On 1 Aug, 14:05, "John Rowland"
wrote:
Boltar wrote:
On Aug 1, 1:42 pm, "John Rowland"
wrote:
Given the name of the nearby
late lamented station it was an odd decision to go for "Wood Lane".
Why would the Fire Brigade object to the White City name, though?

They don't like two stations having the same name.

How do they cope with Hammersmith, Shadwell or Canary Wharf then?

The same way that you cope with Planet Earth, despite not liking anything in
it.

You mean, somewhere on the internet there's a forum where firemen slag
off Hammersmith for having two stations?

Jonn

On Aug 1, 2:05 pm, "John Rowland"
wrote:
Boltar wrote:
On Aug 1, 1:42 pm, "John Rowland"
wrote:
Given the name of the nearby
late lamented station it was an odd decision to go for "Wood Lane".
Why would the Fire Brigade object to the White City name, though?

They don't like two stations having the same name.

How do they cope with Hammersmith, Shadwell or Canary Wharf then?

The same way that you cope with Planet Earth, despite not liking anything in
it.

Isn't it interesting how because I get hacked off with being ripped
off on PAYG by LUL with its guilty until proved innocent approach to
customers and 3rd world service and happen to complain about it on
it , I must be some sort of misanthrope.

Why not answer the question instead of making cheap potshots.

B2003

Boltar wrote:
On Aug 1, 2:05 pm, "John Rowland"
wrote:
Boltar wrote:
On Aug 1, 1:42 pm, "John Rowland"
wrote:
Given the name of the nearby
late lamented station it was an odd decision to go for "Wood
Lane". Why would the Fire Brigade object to the White City name,
though?

They don't like two stations having the same name.

How do they cope with Hammersmith, Shadwell or Canary Wharf then?

The same way that you cope with Planet Earth, despite not liking
anything in it.

Isn't it interesting how because I get hacked off with being ripped
off on PAYG by LUL with its guilty until proved innocent approach to
customers and 3rd world service and happen to complain about it on
it , I must be some sort of misanthrope.

No, it's because whatever TPTB do, you complain about them doing it, and
whatever they don't do, you complain about them not doing it. I have noticed
no consistency logical or financial in your multitude of stances, except
that whatever happens, or whatever doesn't happen, you criticise.

Why not answer the question instead of making cheap potshots.

I did answer your question, but I answered it in a way which I found fun.
After all, I don't come here to serve you, I come here to have fun.

"Colin Rosenstiel" wrote in message
l.co.uk...
In article
,
() wrote:

Given this new station on the H&C seems to be literally a stones throw
from White City on the central , wouldn't it have made more sense to
call it white city rather than having another daft Bank-Monument
situation?

An alternative view is that White City should be revert to its old name
given that the stadium is long gone.


Er.. White City (Central Line) opened as White City in 1947. What could it
revert to?

Are you thinking of the earlier H&C White City (ex Wood Lane) behind the
BBC?

Paul

On 1 Aug, 17:14, "John Rowland"
wrote:
No, it's because whatever TPTB do, you complain about them doing it, and
whatever they don't do, you complain about them not doing it. I have noticed
no consistency logical or financial in your multitude of stances, except
that whatever happens, or whatever doesn't happen, you criticise.

You might have a better chance of convincing me you're not talking out
your arse if you could provide some examples.


Why not answer the question instead of making cheap potshots.

I did answer your question, but I answered it in a way which I found fun.

I would suggest you update your dictionary since it obviously has a
strange definition of answer.

B2003

On 1 Aug, 11:56, asdf wrote:
On Fri, 1 Aug 2008 01:09:54 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

Given this new station on the H&C seems to be literally a stones throw
from White City on the central , wouldn't it have made more sense to
call it white city rather than having another daft Bank-Monument
situation?

As they're two physically separate stations, it's more of a Bow Road /
Bow Church situation.

Or Hammersmith/Hammersmith?

In article ,
(Paul Scott) wrote:

"Colin Rosenstiel" wrote in message
l.co.uk...
In article

,
() wrote:

Given this new station on the H&C seems to be literally a stones
throw from White City on the central , wouldn't it have made more
sense to call it white city rather than having another daft
Bank-Monument situation?

An alternative view is that White City should be revert to its old
name given that the stadium is long gone.

Er.. White City (Central Line) opened as White City in 1947. What
could it revert to?

Are you thinking of the earlier H&C White City (ex Wood Lane)
behind the BBC?

The White City station opened in 1947 was a rebuild, admittedly on a
slightly different site, of Wood Lane station and is in Wood Lane. The
old H&C White City was nearer the old Wood Lane than that White City and
the new Wood Lane is nearer to White City station than the old White City
H&C station was.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

Colin Rosenstiel wrote:

The White City station opened in 1947 was a rebuild, admittedly on a
slightly different site, of Wood Lane station and is in Wood Lane. The
old H&C White City was nearer the old Wood Lane than that White City
and the new Wood Lane is nearer to White City station than the old
White City H&C station was.

My head's just exploded.

Paul Weaver wrote:
On 1 Aug, 11:56, asdf wrote:
On Fri, 1 Aug 2008 01:09:54 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

Given this new station on the H&C seems to be literally a stones throw
from White City on the central , wouldn't it have made more sense to
call it white city rather than having another daft Bank-Monument
situation?
As they're two physically separate stations, it's more of a Bow Road /
Bow Church situation.

Or Hammersmith/Hammersmith?

Or Shepherds Bush/Shepherds Bush, or Paddington/Paddington, or Edgware
Road/Edgware Road...

Mind you, I still think they should go back to calling Charing Cross
(Bakerloo) Trafalgar Square...But that'd create another Bank/Monument
situation. ;-)

Cheers,

Barry

On 2 Aug, 02:37, "John Rowland"
wrote:
Colin Rosenstiel wrote:

The White City station opened in 1947 was a rebuild, admittedly on a
slightly different site, of Wood Lane station and is in Wood Lane. The
old H&C White City was nearer the old Wood Lane than that White City
and the new Wood Lane is nearer to White City station than the old
White City H&C station was.

My head's just exploded.

Between the current Goldhawk Road(h) and Latimer Road(h), and
Shepherds Bush(c) and White City(c) there have been 9 stations at
various points of time.