Stations you would rename.

[SargeNpton]

My apologies. What I wrote is wrong and it's now obvious that I've labouring under a misapprehension for about twenty-five years. I was misinformed by a BBC radio programme in which it was stated that the spelling was changed in order not to offend gays! Clearly in the mid-60s that was not a consideration so the whole idea makes no sense.

Harringay is a district of North London, which is part of the larger area that is the London Borough of Harringey.

 

[Backroom_boy]

On LUL;

Covent Garden >> Long Acre
Leicester Square >> Leicester Square (For Covent Garden)

Would possibly take the edge of the overcrowding at the current CG

 

[leytongabriel]

Wanstead Park to Wanstead Flats which it is actually close to and implies it might be near Forest Gate which is an official interchange.
Stratford International just has to go. But to what? Something with 'Olympic Park' in it? or Northside?
Walthamstow Queens Rd is a bit hopeless, its some way from Queens Rd which in any case isn't exactly a thoroughfare of any kind.
Walthamstow South or Walthamstow Market (pushing it I know lol)?

 

[Fincra5]

ORE as "Calling at: .. and Ore" sounds stupid! Rename it to East Hastings.

 

[telstarbox]

Yes and it looks stupid as a destination when many more people want Hastings proper. Hastings East would be good.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Harringay is a district of North London, which is part of the larger area that is the London Borough of Harringey.

Several council areas across the country have awkward names as a result of not wishing to show favouritism to one area at the expense of another. A mis-spelling seems a relatively small price to pay:- For example I'd rather my local authority was named "Hoddersfield" than the geographically-meaningless "Kirklees".

 

[Clansman]

Edinburgh Gateway not having a reference to it's interchange to the airport has always perplexed me.

Edinburgh Airport Gateway?

 

[yorksrob]

ORE as "Calling at: .. and Ore" sounds stupid! Rename it to East Hastings.

Yes and it looks stupid as a destination when many more people want Hastings proper. Hastings East would be good.

I'd prefer "Three Oaks West".

 

[takno]

Edinburgh Gateway not having a reference to it's interchange to the airport has always perplexed me.

Edinburgh Airport Gateway?

It's pretty pointless for the airport unless you're coming from the north, and does serve the whole Edinburgh park area and a screed of new housing. Calling it Edinburgh airport would be weird.

 

[AlterEgo]

How about Tring Station. It's at least a mile outside of Tring! Not sure what you'd call it though!

Tring Station is in the settlement of Tring Station (according to Google Maps!) so it could not be better named if you tried!

 

[DelW]

When was the council's rush of blood to the head? I can't find anything to suggest that the authority has ever been called anything but Haringey (although pedantically I think that when the London Borough Councils were first set up and presumably until they got their borough or city charters they were numbered rather than named). For the station, the National Rail journey planner identifies HRY as Harringay Green Lanes, as does TfL's website so you may be able to avoid having to go and look.

When my grandparents lived there in the 1950s and '60s, I only ever saw the "Harringay" spelling. The local authority was created in the mid '60s from Hornsey, Wood Green, and Tottenham, and the choice of name for the newly formed combination was contentious. IIRC one much derided option was "Horntotwood"!

Haringey was chosen as a neutral option, claimed to be an earlier spelling of the name.

I don't think there was ever any suggestion to rename the station, which serves a much smaller area, where the Harringay spelling is prevalent.

 

[Mikey C]

When my grandparents lived there in the 1950s and '60s, I only ever saw the "Harringay" spelling. The local authority was created in the mid '60s from Hornsey, Wood Green, and Tottenham, and the choice of name for the newly formed combination was contentious. IIRC one much derided option was "Horntotwood"!

Haringey was chosen as a neutral option, claimed to be an earlier spelling of the name.

I don't think there was ever any suggestion to rename the station, which serves a much smaller area, where the Harringay spelling is prevalent.

Haringey's logo is laughable as well!

 

[AlastairFraser]

Reading West--->Reading Grotty Part
Reading---->Reading Nicer Part

Have you ever been to Winnersh/Dignitas Triangle? Possibly one of the most ugly areas in Britain full stop. Reading West doesn't even touch on that, especially at the southern end.

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Not quite accurate for Reading West as some of the streets off Oxford Road are quite pleasing. The exit towards Tilehurst Road gives access to some 'leafy' thoroughfares and is not far from Prospect Park.

Exactly why I mentioned Dignitas Triangle just off the M4 on the east side. Most depressing office park on Earth!

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Bow Brickhill to Caldecotte & Tilbrook (for the Open University).
Woburn Sands to Hogsty End (original name!)
Ridgmont is closer to Brogborough/Amazon.
Salford Central to Trinity.
Gorton to Openshaw.
Belle Vue to Belle Vue & Gorton, or (just) Gorton.

Why not:
Cranfield Parkway for Ridgmont (given it's close to the M1, gives good access to MK/Bedford and Ox/Camb in future, plus it's close to Cranfield which is a sizeable village including uni students.
Salford Blackfriars for Salford Central (given it's not in the centre of the Met Borough of Salford, whatever the historical area of Salford is.
Ryder Brow is maybe more appropriate for a Gorton station.

Oxford Parkway should be Kidlington South as it sits on the border between Oxford and the aforementioned village.
No one knows where Water Eaton is now that the P and R has been renamed.
I would use the South suffix in anticipation of a station to the north/west of Kidlington on the Banbury line in future.

Oxford Parkway to Water Eaton (the closest, Oxford Parkway to Water Eaton (the closest, if tiny, village, but also what the adjacent park and ride is called), or perhaps Oxford Banbury Road (Just to confuse people even more ) A reasonable number of tourists get off at Oxford Parkway for Oxford and find themselves in a car park next to the A34 about 6 miles from Oxford

Woodsmoor seems to be a much smaller subdivision of than the general name of the area, Great Moor. I think Stepping Hill would be a great name though, because the hospital is pretty much adjacent and is a local landmark situated within some otherwise pretty unremarkable suburbia along the A6 corridor.

