Stations unsure of their name

[Gwenllian2001]

Is it Maesteg Ewenny Road, Maesteg (Ewenny Road) or just plain Ewenny Road (and Welsh equivalents)?

Ewenny Road.

 

[WesternBiker]

Except that Cardiff has even more stations than Bristol does, including a very busy secondary station in Queen Street. "The station" over here though is always taken to mean Cardiff Central (or General as was) by taxi drivers etc. Maybe the "Temple Meads" phenomena is better explained by the fact that it's some distance from the city centre proper and that it's rather a pretty name.

My mother (93) still refers to Cardiff Central as "the General" and, when buying tickets at Barry, I have heard some older customers call it that. Old habits clearly die hard.

Talking of Barry, you have Barry Docks and Barry Island, but the station between in the town is simply 'Barry'. A taxi driver did once ask if I wanted to go to "Barry Town" station, which it has never been called, as far as I'm aware.

 

[Royston Vasey]

In a way that makes a kind of sense, if somewhat abbreviated- if it's intending to convey that it can be easier to 'change' to 'the underground' at Farringdon than e.g. at St Pancras, for some destinations

I don't think it's intending that, but it's true that changing for the Circle line is vastly quicker via Farringdon! Occasionally I've transferred to a Paddington-bound train at Farringdon in about 10 seconds!

 

[lyndhurst25]

Cark - is it "and Cartmel" or not?

(Interestingly the road signs for the village throw in another curveball - they say "Cark In Cartmel"!)

I’m pretty sure that the automatic announcements on the Northern train I took there last week said “Cark IN Cartmel”.

 

[TravelDream]

Ewenny Road.

Not 'Maesteg (Ewenny Road)'?

Though obviously nobody local would call it that when the next station is Maesteg.

 

[Bletchleyite]

I’m pretty sure that the automatic announcements on the Northern train I took there last week said “Cark IN Cartmel”.

Pretty sure it is more of "Cark n Cartmel" as in "Fish n Chips".

 

[krus_aragon]

This isnt confined to railways of course.
Plenty of people still refer to Midland Bank. Or go shopping in Safeway.

I sometimes go one better and refer to it as the North and South Wales Bank.

(The Colwyn branch still has that in plaster on the first floor exterior.)

Talking of Barry, you have Barry Docks and Barry Island, but the station between in the town is simply 'Barry'. A taxi driver did once ask if I wanted to go to "Barry Town" station, which it has never been called, as far as I'm aware.

If I heard them say "Barry Town" , I'd wonder if they were going to take me up to Jenner Park to watch the football!

 

[75A]

I sometimes go one better and refer to it as the North and South Wales Bank.

(The Colwyn branch still has that in plaster on the first floor exterior.)


If I heard them say "Barry Town" , I'd wonder if they were going to take me up to Jenner Park to watch the football!

The football grounds are just really silly. Leicester's new ground when built was called 'The Walkers Stadium' and lots of the glass in the doors of the Hospitality areas was etched with the Walkers logo. The name was later changed to 'The King Power Stadium' but all the etched glass is still there.

 

[adrock1976]

The football grounds are just really silly. Leicester's new ground when built was called 'The Walkers Stadium' and lots of the glass in the doors of the Hospitality areas was etched with the Walkers logo. The name was later changed to 'The King Power Stadium' but all the etched glass is still there.

While on a brief sideways mention of football grounds but still related to railways, has any thought been given as to whether Arsenal on the London Underground Piccadilly Line should revert back to its original name of Gillespie Road?

Being as Arsenal's present ground is Ashburton Grove and is close to Drayton Park station, could that be branded as "Drayton Park for Arsenal FC" (subject to if Drayton Park is ever rebuilt as it is closed on match days)?

 

[JBuchananGB]

Camden Road still has "Camden Town North London Railway" in the stonework of the station building.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

While on a brief sideways mention of football grounds but still related to railways, has any thought been given as to whether Arsenal on the London Underground Piccadilly Line should revert back to its original name of Gillespie Road?

Being as Arsenal's present ground is Ashburton Grove and is close to Drayton Park station, could that be branded as "Drayton Park for Arsenal FC" (subject to if Drayton Park is ever rebuilt as it is closed on match days)?

Arsenal station is still fairly convenient for the new stadium, and has now carried the current name for a long time. I'm not sure what problem reverting to Gillespie Road would solve.

