Trivia: Station names that make human names

[Purple Train]

Echoing @Springs Branch's suggestion in the "Station names that phonetically spell that of famous people" thread, this is for station names that make plausible given names; for example, Bruce Grove. Any open or disused station, on heavy rail, light rail, LUL, etc., is allowed. The surname doesn't have to be anything approaching plausible, just plausible first names, please - just so that we don't have a slew of imaginary people named "Dalston" and so forth!

I'll start with Carl Isle.

 

[D6130]

Alexandra Palace
Carl Uke
Hasle Mere
Peter Borough
Peter S Field
Colin Dale
Kirk Dale
Kirk Hill
William Wood
Kirk Connel
Glen Eagles
Glen Finnan
Kirk Caldy
Wally Ford
Steven Age
Mary Port
Felix Stowe

and - if we can have depots as well:

Neville Hill
Stewart Slane

 

[Peter0124]

Jordan Hill
Kirk Newton
Glen Eagles

 

[dgl]

Christ Church

 

[lxfe_mxtterz]

David Lane
Gordon Hill
Shirley
Blake Street
Mary Port
Haydon Bridge
Kent S Bank
Kirk Sandall

 

[D6130]

Brad Ford
Bing Ley
Ben Rhydding
Ann An
Leo Minster

 

[AlterEgo]

King George V.

 

[Purple Train]

Hasle Mere

In my view, it's fine to spell the names the way they're usually spelt rather than the way the station spells them: I may just be dim, but it took me a while to figure that out

Holly Head (Holyhead)
Bo Brickhill (Bow Brickhill)
Stewart By
Kyle Of-Lochalsh
Keith
Mark Stey (Marks Tey)
Lynn Coln (Lincoln)
Guy D Bridge (Guide Bridge)
Sal Wick
Anna Ley (Anerley)
Lloyd Park
Bex Leyheath
Lee
Summer Wood-Drive
Dean S Gate
Cal Stock
Mark Ate-Raisin (Market Rasen)
Si Prus (Cyprus)
Russ Kington (Ruskington)
Mai Denhead
Mai D Stone-East
Mai D Stonewest
Clyde Bank
Ray Leigh
Rich Mond
Robert S Bridge
Rob Royston
Roy Ston
Roger Stone
Roy Bridge
Garth
Glen Rotheswiththornton

 

[Gaelan]

All the St So-and-so stations were, of course, once someone's name.

 

[Calthrop]

I've found by chance that there has been in 2014, a thread on the Forums with a very-similarly humorous theme to this one. On the UK Railway Discussion sub-forum, title Railway station people names (fun): OP 4th March 2014, running for about three weeks and clocking up four pages. Gets into some fine stuff rather along the lines of I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again's " ****s' Ball" announcements (" Fruiterers' and Greengrocers' Ball -- Mr. and Mrs. It from Australia and their English grandmother, Pommie", etc.). I would do a link to it; but I am not computer-savvy, and that is a skill which I lack.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Didn't we have a similar thread during lockdown?* I recall some of the "names" were a bit of a stretch... though our friends across the pond are a bit more creative with forenames, such as Sarah Palin's son who is named Track (which is at least railway-related ).

No harm in doing it again though, so how about:
Barry Island
Barry Docks
Barry Links
Don Caster
Murph Field (Mirfield)
Den Bydale

Or Brad Ford-Foster, who's a bit of a square! (Coat already retrieved).

*=way longer ago than that, according to the above post. I just assumed it must have been while we were all going stir-crazy!

 

[Purple Train]

Didn't we have a similar thread during lockdown?* I recall some of the "names" were a bit of a stretch... though our friends across the pond are a bit more creative with forenames, such as Sarah Palin's son who is named Track (which is at least railway-related ).

Good luck finding a station to fit some of Elon Musk's favourite forenames...

Stan Stedairport
Stan Stedmountfitchet
Ken Tishtown
Ken T House
Ken T Sbank
Ben Tham
Ash Vale
Al Ton
Norman S Bay
Bex Hill
Ash Fordinternational
Martin Mill
Ken Ley
Ash Hurst

 

[Gaelan]

Ed Inburghwaverley
Mark Inch

London is a given name, albeit a fairly rare one, so:
London Blackfriars
London Bridge
London Cannonstreet
London Charingcross
London Euston
London Fenchurchstreet
London Fields
London Kingscross
London Liverpoolstreet
London Marlybone
London Paddington
London Road-Brighton
London Road-Guildford
London Stpancrasinternational
London Victoria
London Waterloo
London Waterlooeast

 

[hvordan]

Basil Don
Ben Fleet
Wes T Cliff

 

[61653 HTAFC]

All these ones with a middle initial don't really work phonetically. For example Kent House Station isn't called "Kenty House" which is how you'd say the "name" as described above. Though "Kent" can be a forename, as per the news anchor on The Simpsons.

