Your nicknames for stations

[Gathursty]

I have a few nicknames for certain stations which sound totally daft but I wonder if you have a particular nickname for a station.

KiKi Dee - Kirkdale
Bo Desley (Bo Diddly) - Bordesley
Cake - Eccles/Chorley

I've seen many on this forum use Bat Cave for Birmingham New Street which makes much more sense than my two examples.

 

[Railsigns]

I'm sure there's been a thread on this topic before, although my recollection is that most of the responses gave nicknames for the places served by the stations rather than the stations specifically (e.g. "Donny" for Doncaster).

 

[Train Maniac]

Not nicknames as such but i tend to use abbreviations a fair bit
London Vic- London Victoria
Picc Line- Piccadilly Line
The Met- Metropolitan Line

Rolling stock is a completely different matter... Haha

 

[MikePJ]

I’ve tended to refer to Severn Tunnel Junction as “Studge”, from the acronym STJ.

 

[zwk500]

I'm sure there's been a thread on this topic before, although my recollection is that most of the responses gave nicknames for the places served by the stations rather than the stations specifically (e.g. "Donny" for Doncaster).

This one?

Trivia: Station nicknames

Among staff and passengers alike, we have Doncaster known as Donny, Glasgow Queen Street known as Queen Street, Edinburgh Waverley known as Waverley. Anywhere else that's known just as much by its nickname/shortname than its fullname? Stonehaven is another one. Often called Stoney. Likewise...

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[Railsigns]

This one?

Trivia: Station nicknames

Among staff and passengers alike, we have Doncaster known as Donny, Glasgow Queen Street known as Queen Street, Edinburgh Waverley known as Waverley. Anywhere else that's known just as much by its nickname/shortname than its fullname? Stonehaven is another one. Often called Stoney. Likewise...

www.railforums.co.uk

That's the one I was thinking of, thanks.

 

[Tractor37]

Bradford Forster Square - Fozzy Bear

 

[yorksrob]

St Pancreas

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Congleton - Congo.

 

[pokemonsuper9]

Stratford interNational

 

[Shimbleshanks]

K X for King's Cross. Padders for Paddington.

 

[leytongabriel]

Bow Brickhill International

 

[Doctor Fegg]

Didcot, Yaw Krap.

 

[Techniquest]

The only one I tend to use really is The Ford for Hereford. Although I do sometimes use Brunel's Cathedral for London Paddington.

The Bat Cave was certainly common a few years ago for Birmingham New Street, but that seems to have dropped out of favour.

If I'm texting about a train I'm on, I might shorten the name of the station to 'Padd' or 'St Pan' (for two examples) if I know the other person knows what I'm talking about.

In general I don't see much in the way of nicknames for stations, although I did like Worcester Shrub Hill being referred to as Worcester Super Mud a number of years ago when the area near Shrub Hill (I think!) had been badly affected by flooding.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

St Pancreas

Yes- I always say that

Glasgow Central - Glaz Gee Cee

 

[TheHSRailFan]

Frogspawn - Broxbourne

 

[12LDA28C]

Crappy Rub Sniff - Finsbury Park

 

[D6130]

My wife has been known to refer to Manchester Piccalilli.

Back in the 'seventies, when I was commuting on the Portsmouth Direct Line, one of my fellow passengers used to refer to Godalming as 'Sod All Ming'.

 

[_toommm_]

• Meadowhall = Meadowhell
• Most of the Manchester stations I cut • ‘Manchester’ out, so just call them by their suffix e.g. Victoria. I also do the same with London stations.
• Stalybridge = Stalyvegas
• Sheffield = Sheff
• Doncaster = Donny

 

[secretsquirels]

Seaton Carew -> Seaton Canoe

Good old John Darwin

 

[Magdalia]

From the Fens the London stations are The Cross and The Street. Now we can go to St Pancreas too.

There are various alternative names along the way. The GN has Badlock, St Evenage (said with a French accent), and Krapy Rubsnif.

Going the other way has Wobbly End, Sawbo, Frogspawn (already mentioned), Chestnut, Several Sisters and Hanky Downs.

The London Underground anagrams map is a goldmine for alternative names. My favourites are on the west end of the District Line, Burst Racoon and Sunny Burger.

 

[185143]

St. Pancakes!

 

[Welly]

I've seen Lincoln called "Dogbox Central" here when the 153s were commonplace a few years ago.

 

[class 9]

Not sure it's still used, but Knottingley used to be Dog**** City!

 

[daveymilo]

Porridge
Smelly Oak
Salop

 

[D6130]

Built on Beans Central

 

[185143]

Built on Beans Central

I heard an Avanti TM announce "Milton Beans Central" recently.

 

[RPI]

Axminster- Crackminster
Cranbrook- Crimebrook (though that's the nickname for the whole town)
Menheniot - Men-notalot
Weston-super-Mare. Weston-Super-Nightmare

 

[Spartacus]

Nobody's mentioned Liverpool Crime Street yet!?!

 

[norbitonflyer]

In SW London
Cutie Road (Queens Town - QT)
Crappy Junction (Clapham)
Teddytown
Tickletown
Suburbiton

and in Cornwall
St Awful (Austell)