With stations serving sports grounds, there doesn't seem to be a consensus as to whether the station is named after the stadium itself (for example The Hawthorns or Boothferry Park Halt); the team that plays there (Arsenal); or neither, but some other name (Ramsline Halt or Watford Stadium Halt).

Then there's the odd situation of Ninian Park, which used to serve Cardiff City's nearby stadium of the same name (named after a benefactor who helped fund the ground) until said stadium was demolished in 2009. The new stadium is also nearby, and well served by Ninian Park station along with Grangetown... or rather, it would be if Ninian Park's platforms weren't considered too narrow for the crowds so is unserved before and after matches!

I am of course discounting stations which serve football grounds but were not built for that purpose such as Bordesley. Arsenal gets a pass though, as the name changed so long ago.

 

[D6130]

Pretty sure it is more of "Cark n Cartmel" as in "Fish n Chips".

The village of Cark is often referred to locally as "Cark-in-Cartmel" as it is situated on the Cartmel peninsular....in much the same way as "Barrow-in-Furness", "Dalton-in-Furness", "Lindal-in-Furness" and "Kirkby-in-Furness"; or indeed "St Just-in-Roseland" and "St Just-in-Penwith" in Cornwall.

 

[75A]

The village of Cark is often referred to locally as "Cark-in-Cartmel" as it is situated on the Cartmel peninsular....in much the same way as "Barrow-in-Furness", "Dalton-in-Furness", "Lindal-in-Furness" and "Kirkby-in-Furness"; or indeed "St Just-in-Roseland" and "St Just-in-Penwith" in Cornwall.

Hasn't got a station, but a village near to us is: Barton in the Beans.

 

[D6130]

Hasn't got a station, but a village near to us is: Barton in the Beans.

Wonderful! The nearest station appears to be Shackerstone on the Battlefield Line. Perhaps it should be renamed Shackerstone-in-the-Beans?

 

[kieron]

The oddity is that only Llandrindod is really a resort - the other two are much less developed; which is why I find it surprising Llandrindod doesn’t have it on the station signs but the other two do!

One thing I notice is that there's a place called Llanwrtyd over a mile away from the railway. I wonder if having "Wells" in the English name helps to differentiate the two places.

Controversially the new station opened in October 2015 as Bicester Village, rebuilt slightly further from London Road but with a new Chiltern Railways service to Marylebone. Is this a record? I can’t think of other station that has carried 4 different names.

Would it be worth creating a new thread for these? Anyway, another example with 4 is:

Bridge End -> Caergwrle Castle -> Caergwrle Castle & Wells -> Caergwrle

The bridge and castle are still there, but I don't know about the spa.

Surprised nobody's mentioned (Birkenhead) Hamilton Square.

(Liverpool) James Street is a bit like that, too. It seems strange not to use the placename there, when that's one place where getting off at the wrong stop could be an expensive mistake.

 

[Djgr]

One thing I notice is that there's a place called Llanwrtyd over a mile away from the railway. I wonder if having "Wells" in the English name helps to differentiate the two places.

Would it be worth creating a new thread for these? Anyway, another example with 4 is:

Bridge End -> Caergwrle Castle -> Caergwrle Castle & Wells -> Caergwrle

The bridge and castle are still there, but I don't know about the spa.

(Liverpool) James Street is a bit like that, too. It seems strange not to use the placename there, when that's one place where getting off at the wrong stop could be an expensive mistake.

But it's never Liverpool Moorfields

 

[MadMac]

The football grounds are just really silly. Leicester's new ground when built was called 'The Walkers Stadium' and lots of the glass in the doors of the Hospitality areas was etched with the Walkers logo. The name was later changed to 'The King Power Stadium' but all the etched glass is still there.

Half a mile from my house, a Shell petrol station opened up a number of years ago. About three years ago, it changed to being part of an independent group. The one problem was the large, granite inlay with a huge yellow shell in the floor just inside the door. It’s still there…..

 

[stut]

Salford Central seems to often get its suffix omitted (I know it only gained it when Salford Crescent opened).

The name Battersby Junction was certainly in common use in the 90s when I was often round that way.

Although hardly the busiest station, and now basically disused, British Steel Redcar seemed to sometimes be Redcar British Steel, just for fun.