ollyrogers
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Use the new connection from the W&C to make it a Bank to Shanklin through service!
Great idea, we could call it the 'Banklin' line
Use the new connection from the W&C to make it a Bank to Shanklin through service!
Great idea, we could call it the 'Banklin' line
Am I the only one who thinks that, since "City" was renamed to match the rest of Bank station 80-odd years ago, the line should be renamed "Waterloo & Bank line"?
Yes, I dare say probably you are.
But why not go on and suggest renaming Monument as Bank (platforms X and Y) (and I can't be bothered to work out what X and Y might be).
So then someone else will come along and suggest renaming W&C line to Waterloo & Bank & Monument line.Rather than losing the fairly iconic Monument name I would go with 'Bank & Monument'
I personally don't have much of a problem with it as it takes you from Waterloo to the City so it still works as a name, same with the Hammersmith and City line which doesn't even call at Bank.
I certainly think they should be named as one now having such large sprawling stations isn't exactly unusual on the Underground. Interchange between lines in the combined station is also now much improved with the recently opened new tunnels.
Rather than losing the fairly iconic Monument name I would go with 'Bank & Monument'
you're right. We absolutely should do that.Given how we shorten names, the Baker Street and Waterloo, Gospel Oak to Barking Line, Wimbledon to Edgware, would we really want to rename to Waterloo & Bank?
Yeh I thought of that one too but refrained.Given how we shorten names, the Baker Street and Waterloo, Gospel Oak to Barking Line, Wimbledon to Edgware, would we really want to rename to Waterloo & Bank?
No, in fact; I have no memory of any "... for ..." name there. Not that my not remembering such proves anything... I must dig out an old tube map and see...Didn't it used to say at least the latter at some point? I have a vague early childhood (early-1970s) memory of seeing such signs somewhere.
EDIT: Or is that the point you were trying to make? ☺
So then someone else will come along and suggest renaming W&C line to Waterloo & Bank & Monument line.
This is exactly way going around arbitrarily renaming stations for the sake of it does not work - fix one "problem" to create another. And that is before the expense. Renaming a station is a lot more than just changing the station nameplates. Someone else can start listing what needs to be done in that respect.
I appreciate how Wity you are being.Given how we shorten names, the Baker Street and Waterloo, Gospel Oak to Barking Line, Wimbledon to Edgware, would we really want to rename to Waterloo & Bank?
The 1949 London Plan recommended diverting the London, Tilbury and Southend line away from Fenchurch Street down a tunnel that would link with the Waterloo & City and then at the other end the line would rise to join the Waterloo suburban lines. The Waterloo & City’s tunnels would have to have been enlarged.
Completely new 17 ft diameter tunnels for a new route not a W&C rebuild.I imagine it would also have required a complete rebuilding of the line at the Waterloo end, considering the current platforms aren't exactly well aligned to join the SWR lines out of Waterloo
Usually referred to as a travolatorWhat is an “esculater” that Jan Mayen refers to in post 45? I have never been to Bank station.
Indeed. However, in this case it's a mistake on my part. I meant escalator, an inclined moving staircase. The one we went on between Monument and Bank 50 years ago seemed short (it was marked on the Underground map as 'Escalator Link' and I, being curious, wanted to see what it was, as it couldn't be the same as all those other escalators on the Underground surely!)Usually referred to as a travolator
a flat moving walkway
Monument for BankAlso, Monument is labelled as "Monument for Bank" on the linked map. Did that make ever appear at the station, or was it just a map thing?
Indeed. However, in this case it's a mistake on my part. I meant escalator, an inclined moving staircase. The one we went on between Monument and Bank 50 years ago seemed short (it was marked on the Underground map as 'Escalator Link' and I, being curious, wanted to see what it was, as it couldn't be the same as all those other escalators on the Underground surely!)
The Travolator going to/from the Waterloo and City Line at Bank was something else, which I don't recall using until much later.
The escalator link between Bank and Monument is just an ordinary escalator, and quite different from the Travolator connecting the W&C platforms to the main ticket hall at Bank.Usually referred to as a travolator
a flat moving walkway
Only at Acton Town. Hammersmith has been plain-lined.- the suburface Lines at Rayners Lane and Hamersmith-Acton
Also Ealing Common of course. (Unless you count that as part of the Acton Town interconnections.)Only at Acton Town. Hammersmith has been plain-lined.
Easily solved by calling it Bank & Waterloo.Given how we shorten names, the Baker Street and Waterloo, Gospel Oak to Barking Line, Wimbledon to Edgware, would we really want to rename to Waterloo & Bank?