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[trivia] Stations named after a private organisation

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How many National Rail stations are named after a private (I'm going non-public-sector) organisation? So far, I've got the following

Loch Eil Outward Bound (named after the Outward Bound Trust Centre it's opposite)
Manchester United Football Ground
Stanlow and Thornton (Stanlow is the name of the refinery, it's not the name of a settlement) EDIT: Stanlow is the name of an island, but not a settlement
University (both the one in Birmingham and Coleraine)

Unless anyone can convince me otherwise, I'm discounting Arsenal, because even though it's named after the football ground, the football club itself is named after Woolwich Arsenal which was part of the British Army. I'm also discounting Lympstone Commando because the Commando Camp is public sector.

(I'm not going for light rail / tram stops at this stage, because there will be lots of those)
 
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enginedin said:
How many National Rail stations are named after a private (I'm going non-public-sector) organisation? So far, I've got the following

Loch Eil Outward Bound (named after the Outward Bound Trust Centre it's opposite)
Manchester United Football Ground
Stanlow and Thornton (Stanlow is the name of the refinery, it's not the name of a settlement)
University (both the one in Birmingham and Coleraine)

Unless anyone can convince me otherwise, I'm discounting Arsenal, because even though it's named after the football ground, the football club itself is named after Woolwich Arsenal which was part of the British Army. I'm also discounting Lympstone Commando because the Commando Camp is public sector.

(I'm not going for light rail / tram stops at this stage, because there will be lots of those)
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Currently mothballed, but IBM (halt). Any named after pubs, Berney Arms, Portsmouth Arms, Bat and Ball.
Christ’s Hospital.
 
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Singer was named after the Singer sewing machine factory. Ashburys was named after the railway works which was a private company founded by John Ashbury.

On light rail I know Ampere Way on the Tramlink was named Ikea Ampere Way for a while as part of a sponsorship deal. On the Metrolink Etihad Arena is sort of named after the airline. MediaCityUK, The Trafford Centre, Manchester Airport, Kingsway Business Park and previously G-Mex are named after corporate entities which I assume are registered trademarks so sort of count.
 
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Bletchleyite said:
Stanlow is a place. The refinery is named after it because that is where it is.
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I thought I'd done my research well - especially having had a close family member who worked there for a very long time! More digging has revealed that Stanlow isn't a settlement but it is an island (this can be a separate trivia question!)
 
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thenorthern said:
On light rail I know Ampere Way on the Tramlink was named Ikea Ampere Way for a while as part of a sponsorship deal. On the Metrolink Etihad Arena is sort of named after the airline. MediaCityUK, The Trafford Centre, Manchester Airport, Kingsway Business Park and previously G-Mex are named after corporate entities which I assume are registered trademarks so sort of count.
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However, the original question had already specifically ruled out trams and light rail…
 
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Bootle New Strand was named after the shopping centre. Bicester Village is named or was renamed after the shopping centre as well.
 
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enginedin said:
it's a tram station, not National Rail
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There's a national rail station too, on the South Fylde line.

It isn't open yet, but White Rose is named after the White Rose Shopping Centre and Business Park.

Manchester United Football Ground is a peculiar one, because the football club was originally the works team of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway's Newton Heath Works. Still a private organisation of course, but there's something poetic about the history nonetheless.
 
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Redcar British Steel is named after British Steel which as of course gone then come back and I think still exist but not in Redcar.

Manchester United FC station, I think most people know what Manchester United is, a mediocre Premier league club in the lower half of the table. :lol:

I think Greenhithe is officially Greenhithe for Bluewater which of course is named after the shopping centre.
 
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thenorthern said:
Bootle New Strand was named after the shopping centre. Bicester Village is named or was renamed after the shopping centre as well.
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Renamed in the 1960s.

The shopping centre has now be renamed the Strand rather than New Strand!
 
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How about Ramsline Halt? This was the very short lived Derby FC halt just before Derby station.

Also, there was Butlins Filey Camp station.
 
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Slightly tenuous but...Kirkstall Forge. It's named after the housing and commercial development of the same name next to it, but in turn that development is named after the Kirkstall Forge Company.
In a similar vein is Meadowhall. The station is named after the shopping centre it was built to serve, however the shopping centre took the name of the area it is built in, in the past also written as Meadow Hall sometimes.
 
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enginedin said:
How many National Rail stations are named after a private (I'm going non-public-sector) organisation? So far, I've got the following

Loch Eil Outward Bound (named after the Outward Bound Trust Centre it's opposite)
Manchester United Football Ground
Stanlow and Thornton (Stanlow is the name of the refinery, it's not the name of a settlement) EDIT: Stanlow is the name of an island, but not a settlement
University (both the one in Birmingham and Coleraine)

Unless anyone can convince me otherwise, I'm discounting Arsenal, because even though it's named after the football ground, the football club itself is named after Woolwich Arsenal which was part of the British Army. I'm also discounting Lympstone Commando because the Commando Camp is public sector.

(I'm not going for light rail / tram stops at this stage, because there will be lots of those)
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I'd say Arsenal counts as the station was specifically re-named after the football club and has no connection either to Woolwich or its Arsenal.
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It's Arsenal Round Here: How Herbert Chapman Got His Station

Arsenal are the only football club to have an Underground station named after them. This is the story of how it happened, and of the man behind it.
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