Naming of Victoria line

[Eagle]

Picadilly circus opened as Picadilly, I believe.

No, it's been known as Piccadilly Circus since it opened in 1906. The planning documents of both the Bakerloo and GNPB show it to be called that.

 

[Deerfold]

Picadilly circus opened as Picadilly, I believe.

Do you have any sources for that?

Certainly 2 years after it opened it was known as Piccadilly Circus (2"c"s).

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tube_map_1908-2.jpg

 

[southern442]

Maybe I have misread an abbreviation, but a map dating from 1933 that I have shows it as Piccadilly.

 

[Eagle]

Certainly 2 years after it opened it was known as Piccadilly Circus (2"c"s).

There are four 'c's in Piccadilly Circus. :P

 

[Nym]

I'm surprised that after all these years, the DLR hasn't evolved a common nickname equivalent to 'the tube'. (I have a vague notion that many years ago, their adverts used the tagline "ride the light" (or similar), but it never caught on.)

It has... "TTR"

ToyTown Railway...(!)

 

[Deerfold]

There are four 'c's in Piccadilly Circus. :P

Indeed. I didn't say what there were 2 in.

 

[Clip]

It has... "TTR"

ToyTown Railway...(!)

Has it? Never heard that before.

But as transmanche states 'DLR' just rolls off the tongue.

 

[Deerfold]

Has it? Never heard that before.

But as transmanche states 'DLR' just rolls off the tongue.

I thought it was just my wife and I that call it the Toytown Railway, but it seems not.

 

[Nym]

Has it? Never heard that before.

But as transmanche states 'DLR' just rolls off the tongue.

I thought it was just my wife and I that call it the Toytown Railway, but it seems not.

Honestly didn't pick that up from work...