LNW-GW Joint
Veteran Member
So why did the rail system scrap the name Waverley for official purposes, if it's what everyone called/calls it?
A station suffix arguably wasn't needed in Edinburgh after BR closed the alternative Princes St station.
But now Haymarket is an important city station it is needed again, I think.
But there seems to be resistance to calling Haymarket as Edinburgh Haymarket.
There's still some reference to the old "General" station monikers, which were mostly on the GW but all gone now except Wrexham I think.
Sheffield finds it hard to lose its Midland suffix, despite Victoria being long closed.
Many of the suffixes (Midland, Central etc) were only added by BR after nationalisation in 1948.
Before that, most stations were simply known by the town and their company name.
Distinguishing names were only really needed if the same company had more than one station in a town.