318266
Member
I would rename Paisley Saint James to Paisley Saint Mirren, (for that one football club that it looks to serve quite well).
Everything called --------- Junction to be renamed to something that reflects where they are, rather than the nearest bit of rail infrastructure.
For the London ones:
Beckhenam Junction -> Beckhenam
Clapham Junction -> Battersea
Loughborough Junction -> Brixton East
Mitcham Junction -> Mitcham Common
Norwood Junction -> South Norwood
Willesden Junction -> Harlesden (and rename Harlesden Harlesden West)
Watford Junction and Dalston Junction are trickier - I can't see anything obvious geographically. Watford Not Quite So North As North Watford?
One outside London because in a similar thread I was once asked what I'd call Stourbridge Junction. That would become Pedmore or Oldswinford - Google Maps doesn't make it clear which of those would be more appropriate and I'm sure people familiar with the area could deal with that better than I could.
Untrue, passenger services ran over the East Curve until 1944.SNIP
Dalston Junction isn't a junction. It has never been one. Dalston Square or Dalston Lane may work.
Sorry, I should have been more clear.Untrue, passenger services ran over the East Curve until 1944.
I agree though that the name has been inappropriate for the last seventy years.
Edinburgh Gateway > White Elephant
Personally i would rename all of the following stations:
• Ashford International -> Ashford (Kent)
• Bicester Village -> Bicester Town
• Birchington On Sea -> Birchington
• Birmingham International -> Birmingham Airport
• City Thameslink -> London City
• Clacton On Sea -> Clacton
• Durrington On Sea -> Durrington
• East Midlands Parkway -> East Midlands Airport
• Ebbsfleet International -> Ebbsfleet
• Edinburgh -> Edinburgh Waverley
• Farringdon -> London Farringdon
• Frinton On Sea -> Frinton
• Gatwick Airport -> Gatwick Airport South Terminal
• Goring By Sea -> Goring
• Harwich International -> Harwich Ferry Port
• Haymarket -> Edinburgh Haymarket
• Leigh On Sea -> Leigh (Essex)
• Liverpool South Parkway -> Liverpool Airport
• Luton Airport Parkway -> Luton Airport
• Moorgate -> London Moorgate
• Old Street -> London Old Street
• Sheerness On Sea -> Sheerness
• Shoreham By Sea -> Shoreham (Sussex)
• Southampton Airport Parkway -> Southampton Airport
• Stratford International -> Stratford North
• Walton On The Naze -> Walton (Essex)
• