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Trivia: Stations which have been renamed?

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Morley was formerly Morley Low. If you've ever been there you'll have wondered why they changed such an accurate, descriptive name just because it became the only Morley station!
 
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Lambhill opened with the rest of the Maryhill line in December 1996 and was renamed Gilsochill in May 1998. Until a few weeks before it opened in 2002 Newcraighall was ‘Kinnaird Park’ and I believe nameboards for it were actually made.

I may be misremembering, but didn't Kelvindale also have a different working name until it opened?
 

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On the Glasgow Subway, in addition to other changes mentioned already, Merkland Street was merged into the resited Partickhill mainline station jointly as Partick.
 

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Denby Dale, formerly Denby Dale and Cumberworth. To complicate things further there is no village called simply Cumberworth: just Upper and Lower Cumberworth respectively.
 

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Lower Edmonton was renamed Edmonton Green, long after the area aquired the current name.
 

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For "became" read "was replaced by" - this one belongs in the "moving stations" thread (which we had not so long ago).

Wasnt it more like loosing a significant amount of the platforms from the concourse end, with the 'country' ends staying in about the same place?
 

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For "became" read "was replaced by" - this one belongs in the "moving stations" thread (which we had not so long ago).

Wasnt it more like loosing a significant amount of the platforms from the concourse end, with the 'country' ends staying in about the same place?

Anyway, didn't the renaming happen some time after the rebuild/relocation/shrinking?
 
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In BR days, Boldon Colliery became Brockley Whins, and it retained that name after conversion to Tyne and Wear Metro. Staying with the Metro, the only other station I know of to be renamed after it opened to Metro is Smiths Park, which became Meadowell.

Three stations on the Glasgow Subway were renamed, during the 1977-80 rebuilding. Partick Cross became Kelvinhall, to promote travel to the exhibition centre of the same name. Govan Cross became Govan, and Copland road was renamed Ibrox, to advertise its close proximity to Ibrox Stadium, home of Glasgow Rangers FC.

Staying in Scotland, Dundee Tay Bridge station became plain Dundee.

Wallsend (Metro Station - Tyne And Wear) has been given another name ‘Segedunum’ however it also keeps its original name as well!

This is due to the close proximity to an old Roman fort which was built on Hadrians Wall. The station has sign work in Latin and is the only U.K station where this is the case.
 

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I read somewhere that Stoneleigh should've been Stoneleigh Park, although I'm not sure if that's true or not.

I can't confirm either way, but if true would have made an interesting and unusual run of 4 consecutive 'Park' stations - Raynes Park, Motspur Park, Worcester Park, Stoneleigh Park....
 

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In Greater Manchester, I could add a few to the list:
  • Moorside: previously Moorside and Wardley;
  • Atherton: also on the same line to Wigan, previously Atherton Central;
  • Farnworth: previously Farnworth and Halshaw Moor. At one point, previously Halshaw Moor and Farnworth, and (on its own) Halshaw Moor.
 

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Blechynden. Now Southampton Central.

Southampton Central was actually opened as Southampton West in 1895 and it replaced the original Blechynden Station which was slightly to the West (Blechynden opened in 1847 and was later renamed West End). To show you the extent of land reclamation in the Southampton area, when it opened Southampton West was on the waterfront. The whole West Bay area was reclaimed between 1927 and 1934 for the vast "New Docks", now Western Docks, a largely railway-led project that also allowed allowed the station to be rebuilt and expanded, and in 1935 it was renamed Southampton Central. The "Central" was dropped in 1967 after Southampton Terminus closed, although it was resurrected in 1994 to distinguish it from Southampton Parkway.

Southampton Airport Parkway was opened in 1966 as Southampton Airport, and was on the site of the old Atlantic Park Hostel Halt which opened in 1929 and had closed by the 1950s. The station was expanded and renamed Southampton Parkway in 1986 for the coming of the Wessex Electrics (the class 442s) and became Southampton Airport Parkway in 1994, reflecting the growth of the adjacent airport.

Nearby Ashurst (New Forest) was Lyndhurst Road for much of its life, only gaining its present name in September 1995.
 

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The Gerrards Cross name boards originally had: "For The Chalfonts" - very uncomfortable. :oops:
No wonder Gerrard was Cross, then! :lol::lol::lol:

Dewsbury Wellington Road is now just Dewsbury, with the former stations of Dewsbury Central, Dewsbury Marketplace and Dewsbury Savile Town long-gone.
 

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On the Cambrian Coast "Talwrn Bach" became Pensarn ...at the same time (May 1978) as "Llanbedr and Pensarn" became Llanbedr. (Edited to add reason) Llanbedr is a much bigger place (more accurately - it is a much less small place) than Pensarn and the current Llanbedr station is far closer to the village than the old "Lanbedr and Pensarn". So it just makes things less confusing really.
 
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Nottingham Midland to Nottingham
Leicester London Road to Leicester
Loughborough Midland to Loughborough

All 3 suffixes became unnecessary after the GC line closure and the closure of Leicester Central, Loughborough Central and Nottingham Victoria.
 

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From the Scottish perspective:

Former “Halts” - Carfin (which never had signage with “Halt”), Rosyth, Balmossie, Golf Street, and possibly one or two in the Far North.

Former “Highs” - Yoker, Johnstone, Neilston, Fairlie.

Dalmuir Park kept the suffix long after it was the only station with a “Dalmuir” name. Other suffixes that long outlived their necessity include Uddingston Central, Clydebank Central, Keith Junction and Fauldhouse North (which is in the south-western part of Fauldhouse).

Midcalder reverted to its original name of Kirknewton in 1982 - it was initially renamed due to confusion with another Kirknewton in the Borders.

Tyndrum Upper and Lower were “reversed” to Upper and Lower Tyndrum respectively due to the possibility of a corrupted RETB cab display causing confusion. This was the same reason that Mallaig Junction signal box became Fort William Junction.

Mosspark was previously Mosspark (West), but was there ever another Mosspark station?

Houston and Crosslee wasn’t actually in either place: it was in Brookfield.

Dunfermline Lower dropped the suffix some time after Upper closed and regained one (Town) after Queen Margaret opened. Prestwick similarly gained “Town” when the Airport station opened.

Langside was originally Langside & Newlands.

Finnieston became “Exhibition Centre” relatively soon after reopening - it had been Stobcross previously.

Did Dunkeld drop then regain “& Birnam” at one point?
 
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