Multiple Station Towns/Cities where a new suffix could be added

[Ken H]

Cambridge Station Road
Cambridge Not Very Central
Cambridge Long Walk

we really need a word in English that means the same as Hauptbanhof.

 

[Dai Corner]

we really need a word in English that means the same as Hauptbanhof.

If it was on the ex-GWR we could call it Cambridge General?

 

[GrimsbyPacer]

we really need a word in English that means the same as Hauptbanhof.

You mean like "Central"?

 

[Revilo]

If it was on the ex-GWR we could call it Cambridge General?

Or Cambridge Road

 

[xotGD]

Cambridge (for Cambridge)

 

[Bletchleyite]

You mean like "Central"?

No. Liverpool Central is the most central station. Lime St is the Hbf.
Similarly Exeter Central is the most central station and St David's is the Hbf.

"General" or "Main" perhaps.

 

[adrock1976]

I would bring back the "General" suffix for both Oxford and Reading.

Oxford also has the Parkway station at Kidlington, and Reading has also West, Green Park, and maybe a future station on the London Waterloo line. Adding the General suffix to Reading also fits in with the station three letter code too (RDG).

Bristol Parkway could have "for Stoke Gifford" appended to it, as that is where the Parkway station is and also being in Gloucestershire, which the city of Bristol is/was in Somerset/Avon/former county borough in its own right.

 

[Bletchleyite]

I would bring back the "General" suffix for both Oxford and Reading.

Central would work for those two as they are the most central stations in the cities.

 

[GrimsbyPacer]

No. Liverpool Central is the most central station. Lime St is the Hbf.
Similarly Exeter Central is the most central station and St David's is the Hbf.

"General" or "Main" perhaps.

Hauptbanhof in my understanding means "high station", in the same sense as high streets, but they are always centrally located, it has to be central for the term to make sense.

Liverpool Central is busier than Lime Street, and is more of a hub than Lime Street terminus is, likewise, Exeter Central and Saint Davids have roughly equal passenger usage figures.
I assume then that in your understanding, you would find Hauptbanhof (in non-centrally located areas) translates best as Intercity, or Interchange, no?

 

[Bletchleyite]

Hauptbanhof in my understanding means "high station", in the same sense as high streets, but they are always centrally located, it has to be central for the term to make sense.

It means "main station". It's not necessarily the most central, though often they are.

High is Hoch.

Liverpool Central is busier than Lime Street, and is more of a hub than Lime Street terminus is, likewise, Exeter Central and Saint Davids have roughly equal passenger usage figures.
I assume then that in your understanding, you would find Hauptbanhof (in non-centrally located areas) translates best as Intercity, or Interchange, no?

Yes, the Hauptbahnhof is the primary long distance station/interchange in the German concept (though because of how things have changed the odd one isn't, e.g. Kassel). Interchange isn't a bad one.

A few examples of UK stations that would be Hauptbahnhoefe:

• Liverpool Lime St
• Birmingham New St
• Exeter St Davids
• Manchester Piccadilly
• Edinburgh Waverley
• Milton Keynes Central
• Leeds City
• Newcastle Central
• Wrexham General

And ones that definitely would not despite being the most central ones:

• Liverpool Central
• Exeter Central
• Glasgow High Street
• Wrexham Central

 

[adrock1976]

It means "main station". It's not necessarily the most central, though often they are.

High is Hoch.



Yes, the Hauptbahnhof is the primary long distance station/interchange in the German concept (though because of how things have changed the odd one isn't, e.g. Kassel). Interchange isn't a bad one.

A few examples of UK stations that would be Hauptbahnhoefe:

• Liverpool Lime St
• Birmingham New St
• Exeter St Davids
• Manchester Piccadilly
• Edinburgh Waverley
• Milton Keynes Central
• Leeds City
• Newcastle Central
• Wrexham General

And ones that definitely would not despite being the most central ones:

• Liverpool Central
• Exeter St Davids
• Whatever that one in Glasgow is that is right on the high street
• Wrexham Central

Was the second list regarding Exeter meant to be Central rather than St Davids?

Also, the Glasgow reference is High Street, which is sited on High Street.

 

[Bletchleyite]

Was the second list regarding Exeter meant to be Central rather than St Davids?

Yes, thanks.

Also, the Glasgow reference is High Street, which is sited on High Street.

Cheers. Post edited.

