Llanfairpwll

[martyn29]

has anyone ever been, it has the longest station name in the world.. (in its full name)

 

[175001]

has anyone ever been, it has the longest station name in the world.. (in its full name)

Just down the road from me. Nice little station, nothing much there, except the name and the Pringles shop. Short platforms too.

 

[Ascot]

Yes... Not Much there....

 

[generalvegitable]

i could swear that there was a station in wales with a longer name

Gorsafawddacha'idraigodanheddogleddollônpenrhynareurdraethceredigion
as opposed to
Llanfairpwllgwyngyll-gogerychwyrndrobwll-llantysilio-gogogoch

 

[MCR247]

i could swear that there was a station in wales with a longer name

Gorsafawddacha'idraigodanheddogleddollônpenrhynareurdraethceredigion
as opposed to
Llanfairpwllgwyngyll-gogerychwyrndrobwll-llantysilio-gogogoch

read through the whole article :roll:

 

[tripleseis]

Popped by Llanfairpwll station on a trip to North Wales in 2007. I have a picture of me next to the sign. It's a smallish station with not much their really apart from the shop and car park. Surrounded mostly by housing.

 

[Broken Viking]

Hail All!
As it happens, I have family living in the town that I visit occasionally, and thus I've been using the station on-and-off for the last 25 years! hock:

Although it's not particularly well served nowadays (Although todays service is much better than the four trains a day that called there back in 1996CE!) it's still a much quicker route to the mainland than walking along the strait and over Y Pont Menai. Indeed...It also used to be a damn good place for spotting 15x's and HSTs flying off of Y Pont Brittania before they bought those blasted Class 221 Foragers in! 8)

Just down the road from me. Nice little station, nothing much there, except the name and the Pringles shop. Short platforms too.

Aye, I agree that the platforms are a little short there, having once gotton my doors mixed up and having to cess-walk 50 yards to get to the platform after alighting! :razz:

Mind ye though, I suppose that's a practical use for the name of the town itself. If the town was simply called "Llanfair" (Church of the Fair, implying St. Mary's Church) then the platforms would've only been built about 12ft long...And it'd be a reet bugger for DMU drivers nowadays to get the doors lined up properly with the platform! hock:

Surrounded mostly by housing.

Well...Surrounded mostly by housing on the Northern side of the station! Unless things have changed significantly there in the past 14 months, the south side of the station only has a bunch of fields and the 100Kv Nat Grid feed from Wylfa! :razz:

The thing that always strikes me as strange when thinking of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogeryrchwyrndrobwillllantysiliogogogoch though is that - When translated from the Cymraeg - The town's name reveals itself to actually be a sentance describing the towns location and religious installations. Surely calling the town "St. Mary's Church" (Thus shortening it to just "Llanfair") would've been easier?

Although I wouldn't change the name now - Especially given it's important status as one of the World's longest place names - I must admit that I get a bit peeved off with it at times. Even if I'm sending a simple "thank you" letter or birthday card to my family there, I still have to use a four-foot long envelope just to accommodate the address! hock::roll:

Farewell...
>> Death <<

 

[merlodlliw]

Hail All!
As it happens, I have family living in the town that I visit occasionally, and thus I've been using the station on-and-off for the last 25 years! hock:

Although it's not particularly well served nowadays (Although todays service is much better than the four trains a day that called there back in 1996CE!) it's still a much quicker route to the mainland than walking along the strait and over Y Pont Menai. Indeed...It also used to be a damn good place for spotting 15x's and HSTs flying off of Y Pont Brittania before they bought those blasted Class 221 Foragers in! 8)

Aye, I agree that the platforms are a little short there, having once gotton my doors mixed up and having to cess-walk 50 yards to get to the platform after alighting! :razz:

Mind ye though, I suppose that's a practical use for the name of the town itself. If the town was simply called "Llanfair" (Church of the Fair, implying St. Mary's Church) then the platforms would've only been built about 12ft long...And it'd be a reet bugger for DMU drivers nowadays to get the doors lined up properly with the platform! hock:

Well...Surrounded mostly by housing on the Northern side of the station! Unless things have changed significantly there in the past 14 months, the south side of the station only has a bunch of fields and the 100Kv Nat Grid feed from Wylfa! :razz:

The thing that always strikes me as strange when thinking of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogeryrchwyrndrobwillllantysiliogogogoch though is that - When translated from the Cymraeg - The town's name reveals itself to actually be a sentance describing the towns location and religious installations. Surely calling the town "St. Mary's Church" (Thus shortening it to just "Llanfair") would've been easier?

Although I wouldn't change the name now - Especially given it's important status as one of the World's longest place names - I must admit that I get a bit peeved off with it at times. Even if I'm sending a simple "thank you" letter or birthday card to my family there, I still have to use a four-foot long envelope just to accommodate the address! hock::roll:

Farewell...
>> Death <<

Llanfairpwll, will always find it, thats what ATW call it in the timetable however its still a request halt with a choice of 12 trains a day on the up.

 

[Proud Salopian]

"Rhoose Cardiff International Airport railway station" is now the longest station name in English on the British network.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhoose_Cardiff_International_Airport_railway_station

 

[mrcheek]

"Rhoose Cardiff International Airport railway station" is now the longest station name in English on the British network.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhoose_Cardiff_International_Airport_railway_station

I like it how they say the names of Llanfair PG and the old name of Golf Halt were considered "contrived", yet this name apparently isnt.
Somebodys going to spot this, and try and beat it.

So maybe we should have some suggestions, of existing stations that could reasonably and justifiably alter their name to claim the record!

Ill start with:
East Midlands International Airport Parkway (39 letters!!!)

 

[Proud Salopian]

"Telford Defence College of Aeronautical Engineering Cosford" :P

 

[Bill EWS]

Death: The reason behind this long name is very common in Celtic languages. The same happens in Gaidhlig. It goes way back before the language was written and the way in which they recorded history, be it of the country or one's family tree, they put all the necessary names, places etc into one long word or sentance. It meant that the correct historical link was passed on from family to family and generation to generation. I believe it is still carried out today in Gaidhlig speaking areas.