 

[Peter0124]

Ed Inburghwaverley
Mark Inch

London is a given name, albeit a fairly rare one, so:
London Blackfriars
London Bridge
London Cannonstreet
London Charingcross
London Euston
London Fenchurchstreet
London Fields
London Kingscross
London Liverpoolstreet
London Marlybone
London Paddington
London Road-Brighton
London Road-Guildford
London Stpancrasinternational
London Victoria
London Waterloo
London Waterlooeast

Whilst I would agree its a first name, the latter of the station names eg Kingscross aren't exactly a surname, which is how I understood the thread to be. Of course I could be wrong

London Bridge
London Victoria
London Fields
Probably fit that bill

 

[gg1]

Al Thorne
Al Ness
Dudley Port
Amber Gate
Col Wall
Harold Wood
John Stone
Mat Lock
Sal Ford
Val Ley
Dai Syhill
Rose Grove

 

[D6130]

Cherry Tree
Col Wynbay
Rhos Neigr
Betty S Coed
Roman Bridge
Newton Grange
Al Trincham
Elton Andorston
Craig N Doran

 

[GusB]

It would seem that the word "plausible" has been overlooked in many of the previous examples - Rotheswiththornton as a surname?!

A few more:
Karen Forth
Karen Tyne
Glen Finnan
Glen Eagles

Am I pushing it a bit with Garry Hill and Gary Lochhead?

As disused stations are permitted:
Hope Mann
Craig Ellachie
Nettie Bridge
Peter Head
Fraser Burgh?
Ken Loss
Finn D Horn

Maud Junction (okay, that's probably a bit silly!)

 

[D6130]

Lawrence Hill
Mick L Field
his girlfriend Beverley
and her brother Garth

.....not to mention that fine Geordie lass Pru D Hoe.

 

[GusB]

Mary Hill
Kelvin Dale
Kelvin Hall
Kelvin Bridge
Ash Field
Annie Sland

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Ken Tore

A few more closed stations:

Kitty Brewster
Pete Medden
Ken Aldie
Don Street
Pete Caple
Kenneth Mont
Finn Dochty
Cal Cotts

 

[Purple Train]

It would seem that the word "plausible" has been overlooked in many of the previous examples - Rotheswiththornton as a surname?!

Plausible was probably the wrong choice of word; I was trying to dissuade, for example, having Clacton* as a given name, in which case you could make a case for every station.

Mitch Am
Mitch Amjunction
Harold Wood
Brent Wood
Emma Sonpark (Emerson Park)
Digby Andsowton
Rab Ness (Wrabness)

*Other seaside resorts are available.

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All these ones with a middle initial don't really work phonetically. For example Kent House Station isn't called "Kenty House" which is how you'd say the "name" as described above. Though "Kent" can be a forename, as per the news anchor on The Simpsons.

I usually use a surname with an apostrophe, as in Ken T'shouse. Does that work better?

 

[Essan]

Eve Sham
Honey Bourne
Mal Laig

And of course, that old merry monarch, King Ham

 

[Purple Train]

Not forgetting that rather unpleasant young man, Chad Wellheath.

 

[EdinRH]

Tam Worth

 

[pdeaves]

An obvious one no one has said yet; James Cook (the newish station on the Middlesbrough-Battersby line).

 

[urbophile]

Thirty or so years ago, the erstwhile Liverpool brewery Higsons launched a series of beermats featuring fictitious local characters with similar locality-based names. For example Ann Field, Penny Lane, Wes Kirby... only a few of them (including the latter) were the names of stations but the idea is the same.

 

[cadder toad]

Annie Sland was mentioned but what about her close friend Alexandra Park or their long standing buddy Old Kilpatrick? Another of their circle is Scot Stounhill

 

[Purple Train]

Annie Sland was mentioned but what about her close friend Alexandra Park or their long standing buddy Old Kilpatrick? Another of their circle is Scot Stounhill

Or Craig Hall Jr, better known to friends and family as New Craig Hall.

 

[duncanp]

How about Doreen King, who usually shortens her first name to Dor