Yesterday, I was tracking a late-running train between Three Bridges and East Croydon using Real Time Trains and I was surprised to notice that it was shown as passing through Tinsley Green station just south of Gatwick.
I was surprised because Tinsley Green, as a named station, only existed for under a year between September 1935 and June 1936. After that it became known as Gatwick Airport (the old airport, that is) and subsequently closed completely in 1958 when the new airport opened and with it Gatwick Racecourse station became the present Gatwick Airport station. It has by now, as far as I know, physically disappeared.
So, can anyone throw any light onto why the name is being shown on the tracking system so many decades later?
I was surprised because Tinsley Green, as a named station, only existed for under a year between September 1935 and June 1936. After that it became known as Gatwick Airport (the old airport, that is) and subsequently closed completely in 1958 when the new airport opened and with it Gatwick Racecourse station became the present Gatwick Airport station. It has by now, as far as I know, physically disappeared.
So, can anyone throw any light onto why the name is being shown on the tracking system so many decades later?
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