adrock1976
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In my original neck of the woods in the West Midlands, Birches & Bilbrook became Bilbrook.
Broad Lane became Bloxwich North.
My former local station Cradley Heath was previously Cradley Heath & Cradley on a different site.
Oldbury became Sandwell & Dudley, which was around the time the 87 bus that runs between Dudley and Birmingham via Smethwick and Cape Hill served the station forecourt. There is no such settlement called Sandwell, however the name of the Metropolitan Borough formed in 1974 took its name from Sandwell Park, which the edge of the park served as a boundary between Staffordshire and Warwickshire. Sandwell MBC was formed from the County Borough of Warley (again, no such settlement - it was named after Warley Park near Bearwood (Birmingham side) and again, the edge of the park more or less served as the boundary between Warwickshire and Staffordshire). Warley contained Rowley Regis, Oldbury, and Smethwick, and was formed in 1966 from parts of Staffordshire and Worcestershire. In 1974 Warley merged with the District Councils of West Bromwich, Wednesbury, and Tipton to form Sandwell MBC.
Lambhill on the Maryhill Park line was renamed to Gilshochill in the late 1990s/early Noughties.
In 1989, Clarkson (Airdrie) was reopened and renamed Drumgelloch so as to avoid confusion with Clarkston (Eastwood District/ East Renfrewshire) on the line to East Kilbride. In 2010, Drumgelloch was re-sited when the line was rebuilt towards Edinburgh via Bathgate.
Broad Lane became Bloxwich North.
My former local station Cradley Heath was previously Cradley Heath & Cradley on a different site.
Oldbury became Sandwell & Dudley, which was around the time the 87 bus that runs between Dudley and Birmingham via Smethwick and Cape Hill served the station forecourt. There is no such settlement called Sandwell, however the name of the Metropolitan Borough formed in 1974 took its name from Sandwell Park, which the edge of the park served as a boundary between Staffordshire and Warwickshire. Sandwell MBC was formed from the County Borough of Warley (again, no such settlement - it was named after Warley Park near Bearwood (Birmingham side) and again, the edge of the park more or less served as the boundary between Warwickshire and Staffordshire). Warley contained Rowley Regis, Oldbury, and Smethwick, and was formed in 1966 from parts of Staffordshire and Worcestershire. In 1974 Warley merged with the District Councils of West Bromwich, Wednesbury, and Tipton to form Sandwell MBC.
From the Scottish perspective:
Former “Halts” - Carfin (which never had signage with “Halt”), Rosyth, Balmossie, Golf Street, and possibly one or two in the Far North.
Former “Highs” - Yoker, Johnstone, Neilston, Fairlie.
Dalmuir Park kept the suffix long after it was the only station with a “Dalmuir” name. Other suffixes that long outlived their necessity include Uddingston Central, Clydebank Central, Keith Junction and Fauldhouse North.
Midcalder reverted to its original name of Kirknewton in 1982 - it was initially renamed due to confusion with another Kirknewton in the Borders.
Tyndrum Upper and Lower were “reversed” to Upper and Lower Tyndrum respectively due to the possibility of a corrupted RETB cab display causing confusion. This was the same reason that Mallaig Junction signal box became Fort William Junction.
Mosspark was previously Mosspark (West), but was there ever another Mosspark station?
Houston and Crosslee wasn’t actually in either place: it was actually in Brookfield.
Dunfermline Lower dropped the suffix some time after Upper closed and regained one (Town) after Queen Margaret opened. Prestwick similarly gained “Town” when the Airport station opened.
Langside was originally Langside & Newlands.
Finnieston became “Exhibition Centre” relatively soon after reopening - it had been Stobcross previously.
Did Dunkeld drop then regain “& Birnam” at one point?
Lambhill on the Maryhill Park line was renamed to Gilshochill in the late 1990s/early Noughties.
In 1989, Clarkson (Airdrie) was reopened and renamed Drumgelloch so as to avoid confusion with Clarkston (Eastwood District/ East Renfrewshire) on the line to East Kilbride. In 2010, Drumgelloch was re-sited when the line was rebuilt towards Edinburgh via Bathgate.