Witley on the Portsmouth direct line
Can we have "Portsmouth and Southsea"?
Custom House for ExCeL?
Cutty Sark for Maritime Greenwich?
Witley on the Portsmouth direct line
Gidea Park station is actually in Squirrels Heath but Gidea Park was the more upmarket area a little to the north. Developers naturally used the more prestigious name when filling in the area between Gidea Park and the railway.
Warley was an important military base when the railway was built. The station is right on the parish boundary as is Shenfield (and Hutton).
Gerrrards Cross for the Chalfonts
Can we have "Portsmouth and Southsea"?
I think there was a time when the signs at Orpington Station said:
Orpington for London Biggin Hill Airport
And also a time when the signs at Cambridge Station said:
Cambridge for Anglia Ruskin University
Custom House for ExCeL?
Cutty Sark for Maritime Greenwich?
Dorridge station used to be named Knowle and Dorridge - was shortened back in 1974. Knowle is not even a 5 minute drive from Dorridge so made sense but suppose it's far easier to have the short name.
Brighouse station in West Yorkshire is an interesting one.
When opened in 1840, it was known as "Brighouse for Bradford" as its opening predated the Bradford branch from Milner Royd.
At some time in its history it then became "Brighouse for Rastrick" and was so called when closed in 1970.
Then it re-opened in 2000 as simply "Brighouse"
Practically every station in Scotland has one.
The real station name, followed by the made-up name in a dead language.
Only if you can answer if Fratton should be included!
I'm surprised it took so long for someone to rise to his bait!
Mind you, Gaelic was never the language of Strathclyde and Southwest Scotland. They spoke something more like Welsh, so the names there really are made up.
Also on the Crosscity line on the platform:On the platform, Bournville is "Bournville for Cadbury World"
Practically every station in Scotland has one.
The real station name, followed by the made-up name in a dead language.
The Galwegian dialect of Gaelic was once spoken widely across the South West.
Cradley Heath was once Cradley Heath and Cradley, serving two separate towns that border each other but were historically in two different counties (Staffordshire and Worcestershire, respectively).