[Trivia] Stations named "X for Y" or have 2-for-the-price-of-1 names

Lockwood · 4 Sep 2017

Waldgrun said:
Witley on the Portsmouth direct line

Can we have "Portsmouth and Southsea"?

Custom House for ExCeL?
Cutty Sark for Maritime Greenwich?

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Dr_Paul · 4 Sep 2017

There's Wickham Market for Campsea Ashe, on the Ipswich to Beccles/Lowestoft line, now, according to the National Rail website, just called Wickham Market.

However, the picture in this link shows that the name-board says (or at least said three years back) 'Campsea Ashe for Wickham Market'. There is some logic in this, as the station is in Campsea Ashe, with Wickham Market a couple of miles away.

61653 HTAFC · 4 Sep 2017

PeterC said:
Gidea Park station is actually in Squirrels Heath but Gidea Park was the more upmarket area a little to the north. Developers naturally used the more prestigious name when filling in the area between Gidea Park and the railway.

Warley was an important military base when the railway was built. The station is right on the parish boundary as is Shenfield (and Hutton).

If it was being opened now, they'd definitely go for the quirky, hipster-friendly Squirrels Heath (No apostrophe I assume?)! :lol:

stut · 4 Sep 2017

MichaelAMW said:
Gerrrards Cross for the Chalfonts

Is that just a comment on the very cold station benches?

Waldgrun · 4 Sep 2017

Lockwood said:
Can we have "Portsmouth and Southsea"?

Only if you can answer if Fratton should be included!

507021 · 4 Sep 2017

I've seen Gobowen listed as "Gobowen for Oswestry", but I don't know if this was its actual name before though.

james60059 · 4 Sep 2017

Locally to me, there use to be Elmesthorpe for Barwell and Earl Shilton which closed in the late 1960's although it gets mentioned from time to time for reopening.

Others I can think of is:
Ashchurch for Tewkesbury

Not 100% certain if it still reads but I can remember Port Talbot Park having for Aberavon Beach or was it Bay??

Romilly · 4 Sep 2017

I think there was a time when the signs at Orpington Station said:

Orpington for London Biggin Hill Airport

And also a time when the signs at Cambridge Station said:

Cambridge for Anglia Ruskin University

Silver Cobra · 4 Sep 2017

Romilly said:
I think there was a time when the signs at Orpington Station said:

Orpington for London Biggin Hill Airport

And also a time when the signs at Cambridge Station said:

Cambridge for Anglia Ruskin University

Along those lines, at Benfleet the platform signs say "Benfleet for Canvey Island".

moogal · 4 Sep 2017

Lockwood said:
Custom House for ExCeL?
Cutty Sark for Maritime Greenwich?

Another DLR one:

All Saints for Chrisp Street Market

Hophead · 4 Sep 2017

Kings Cross St. Pancras?

xotGD · 5 Sep 2017

Audley End for Saffron Waldon.

Was rebranded as such in 2012.

Western Lord · 5 Sep 2017

TH172341 said:
Dorridge station used to be named Knowle and Dorridge - was shortened back in 1974. Knowle is not even a 5 minute drive from Dorridge so made sense but suppose it's far easier to have the short name.

The station was just Knowle when the line was built as that was the nearest important settlement. Thanks to the railway the much smaller Dorridge grew to be bigger than Knowle and the "Knowle and Dorridge" phase was just a precursor to renaming as simply "Dorridge". Similar examples can be found around the country, e.g. Elstree and Borehamwood, which is in Borehamwood but when the railway was built Elstree was the nearest settlement and the station was just "Elstree" until comparatively recently. Borehamwood has something of an identity crisis as not only is its railway station misnamed, but the famous Elstree Studios are in Borehamwood (both the ex ABPC film studio and the TV studios currently operated by the BBC and home to EastEnders).

shap summit · 5 Sep 2017

Whitstable & Tankerton and Swalecliffe and Chestfield next to each other on the north Kent coast line.

61653 HTAFC · 5 Sep 2017

Welshman said:
Brighouse station in West Yorkshire is an interesting one.

When opened in 1840, it was known as "Brighouse for Bradford" as its opening predated the Bradford branch from Milner Royd.

At some time in its history it then became "Brighouse for Rastrick" and was so called when closed in 1970.

Then it re-opened in 2000 as simply "Brighouse"

Huddersfield's first station was a few miles down the same line at Cooper Bridge, where equine traction was required to complete the last few miles of the journey. Not sure if the station was ever officially called "Cooper Bridge for Huddersfield" or just plain "Cooper Bridge". If it opened now it'd be Huddersfield Parkway or something similar: this despite (a) no direct service to Huddersfield, or (b) anywhere to put a car park... though the roads in the area often resemble a car park!

37 418 · 5 Sep 2017

route:oxford said:
Practically every station in Scotland has one.

The real station name, followed by the made-up name in a dead language.

I can assure you, it certainly is NOT dead
'S urrainn dhomh a' dèanamh cinnteach dhut nach eil i marbh idir

:-x

InOban · 5 Sep 2017

I'm surprised it took so long for someone to rise to his bait!

Mind you, Gaelic was never the language of Strathclyde and Southwest Scotland. They spoke something more like Welsh, so the names there really are made up.

dvboy · 5 Sep 2017

On the sign:

Birmingham International
for the NEC and Birmingham Airport

Harbouring · 5 Sep 2017

Waldgrun said:
Only if you can answer if Fratton should be included!

Maybe the only of these "&" examples where's the "& xxxx" has moved from one station to another?

Liam · 5 Sep 2017

InOban said:
I'm surprised it took so long for someone to rise to his bait!

Mind you, Gaelic was never the language of Strathclyde and Southwest Scotland. They spoke something more like Welsh, so the names there really are made up.

The Galwegian dialect of Gaelic was once spoken widely across the South West.

crosscity · 5 Sep 2017

Albion91 said:
On the platform, Bournville is "Bournville for Cadbury World"

Also on the Crosscity line on the platform:
Kings Norton for Cotteridge
University for Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

backontrack · 6 Sep 2017

route:oxford said:
Practically every station in Scotland has one.

The real station name, followed by the made-up name in a dead language.

Dè rud iongantach ri ràdh! Gu dearbh fòrach.
____________________________________
Brath dhomh ma tha ùidh agad ann a bhith a 'gabhail pàirt ann am pròiseact sgrìobhaidh rèile.
Clàraich an athchuinge seo ma tha thu airson seirbheis rèile nas fheàrr fhaicinn airson an Taobh Tuath.

37 418 · 7 Sep 2017

Liam said:
The Galwegian dialect of Gaelic was once spoken widely across the South West.

Indeed - place names such as Stranraer and Kilmarnock derive from Gaelic

chris_in_salop · 8 Sep 2017

Cradley Heath was once Cradley Heath and Cradley, serving two separate towns that border each other but were historically in two different counties (Staffordshire and Worcestershire, respectively).

61653 HTAFC · 9 Sep 2017

chris_in_salop said:
Cradley Heath was once Cradley Heath and Cradley, serving two separate towns that border each other but were historically in two different counties (Staffordshire and Worcestershire, respectively).

Tutbury and Hatton is similar isn't it: 2 places in 2 different counties...

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