Stations which should be renamed

pitdiver · 7 Jun 2012

Eagle said:
It's not that, it's that it's the most central of the several stations in Milton Keynes. Before MKC was built, probably the best station for MK was Bletchley, which had intercity services; this new station was named to highlight the fact it was a more central station for MK. (Of course it doesn't help that there's an area of MK called Central, which isn't where the station is.)

Telford Central is the same; before it was built Telford had two or three pre-existing stations; it needed a new central station and it was named thus.

I beg to differ Milton Keynes Central Stn is in fact in Milton Keynes Central. The area surrounding is known thus. I lived there for twenty three years.
I believe there was a plan to rename Wolverton " Milton Keynes North"
and Bletchley "MIlton Keynes South". But the residents of those areas didn't want to lose any more of their identity.

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paulb1973 · 7 Jun 2012

Berkswell, perhaps should be Balsall Common.

oversteer · 7 Jun 2012

Tring, to Aldbury

Bob M · 7 Jun 2012

I don't think the current Pokesdown (for Boscombe) station was ever called Boscombe. There was once a Boscombe station a little further down the line (at Boscombe!) which was closed a long time ago.

Tomonthetrain · 7 Jun 2012

Stourbridge Town to Stourbridge Interchange, or just Stourbridge

Stourbridge Junction to Dudley Parkway or Stourbridge Parkway

Deerfold · 7 Jun 2012

Tomonthetrain said:
Stourbridge Town to Stourbridge Interchange, or just Stourbridge

Stourbridge Junction to Dudley Parkway or Stourbridge Parkway

I think the "Junction" name is important as a hint that you need to change there for Stourbridge - especially if it's not in the middle of somewhere else.

172212 · 7 Jun 2012

Tomonthetrain said:
Stourbridge Town to Stourbridge Interchange, or just Stourbridge

Stourbridge Junction to Dudley Parkway or Stourbridge Parkway

That seems a bit too complicated for me, I like the way it is

pemma · 7 Jun 2012

Around the Northwich area:

Greenbank should become Hartford East and Northwich should become Northwich & Rudheath. That would make it sound like Hartford and Greenbank stations are in the same village and Northwich is on the boundary of the town and the neighbouring village of Rudheath so Northwich may be a bit misleading to someone from outside the area.

Gwenllian2001 · 7 Jun 2012

Sometimes it is sensible to change the name of a station. BR did it back in the fifties when Barmouth Junction became Morfa Mawddach. A pity really because it was always a bit of fun to watch holidaymakers scrambling back on the train, with suitcases and kids, when they realized that they weren't in Barmouth. I'm not so sure about Cardiff Bute Road becoming Cardiff Bay though. It's still in Bute Road.

Deerfold · 7 Jun 2012

jcollins said:
Around the Northwich area:

Greenbank should become Hartford East and Northwich should become Northwich & Rudheath. That would make it sound like Hartford and Greenbank stations are in the same village and Northwich is on the boundary of the town and the neighbouring village of Rudheath so Northwich may be a bit misleading to someone from outside the area.

Hmm, might be a cause for confusion when buying tickets having Hartford East and Hertford East.

stuartmoss · 7 Jun 2012

Leeds:

Horsforth station should be renamed as Cookridge station or Horsforth & Cookridge. The station is wholly in Cookridge, apart from the car park which is over Moseley Beck in Horsforth. The two largest central business districts of Horsforth are about a mile from the station.

I'm also not entirely convinced that Headingley station is actually in Headingley - Queenswood or Kirkstall are possibly more geographically acurate names.
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Stewart said:
Burley Park to Headingley
Headingley to Far Headingley
Horsforth to Cookridge

Disagree with Headingley to Far Headingley, isn't that up Otley Road where The Village Hotel is?

LE Greys · 7 Jun 2012

Deerfold said:
Hmm, might be a cause for confusion when buying tickets having Hartford East and Hertford East.

That is a must-have ticket one day!

IanD · 7 Jun 2012

pitdiver said:
I beg to differ Milton Keynes Central Stn is in fact in Milton Keynes Central.

