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?

B2003

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,
() 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.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

On Aug 1, 10:06 am, (Colin Rosenstiel) wrote:
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.

Seems sensible. Though is that area now known as white city to the
locals? Anyway , having 2 stations seperated by 50 metres being given
different names seems absurd especially since Hammersmith station on
the H&C shares its name with Hammersmith on the District & Piccadilly
even though they're physically separate.

B2003

Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
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.

The area is called White City, and the area inside Australia Rd is called
the White City Estate.

Wood Lane, on the other hand, is the name of roads in Highgate, Stanmore and
Kingsbury: Also, the southern end of Wood La W12 will have Shepherds Bush as
its nearest station, so Wood Lane is a bad name for the new station.
However, I suspect the fire brigade don't want the new station to be called
White City.

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.

In article ,
(John Rowland) wrote:

Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
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.

The area is called White City, and the area inside Australia Rd is
called the White City Estate.

Wood Lane, on the other hand, is the name of roads in Highgate,
Stanmore and Kingsbury: Also, the southern end of Wood La W12 will
have Shepherds Bush as its nearest station, so Wood Lane is a bad
name for the new station. However, I suspect the fire brigade don't
want the new station to be called White City.

I only said it was an alternative view! 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?

--
Colin Rosenstiel

Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
In article ,
(John Rowland) wrote:

Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
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.

The area is called White City, and the area inside Australia Rd is
called the White City Estate.

Wood Lane, on the other hand, is the name of roads in Highgate,
Stanmore and Kingsbury: Also, the southern end of Wood La W12 will
have Shepherds Bush as its nearest station, so Wood Lane is a bad
name for the new station. However, I suspect the fire brigade don't
want the new station to be called White City.

I only said it was an alternative view!

I only said why I didn't agree with that alternative view.

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.

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?

B2003

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.

On Fri, 1 Aug 2008, 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.

Oh snap! TOLD!

tom

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Faith in chaos.