Looking at station names with cardinal directions (North, East, South or West) in them, I notice some stations have the direction after the name while others have the direction before the name.
For example, Waterloo East or Bicester North.
This seems logical to me, and is consistent with other common terms (such as "Central" or "Parkway"), but many stations also have the direction preceding the name, e.g. North Sheen or South Greenford.
At first I assumed this was because stations with the direction first inherited their name from an area (which typically have those directions first); this is the case with e.g. North Sheen. But it doesn't apply to e.g. South Greenford.
Having compared stations (and noting that deciding what qualifies is quite fuzzy!), there are 57 NR stations with the direction first, and 58 with the direction second. London Underground stations seem similarly mixed.
Are there any standards or naming conventions dictating where a direction should appear in a station name?
For example, Waterloo East or Bicester North.
This seems logical to me, and is consistent with other common terms (such as "Central" or "Parkway"), but many stations also have the direction preceding the name, e.g. North Sheen or South Greenford.
At first I assumed this was because stations with the direction first inherited their name from an area (which typically have those directions first); this is the case with e.g. North Sheen. But it doesn't apply to e.g. South Greenford.
Having compared stations (and noting that deciding what qualifies is quite fuzzy!), there are 57 NR stations with the direction first, and 58 with the direction second. London Underground stations seem similarly mixed.
Are there any standards or naming conventions dictating where a direction should appear in a station name?