I would rename Woodsmoor to Woodsmoor & Stepping Hill Hospital,

 

[RH Liner]

What about changing Fiskerton to Southwell Parkway (with the appropriate station upgrade)? And then stop the fasts between Newark Castle and Nottingham here to make it an attractive proposition for Southwell residents (about 2-3 miles away).

 

[Lucan]

The only other hospital station I can think of is James Cook in Middlesbrough

Christs Hospital

 

[Hey 3]

Why not Hertford North to Hertford West(given it is west of Hertford East)?

 

[Clansman]

It's pretty pointless for the airport unless you're coming from the north, and does serve the whole Edinburgh park area and a screed of new housing. Calling it Edinburgh airport would be weird.

Just to clarify, I didn't suggest calling it Edinburgh Airport, I just meant that there could be merit to advertising the links it has to the airport.

Hence, Edinburgh Airport Gateway.

 

[Bevan Price]

Several council areas across the country have awkward names as a result of not wishing to show favouritism to one area at the expense of another. A mis-spelling seems a relatively small price to pay:- For example I'd rather my local authority was named "Hoddersfield" than the geographically-meaningless "Kirklees".

Did the residents of Dewsbury, etc. appreciate having their towns "forcibly" combined with Huddersfield?

 

[Cambus731]

The first one I thought of is Brondesbury which really should be renamed to reflect it's position just on the edge of Kilburn town centre
And maybe there is a case for changing Braintree to Braintree Town and Braintree Freeport to Braintree Village.

 

[DorkingMain]

Not sure if it's been mentioned, but North Dulwich is probably the worst one. It's on roughly the same longitude as East Dulwich and West Dulwich stations, and is south of East Dulwich. "Dulwich Village" would be a much better name.

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Christs Hospital

That's not a hospital, it's a boarding school.

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Tring Station is in the settlement of Tring Station (according to Google Maps!) so it could not be better named if you tried!

Micheldever Station is similar.

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Have you ever been to Winnersh/Dignitas Triangle? Possibly one of the most ugly areas in Britain full stop. Reading West doesn't even touch on that, especially at the southern end.

Always used to get hassle there as a guard. I'm sure GWR crew are grateful for not having to stop there often.

 

[Lucan]

Christs Hospital

That's not a hospital, it's a boarding school.

I know, but it is still a hospital in the broader, older, meaning of the word, so it fits the letter of the OP's comment if not the spirit. When the school was established it meant more like "hostel" does today, a place of accomodation. "Hostel", "hotel" and "hospitality" are all [relatively] modern derivatives of the word "hospital".

 

[SouthEastBuses]

I'd rename Radley as Radley & Abingdon. With the former village effectively being on the latter town's outskirts, I think it'd be a good idea.

Other stations I'd consider renaming are as follows:

Hassocks as Hassocks & Keymer
Bache as Upton

 

[SouthEastBuses]

Christs Hospital

It's not a hospital. It's a boarding school which just happens to be called Christs Hospital for some reason.

 

[SouthEastBuses]

How about Tring Station. It's at least a mile outside of Tring! Not sure what you'd call it though!

Aylesbury East & Tring

 

[SouthEastBuses]

Tackley as Nethercott & Tackley
Bicester Village as Bicester South for Bicester Village
Saunderton as Bledlow Ridge & Bradenham

 

[SouthEastBuses]

Bow Brickhill as Caldercotte
Ridgemont as Ridgemont & Broborough
Millbrook as Marston Moretaine
Welwyn North as Digswell
Hertford North as Hertford West
Ashwell & Morden as Ashwell & Odsey
Meldreth as Meldreth & Melbourn

 

[SouthEastBuses]

Easy to misinterpret - it's like New Southgate and New Barnet with mythical Thameslink calls on the maps. And interesting, I always thought it was always just in Barnsbury.



Stratford Highspeed, like TGV stations makes sense. Or you could do a different French style and go for "Stratford Kent" i.e. the Stratford station for Kent.



North and South could work, however, High Street is South of both of them.



But on a ticket machine, it's not brilliant. What's to tell someone that it's not Aston Uni rather than Birmingham? Seeing "University" on the displays in say, Nottingham or Cardiff feels odd. I would be amazed if someone hasn't gone to the wrong station by accident.

Stratford HS1 sounds better in my opinion.

 

[DorkingMain]

Stratford Temple Mills or Stratford Olympic would be my choice.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

It's not a hospital. It's a boarding school which just happens to be called Christs Hospital for some reason.

Original Christ's Hospital had been established in London in mid 16th century. Lots of homeless children at the time following the Dissolution of the Monasteries.

More recently, the school was parachuted into the Horsham area (from Hertford?) in the late 19th century / early 20th century.

Nearby railway station in Sussex opened in 1902 and so was named after the nearby newly opened educational establishment.

N.B. Definition of the word 'hospital' doesn't just mean an institution where the sick and injured are given medical or surgical care.

Can also mean a charitable institution for the young and needy.

 

[AlastairFraser]

Not sure if it's been mentioned, but North Dulwich is probably the worst one. It's on roughly the same longitude as East Dulwich and West Dulwich stations, and is south of East Dulwich. "Dulwich Village" would be a much better name.

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That's not a hospital, it's a boarding school.

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Micheldever Station is similar.

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Always used to get hassle there as a guard. I'm sure GWR crew are grateful for not having to stop there often.

I'm not surprised, it's very high up, quite isolated and a nasty place to wait for most people.