Milton Keynes Central is on the very edge of Central Milton Keynes but I was thinking it should be renamed as it is the only station called Milton Keynes so would not have needed an epithet when it was opened.

However, I too would like to see some of the suffixes restored to stations such as Carlisle Citadel, Hull Paragon, Lancaster Castle and Darlington Bank Top as it adds a bit of gravitas and possibly romance. In which case, I'd be happy for Milton Keynes to keep its Central.

PR1Berske · 8 Jun 2012

Manchester Victoria --> Manchester Exchange

mappman1000 · 8 Jun 2012

Whittlesea to Whittelsey, so it matches the spelling of the town it serves.

yorksrob · 8 Jun 2012

stuartmoss said:
Leeds:

Horsforth station should be renamed as Cookridge station or Horsforth & Cookridge. The station is wholly in Cookridge, apart from the car park which is over Moseley Beck in Horsforth. The two largest central business districts of Horsforth are about a mile from the station.

I'm also not entirely convinced that Headingley station is actually in Headingley - Queenswood or Kirkstall are possibly more geographically acurate names.
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Disagree with Headingley to Far Headingley, isn't that up Otley Road where The Village Hotel is?

I agree - Headingley station is most definately in Kirkstall.

Cherry_Picker · 8 Jun 2012

I'd add a town, central or castle to Warwick because it not having a suffix seems to cause confusion with tourists on a daily basis. If one station in a place with two stations has a suffix (Warwick, Warwick Parkway in this example) then both probably should.

Waverley125 · 8 Jun 2012

Burley Park station (my local one) isn't in Headingley. It basically forms the border between Burley & Hyde Park, and is a short distance north of a public park called, shockingly, Burley Park.

The only sensible name change would be to Burley & Hyde Park, or Cardigan Road.

Otherwise, I have a thing for suffixes.

Newcastle to Newcastle Central
Leeds to Leeds City
Carlisle to Carlisle Citadel
Darlington to Darlington Bank Top

otherwise around Yorkshire

Headingley to Queenswood
Weeton to Huby (Weeton is the next, smaller, village over)

Eagle · 8 Jun 2012

Ah, but Warwick Parkway isn't in Warwick, it's in Budbrooke.

I do agree that Warwick Town or Warwick Castle would be a better name for the older station (Central seems a little over-the-top for somewhere which, touristical concerns aside, is basically a small provincial market town).

Canley to Hearsall Common (most parts of Canley are closer to Tile Hill than Canley station, and Canley station is practically in Earlsdon).

Cherry_Picker · 8 Jun 2012

Eagle said:
Ah, but Warwick Parkway isn't in Warwick, it's in Budbrooke.

I do agree that Warwick Town or Warwick Castle would be a better name for the older station (Central seems a little over-the-top for somewhere which, touristical concerns aside, is basically a small provincial market town).

Canley to Hearsall Common (most parts of Canley are closer to Tile Hill than Canley station, and Canley station is practically in Earlsdon).

All of this depends on how you look at the problem. Personally I dont think it should be about finding the closest location to platform 1 on a map and naming the station after that, but more to do with passenger flows. Warwick (the town) receives more than its fare share of international tourists because of it's castle, because of it's proximity to where that Shakespeare bloke was from and because of how relatively easy it is to get to from London where most tourists seem to base themselves. I'd be interested to see how many people arriving in the town by train who arent from the area are in Warwick to see the castle and how many are from overseas. A suffix to Warwick station would really help.

And Warwick Parkway wasnt built to serve the people of Budbrooke, or to make Budbrooke easier to get to from outside. It was built for people who live in and around Warwick (and lets be honest, the rich people who live in south Coventry) to have an easy park and ride for their jobs in London and Birmingham. The name of the station conveys that the station is near Warwick and easy to get to by road. Throw in extensive local advertising mentioning that it is right on a very well known road in the area and its a recipe for success.

Eagle · 8 Jun 2012

Cherry_Picker said:
The name of the station conveys that the station is near Warwick and easy to get to by road...

