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Trivia: Stations which have been renamed?

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adrock1976

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In my original neck of the woods in the West Midlands, Birches & Bilbrook became Bilbrook.

Broad Lane became Bloxwich North.

My former local station Cradley Heath was previously Cradley Heath & Cradley on a different site.

Oldbury became Sandwell & Dudley, which was around the time the 87 bus that runs between Dudley and Birmingham via Smethwick and Cape Hill served the station forecourt. There is no such settlement called Sandwell, however the name of the Metropolitan Borough formed in 1974 took its name from Sandwell Park, which the edge of the park served as a boundary between Staffordshire and Warwickshire. Sandwell MBC was formed from the County Borough of Warley (again, no such settlement - it was named after Warley Park near Bearwood (Birmingham side) and again, the edge of the park more or less served as the boundary between Warwickshire and Staffordshire). Warley contained Rowley Regis, Oldbury, and Smethwick, and was formed in 1966 from parts of Staffordshire and Worcestershire. In 1974 Warley merged with the District Councils of West Bromwich, Wednesbury, and Tipton to form Sandwell MBC.

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.

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 actually 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?

Lambhill on the Maryhill Park line was renamed to Gilshochill in the late 1990s/early Noughties.

In 1989, Clarkson (Airdrie) was reopened and renamed Drumgelloch so as to avoid confusion with Clarkston (Eastwood District/ East Renfrewshire) on the line to East Kilbride. In 2010, Drumgelloch was re-sited when the line was rebuilt towards Edinburgh via Bathgate.
 
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In 1989, Clarkston (Airdrie) was reopened and renamed Drumgelloch so as to avoid confusion with Clarkston (Eastwood District/ East Renfrewshire) on the line to East Kilbride. In 2010, Drumgelloch was re-sited when the line was rebuilt towards Edinburgh via Bathgate.

Never knew that about Drumgelloch. Of course, Clarkston (East Renfrewshire) was Clarkston & Stamperland until relatively recently.
 

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Rice Lane on the Merseyrail Kirkby line was formerly known as Preston Road, not sure when it was renamed though
The odd thing about this is that the street it is on has always (afaik) been Rice Lane although it is also the A59 to Preston. Maybe it was just Preston Road when the station opened.
 

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Slades Green somehow lost the second 's' at some point, and Farringdon Street lost its second word as well. I'm not sure why these changes occurred.
 

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Kearsley was originally called Stoneclough and Clifton was Clifton Junction I believe.
I thought Clifton and Clifton Junction were two different stations, I could be wrong.
In that neck of the woods Moses Gate station was originally named Farnworth.
 

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Don't think we've had Aldersgate to Barbican. The potential for confusion with Aldgate three stops away is obvious.
 

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New Malden has been renamed multiple times. Before it became New Malden it was always a variation containing one or both of Malden and Coombe. It was Coombe and Malden when HG Wells was writing about it in The Argonauts of the Air.
 

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Birkenhead North was previously Birkenhead Docks (which it inherited from the Hoylake Railway terminus now on the far side of the EMU depot)
Bebington has lost an "& New Ferry"
Hope (Flintshire) was previously Hope Exchange when the Great Central and LNWR lines crossed each other
 

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Carshalton Beeches originally opened as Beeches Halt, but that is going back well before OPs preferred cut-off. IIRC the original name didn't last for a particularly long time. There was also Bandon Halt between Wallington and West Croydon but since I don't have my Jowett's in front of me I don't recall whether this became Waddon or closed altogether (local geographical knowledge suggests that any station of such a name was probably in the locale of Sandy Lane South and not where the current Waddon station is - something for me to research!)
 

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Arlesey used to be Arlesey & Shefford Road (and still effectively acts as the A507 Parkway).

Meldreth was Meldreth & Melbourn. Did ampersand stations go out of fashion? It probably serves Melbourn more than Meldreth.
 

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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.

