Trivia: Splitting big stations in to separately named bits

[Tomos y Tanc]

Cardiff Central's relatively recently opened Platfform 8 was orginally the separate Cardiff Riverside station.

 

[LowLevel]

I assume for Manchester Piccadilly Throat you mean p13/14?
If so, then while we're at it why not rename Ardwick to Manchester Piccadilly South.

Platform 13/14 at Piccadilly still retain a bit of history amongst the staff. To this date working on those platforms is known as "working the Junction", which goes right back to when they were the part of London Road station belonging to the Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway. Thus you will hear modern day 2020 railway staff referring to a railway company that opened in 1849 and ceased to be known as such 150 odd years ago.

Thus I reckon if you called them anything it would be Piccadilly Junction

 

[Hadders]

St Pancras International
St Pancras Southeastern
St Pancras East Midlands
St Pancras Thameslink

I think St Pancras Thameslink was originally due to be called St Pancras (Midland Road) but was just called St Pancras International to match the rest of the station.

 

[London Trains]

Clapham Junction West (P1-6)
Clapham Junction South (P7-17)

Would cause the bizarre situation of the Southern service down the WLL going from a different station to the Overground.

 

[Flange Squeal]

Woking platform 3 to 'Maybury', because that's basically where you've walked to reach it(!)

The Looe branch platform at Liskeard is pretty much it's own station - maybe 'Liskeard (Looe Valley)'.

 

[EllieAquitrain]

London Bridge Falling and London Bridge Down? (Latter might get confusing for those familiar with technical railway terminology...)

 

[londiscape]

Clapham Junction West (P1-6)
Clapham Junction South (P7-17)

Would cause the bizarre situation of the Southern service down the WLL going from a different station to the Overground.

Clapham Junction (Posh Bits) - P3-6
Battersea Junction (Scuzzy Bits) - P1-2
Battersea Junction (Normal Bits) - P7-17

Yes I know I haven't accounted for LO going from P17, but what the hell

Accounts for the historical decision to name the station Clapham Junction even though it's fairly distant from Clapham, just because the posh folk might have a big old hissy at being associated with such a plebeian locale as Battersea

 

[py_megapixel]

London Bridge Falling and London Bridge Down? (Latter might get confusing for those familiar with technical railway terminology...)

If my understanding of the conventions is correct then the latter would be through the buffer-stops


Edit: No it wouldn't, for some reason I was confusing London Bridge with London Liverpool Street. London Bridge isn't a terminus.

 

[johnnychips]

Doncaster platform 0: Doncaster North.

 

[xotGD]

Ealing Broadway for the mainline platforms. Ealing Narrowway for the Tube.

 

[Scotrail314209]

Glasgow Central (Platforms 9-17) - Glasgow Hope Street
Glasgow Central (Platforms 1 - 8) - Glasgow Union Street

 

[Bletchleyite]

Southport (Scouse) and Southport (Lancs)

At one point they were actually operated separately - just after privatisation Merseyrail (for it is they) refused to do ticket checking for RRNW and so the latter were relegated to the car park side platform which was unbarriered.

 

[YorksLad12]

Ealing Broadway for the mainline platforms. Ealing Narrowway for the Tube.

This, I like

 

[norbitonflyer]

If my understanding of the conventions is correct then the latter would be through the buffer-stops


Edit: No it wouldn't, for some reason I was confusing London Bridge with London Liverpool Street. London Bridge isn't a terminus.

Try running through any of platforms 10 to 15.

 

[najaB]

Dundee Bridge (Platform 1), Dundee East (Platform 4) and Dundee West (Platforms 2 and 3).

 

[InOban]

Apologies if I missed it, but surely Reading Brunel and Reading Waterloo?