However there is a tendency to name things this side of the county after Warwick even if that's not the nearest place. University of Warwick, Warwick Arts Centre, Warwick motorway service area... also the district council is Warwick District, despite always having being based in the much larger town of Leamington.

cnicht · 8 Jun 2012

Weeton Station on the Leeds Harrogate line should become Huby. Dent Station should be Dentdale.

LE Greys · 8 Jun 2012

cnicht said:
Weeton Station on the Leeds Harrogate line should become Huby. Dent Station should be Dentdale.

Wasn't it originally Dent Head. Garsdale was once Hawes Junction (and might be again in a few decades, but that's one for another time).

IanXC · 8 Jun 2012

I'd suggest Seamer to "Seamer and Eastfield", Eastfield is to the south of the line, where Seamer is to the north. Eastfield has a growing light industrial and office park so presents a good opportunity to promote travel by rail.

yorksrob said:
I agree - Headingley station is most definately in Kirkstall.

There will of course soon be a Kirkstall Forge station to add potential for confusion.

yorksrob · 8 Jun 2012

IanXC said:
There will of course soon be a Kirkstall Forge station to add potential for confusion.

I'd forgotten about that. Perhaps Queenswood would be better !

SprinterMan · 8 Jun 2012

158_Sprinter said:
I didn't realise they had changed the England/Wales border since I moved from Shropshire! There will be a lot of people very surprised that they will no longer have to cross Chirk viaduct to enter Wales!

Sorry :P, wasn't sure which side of the border it was on, just knew it was an ATW station.

More possible renamings:

South East
Gunton to Thorpe Market
Doleham to Guestling, Guestling Thorn or Doleham Lane
Kennett to Kentford
Shelford to Great Shelford
Whittlesford Parkway to Duxford & Whittlesford Parkway
Shenfield to Brentwood Mainline or Brentwood (Shenfield)
Brentwood to Brentwood Central

South West
Tiverton Parkway to Tiverton & Cullompton Parkway
St James Park to Exeter St James
Polsloe Bridge to Exeter St Peter
Digby & Sowton to Exeter St Mary
Exeter Central to Exeter Jesus

Coombe to anything really, I like the sound of Liskeard Ghost Town
Lelant Saltings to Lelant Parkway

Adam

RichmondCommu · 9 Jun 2012

LE Greys said:
Wasn't it originally Dent Head.

Right from when the line first opened the station was always known as Dent however Dent Head was one location that was considered for the station. Of course strictly speaking the nearest settlement to the station is Cowgill.

tbtc · 9 Jun 2012

Cherry_Picker said:
I'd add a town, central or castle to Warwick because it not having a suffix seems to cause confusion with tourists on a daily basis. If one station in a place with two stations has a suffix (Warwick, Warwick Parkway in this example) then both probably should.

I agree - this is what happened in Dunfermline (where used to be just Dunfermline station, but when a new station opened to serve Queen Margaret Hospital the existing station was renamed "Dunfermline Town" to avoid confusion about which Dunfermline station was the central one)

pemma · 9 Jun 2012

yorksrob said:
I agree - Headingley station is most definately in Kirkstall.

Waverley125 said:
Burley Park station (my local one) isn't in Headingley. It basically forms the border between Burley & Hyde Park, and is a short distance north of a public park called, shockingly, Burley Park.

With the cricket ground at Headlingley and known by that name it makes sense to name the station closest to it Headlingley station.

Old Trafford Metrolink stop is actually on Warwick Road, Stretford and used to be Warwick Road station under BR, with what is now Trafford Bar Metrolink stop formerly known as Old Trafford station.

However, back to Headlingley, isn't the Headlingley university campus closer to Burley Park station?

Batman · 9 Jun 2012

I would change Wylde Green to Wylde Green and Boldmere, and I'd change Chester Road to either Yenton or Erdington North.
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tbtc said:
I agree - this is what happened in Dunfermline (where used to be just Dunfermline station, but when a new station opened to serve Queen Margaret Hospital the existing station was renamed "Dunfermline Town" to avoid confusion about which Dunfermline station was the central one)

I think that was done when Rugeley Town station opened in 1997. The existing Rugeley station was renamed Rugeley Trent Valley so that passengers who don't know the area have an idea of which station is located closer to the town centre.

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