Station signs with spelling errors

[Stonesourscotty]

Notice a few Northern Stations with Spelling Mistakes in signs including one at my local station of Orrell which has a sign saying Kirby instead of Kirkby as these are new signs who cocked up tfgm network rail or someone else?

 

[kermit]

The Daddy of them all.....no contest!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7702913.stm

 

[thenorthern]

I was thinking about this the other day.

An old favourite on here Teesside Airport station which according to National Rail is called Tees-Side Airport although the Airport itself is called Durham Tees Valley Airport which is a different name altogether.

Peartree station in Derby serves an area called Pear Tree although the signs at the station are correct.

I think the signs at Ince and Elton and Stanlow and Thornton still say "This Platform for Hooton and Chester change at Hooton for Liverpool" despite the direct Hooton service ending in 1994.

 

[Railsigns]

I'm sure I've seen a direction sign on the platform at Maxwell Park pointing towards "Pollockshields West" station.

 

[northwichcat]

I think the signs at Ince and Elton and Stanlow and Thornton still say "This Platform for Hooton and Chester change at Hooton for Liverpool" despite the direct Hooton service ending in 1994.

Northern only removed the sign about trains to Southport at Northwich in around 2007, having ended when the Airport-Southport service started. Then in 2008 direct Southport services started again on Sundays only. :roll:
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who cocked up tfgm network rail or someone else?

The station is managed by Northern Rail on behalf of Network Rail so responsibility lies with Northern. TfGM provide funding for station improvements but don't manage any stations themselves.

 

[LNW-GW Joint]

It's not an active station now, but the Masborough area of Rotherham where the Midland station was has always been spelt Masbrough locally.
Network Rail still has Masborough Jn though.

I took this photo of the FGW totem at Melksham in 2010.
The final "m" is in a different font/point size which suggests it has been crudely corrected.
It may have been replaced since.

 

[Oxfordblues]

Allegedly because of an error by the signmaker the station in Egglescliffe is named "Eaglescliffe":
http://www.bbc.co.uk/tees/content/articles/2008/10/31/egglescliffe_eaglescliffe_feature.shtml

"Wolvercot Platform" served the village of Wolvercote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolvercot_Platform_railway_station

and until 1992 the station at Long Hanborough was misspelt "Handborough":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanborough_railway_station

 

[GrimsbyPacer]

Newark Northgate is also written as North Gate, at the station both can be seen. The platform at Grimsby Docks says for trains to Newark Northgate (no such service exists). But the road in Newark is North Gate.

 

[atomicdanny]

If it counts this one for Folkestone West, with Folkestone spelt as Folkstone (seems to be a common misspelling for the town though! )

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/4174057.stm

 

[thenorthern]

Burton-on-Trent station serves the town of Burton upon Trent, the correct way to spell the town's name has upon all in lower case and no hyphens.

 

[GrimsbyPacer]

Burton-on-Trent station serves the town of Burton upon Trent, the correct way to spell the town's name has upon all in lower case and no hyphens.

It's the same with Barton-on-Humber.

 

[EM2]

For a long time, there was a sign by the Tube exit barriers at Liverpool Street, which directed people into the mainline station for 'Trains for Stanstead Airport'.

 

[Busaholic]

Spelling of place names does change over the years, I believe Stanste(a)d being a case in point. Tonbridge used to be Tunbridge, as in Tunbridge Wells.

 

[GrimsbyPacer]

Some stations on the Deepcar to Sheffield line were misspelled.
Oughtibridge's station had a ''Y'' in its name.
I think Wadeslibridge was another station spelled with ''ey'' instead of ''I''. But I'm not certain.

 

[thenorthern]

The first Livingston Station (Not the current Livingston North or Livngston South) was spelt the correct way of Livingston when it first opened then later changed to Livingstone which was an incorrect spelling then changed back to Livingston. This station later closed though in 1948.

 

[wimbledonpete]

I remember that Thornton Heath was at one time (late 90s?) briefly signed on the platform as Thorton Heath.

