yes, so we did, apologies.

I guess an underground paid side interchange to the WLL station would
have been difficult to engineer, in view of the footbridge access to the
eastmost platform?

I have to confess i haven't a clue how the Central line platforms and
associated gubbins are laid out, so no idea!

tom

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Osteoclasts = monsters from the DEEP -- Andrew

"Standing at HN28 signal" wrote in message
...
All listed in the new GBPTT available on the Network Rail website:

Eastfields has this footnote: This station may open during the
currency of this timetable, please see local publicity for further
details.

Imperial Wharf and Shepherds Bush have this one: It is unknown at the
time of going to press, when this
station will open. For further details please contact National Rail
Enquiries 08457-484950 or see local
publicity.

I did hear a rumour that Shepherds Bush will open on Dec 10th 2007 but
not sure if this is actually going to happen!

Kings Cross Thameslink closed at close of service on Saturday 8th December
2007 and St.Pancras Internationa (Low Level) opened following morning

On the DLR (Stratford branch) Langdon Park station opened believed to be on
the Saturday 8th December (definetly open on the Sunday as I was there)