"John Rowland" wrote in message
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"Road" stations are a bad thing IMO. The fact that there are others
doesn't
mean it is a good idea to reintroduce one that has already been "fixed".

They are a bad thing when they are used to disguise the fact that the
station is nowhere near the place in the station name: the "Road" in
"Wantage Road" and "Beaulieu Road" means (but only to the initiated) "it's
bloody miles away from X"!

Unless I'm very much mistaken, it was Martin Underwood ),
in message who said:
"John Rowland" wrote in
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"Road" stations are a bad thing IMO. The fact that there are others
doesn't mean it is a good idea to reintroduce one that has already
been "fixed".

They are a bad thing when they are used to disguise the fact that the
station is nowhere near the place in the station name: the "Road" in
"Wantage Road" and "Beaulieu Road" means (but only to the initiated)
"it's bloody miles away from X"!


And why didn't they rename 'Beaulieu Road' at the same time? That's just as
'inappropriate' as Lyndhurst road, surely.

At least that would've been a swift and decisive measure, killing both
names, rather than letting one half of an aesthetically perfect pair linger
on alone.

BTN

"Ben Nunn" wrote the following in:


And why didn't they rename 'Beaulieu Road' at the same time?
That's just as 'inappropriate' as Lyndhurst road, surely.

At least that would've been a swift and decisive measure, killing
both names, rather than letting one half of an aesthetically
perfect pair linger on alone.

An 'aesthetically perfect pair'? I really think you're overstating it a
bit there. But if it's so important that station names sound nice
together, perhaps I should start a petition to rename Fenchurch Street
as Larking and rename Upminster as Parking.

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