 

[Hassocks5489]

I remember seeing in a local newspaper report circa 1998 that Connex had messed up when installing new Connex-liveried signage at Ifield ... all the signs were misspelled "Eyefield"!

 

[Hassocks5489]

Oh, and while on the subject of Crawley New Town (sorry, this spelling mistake-related but not rail-related) ... each of its neighbourhoods has its own colour, which is shown on each street name sign along with the name of the neighbourhood. Attached is an unfortunate example from the Southgate neighbourhood ... taken in 2010, so it may have been changed now!

 

[Mugby]

Hasn't the name of Whittlesey been spelt wrong for many years now? It appears on the station boards as Whittlesea.

 

[LLivery]

When National Express rebranded from 'one' the double arrow was changed at Theobalds Grove to Theobolds Grove: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nicohogg/2338563100/. I'm not sure if its been changed back.

Whittlesea is just ridiculous, the town is Whittlesey! I was baffled when they didn't change it at the time they changed Fambridge to North Fambridge, Woodham Ferrers to South Woodham Ferrers and Whittlesford to Whittlesford Parkway.
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I remember seeing in a local newspaper report circa 1998 that Connex had messed up when installing new Connex-liveried signage at Ifield ... all the signs were misspelled "Eyefield"!

That is so stupid, you have to laugh haha!

 

[Bletchleyite]

Notice a few Northern Stations with Spelling Mistakes in signs including one at my local station of Orrell which has a sign saying Kirby instead of Kirkby as these are new signs who cocked up tfgm network rail or someone else?

Southern's on-train network maps referred to "Southamton Central" for some years.

Neil

 

[midlandred]

Not a station sign, but a bridge sign at Aynho - link
Similar one on the opposite parapet!

 

[satisnek]

I once heard that Stechford was originally called Stichford - the London & Birmingham Railway was responsible for changing the first vowel.

 

[W-on-Sea]

It was only quite recently that the station of Walton-on-Naze was renamed so that it shared the name of the town it serves, Walton-on-the-Naze.

 

[davetheguard]

It was only quite recently that the station of Walton-on-Naze was renamed so that it shared the name of the town it serves, Walton-on-the-Naze.

Hanborough on the Cotswold Line between Charlbury & Oxford was changed in the late 90's from Handborough, which was how the railway had always spelt it. The "d" was dropped to reflect the spelling of the village it serves: Long Hanborough.

 

[DownSouth]

We have an odd one in South Australia.

At the turn of the last century, the state had the towns of Port Victor and Port Victoria. This was thought to be a bit ambiguous, so the decision was made to rename Port Victor to Victor Harbour (despite there being no natural or artificial harbour) which was then officially proclaimed as Victor Harbor because the state Surveyor-General made a spelling mistake, which he repeated when proclaiming the suburb of Outer Harbor.

The South Australian Railways renamed the station at Port Victor to become Victor Harbour Railway Station with the correct spelling of 'harbour' - but because the town's name has never been changed, the station name (and signage) remains both correct and incorrect at the same time!

 

[Deepgreen]

A couple of examples - although not on an actual sign - my local station Betchworth was for years announced on the recorded public address as BLetchworth on the 165/6s. After I badgered FGW they eventually re-recorded it.
Ashtead (a previous home station of mine - seems to be a theme emerging here!) is frequently referred to as Ashstead, and appears as such on both rail and bus information quite often.
On a bit of a tangent, I happened to notice only this morning that the station name sign at the extreme southern end of Reedham's (Surrey) up platform has actually been fixed to the ramp with equal length posts! I've never seen this done before and it looks very odd.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

During the 1990s there was a suburban station in Leeds called either Cross Gates or Crossgates, depending on which sign you looked at.

 

[83G/84D]

Back around 30 years ago a large sign with the BR double arrow on it was put on a footbridge at a station in Cornwall spelt Cambourne. It was later changed to the correct spelling. If anyone kept the original sign it might be handy at a new town in Cambridgeshire if they ever get a railway service.

 

[sheff'd victoria]

Kirton Lindsey is missing the " In " as it's Kirton In Lindsey