Locally a lot of people still refer to 'Midland station' in Nottingham, but I don't think the 'London Road' name has stuck as much in Leicester.

Personally I'd always refer to Loughborough as 'Loughborough Midland' to avoid any (admittedly unlikely) confusion with the (very much operational) Loughborugh Central heritage station!
 

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Some Chiltern examples:

Wembley Hill now Wembley Stadium - (the Empire Stadium and Pool were once served by Wembley Complex - now obliterated)

Wembley Complex is the current station named Wembley Stadium, it was renamed in the 80s. Before Wembley Complex it was called Wembley Hill. It's CRS code is still WCX.

The obliterated station sat on the other side of the stadium as far as I'm aware, it was on a balloon loop not far from the River Brent. There is practically no trace of its existence left .
 
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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.
Along similar lines, Sheffield was once Sheffield Midland, to distinguish between it and Sheffield Victoria which is now long closed.
 

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Did ampersand stations go out of fashion?

I mentioned "Houston & Crosslee" and "Dunkeld & Birnam" recently. I can't think of any other Scottish examples (extant or otherwise) offhand. There is, however, "Glenrothes with Thornton".
 

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Locally a lot of people still refer to 'Midland station' in Nottingham, but I don't think the 'London Road' name has stuck as much in Leicester.

Personally I'd always refer to Loughborough as 'Loughborough Midland' to avoid any (admittedly unlikely) confusion with the (very much operational) Loughborugh Central heritage station!

You hear "Midland" in Bedford, too, although most people seem blissfully unaware St John station still exists (albeit just barely).
 

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I mentioned "Houston & Crosslee" and "Dunkeld & Birnam" recently. I can't think of any other Scottish examples (extant or otherwise) offhand. There is, however, "Glenrothes with Thornton".

Arrochar & Tarbet is the other one that springs to mind, but I'm sure there's others.
 

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You hear "Midland" in Bedford, too, although most people seem blissfully unaware St John station still exists (albeit just barely).

It's 30 years ago(!), but commuters would have seen/used King's Cross Midlands City between 1983 and 1988, which would have been a nice reminder of the "Midland"!

Indeed (I'm not sure if it's been mentioned here), West Hampstead Thameslink was previous called West Hampstead Midland between 1950 and 1988, an even longer lasting use of the Midland name.
 

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Arrochar & Tarbet is the other one that springs to mind, but I'm sure there's others.

Indeed (I'm not sure if it's been mentioned here), West Hampstead Thameslink was previous called West Hampstead Midland between 1950 and 1988, an even longer lasting use of the Midland name.[/QUOTE]

Arrochar & Tarbet
Dunkeld & Birnam
Possilpark & Parkhouse
Priesthill & Darnley

is the full extant list according to the ORR station usage dataset.
 

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Handborough Station was renamed Hanborough in 1992. The station code is still HND.
 

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New Malden has been renamed multiple times. Before it became New Malden it was always a variation containing one or both of Malden and Coombe. It was Coombe and Malden when HG Wells was writing about it in The Argonauts of the Air.

I used to commute from New Malden, and never knew that!
 

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Surprised to see no mention of Sheffield Midland losing its 'Midland' suffix on the closing of Sheffield Victoria.
 

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Boxmoor became Hemel Hempstead. The original Hemel Hempstead station was on the Midland line to Harpenden
 

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Surprised to see no mention of Sheffield Midland losing its 'Midland' suffix on the closing of Sheffield Victoria.
There must be dozens of similar examples to that one, if not hundreds, where more than one railway serves a town. Bristol was just that until Bristol St Philips was opened by the MR. Temple Meads never reverted after St Philips was closed, however, probably because Stapleton Road became Bristol Stapleton Road to serve the South Wales to South Coast trains that avoided TM.
 

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Harwich Parkestone Quay - Harwich International
Hythe in Colchester has recieved new GA signs "Hythe (Colchester)" although I believe tickets still say Hythe Essex?
 
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