 

[GrimsbyPacer]

Okay I'm convinced, the main station in every town should be called Hauptbanhof from now on, also Foster Square in Bradford as it's in the Little Germany area of the city.

Would the term "Junction" help passengers if added at say Darlington? (There's a another station in Darlington called North Road)

 

[Sussex Ben]

How about Burgess Hill Central, with Wivelsfield renamed to Burgess Hill North to reflect where the station actually is rather than a village a couple of miles away?

 

[A0]

Oh, I think Harpenden is ripe to be re-named 'Luton South'. <lights blue touchpaper, retires to safe distance>

 

[NoRoute]

'University' station must surely be in need of either a prefix or a suffix, if only to allow other railway stations in proximity to major universities to use it as a convenient name.

 

[Cambus731]

I'd say there is a case for renaming Braintree Station. Either reinstate the old name Braintree & Bocking, or call it Braintree Town.

 

[75A]

How about Burgess Hill Central, with Wivelsfield renamed to Burgess Hill North to reflect where the station actually is rather than a village a couple of miles away?

Fair point.

 

[adrock1976]

'University' station must surely be in need of either a prefix or a suffix, if only to allow other railway stations in proximity to major universities to use it as a convenient name.

University station in the West Midlands has worked well since 1978.

After all, Birmingham University/University of Birmingham is actually a proper university, unlike the present day Birmingham City University near Curzon Street which was the former polytechnic and based at Perry Barr until recently.

 

[David Goddard]

Well if Oxford becomes "Oxford City" then Cambridge will need to follow suit , we cant have the dark and light blues being different to each other!

Unlike in Cardiff, which was "General" since 1924, Reading only had this suffix after nationalisation, to differentiate from the adjacent "Southern".
No real need to reinstate the "General", but should City status be achieved then this could be an impetus to add "City" to the name.

Near to Reading we have the following:
-Newbury and Newbury Racecourse - the former would be "Newbury Town" maybe?
-Winnersh and Winnersh Triangle - dont know what the former would become

 

[GrimsbyPacer]

... should City status be achieved then this could be an impetus to add "City" to the name.

The term city has meaning outside of the current government inconsistent terminology.
There's a Welwyn North and a Welwyn Garden City station, no issues with that town using a city title.
Reading should call itself a city, it would add to the case for getting it officially.

 

[David Goddard]

The term city has meaning outside of the current government inconsistent terminology.
There's a Welwyn North and a Welwyn Garden City station, no issues with that town using a city title.
Reading should call itself a city, it would add to the case for getting it officially.

Ah yes but Welwyn Garden City is its designated name, as in nearby Letchworth

 

[leytongabriel]

There might be a case for bringing back the Hoddesdon into Broxbourne and Hoddesdon as I think the station is actually in Hoddesdon.
Would Liverpool St qualify as City Hauptbahnhof ? And perhaps Ealing Broadway and Harrow on the Hill while we're at it?

 

[Jorge Da Silva]

There might be a case for bringing back the Hoddesdon into Broxbourne and Hoddesdon as I think the station is actually in Hoddesdon.
Would Liverpool St qualify as City Hauptbahnhof ? And perhaps Ealing Broadway?

Isnt that the same with Bushey which isnt in Bushey its in Oxhey

 

[camflyer]

Cambridge (for Cambridge)

Cambridge (not Oxford)

 

[JohnRegular]

Westbury -> Westbury Hauptbahnhof
Dilton Marsh -> Westbury South

Probably wouldn't go down that well with the good residents of Dilton but a good chunk of Westbury is as close or closer to Dilton Marsh station.

Or maybe Westbury -> Westbury West...

 

[Cantab26]

Cambridge (not Oxford)

Cambridge - Home of Anglia Ruskin University

 

[adrock1976]

Cambridge - Home of Anglia Ruskin University

Is Anglia Ruskin a proper university or was that a polytechnic?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Is Anglia Ruskin a proper university or was that a polytechnic?

Seems to have had various previous names over the years. Immediately prior to gaining 'university' status in 1992, it was briefly known as "Anglia Polytechnic" and just before that as the "Anglia Higher Education College".

Origins apparently date back to 1858 as the "Cambridge School of Art" but it has been subject to one or two mergers and name changes since then.

 

[JKF]

Bristol Temple Meads should be renamed ‘Bristol Walkway’ as it’s a decent walk from the actual centre of the city.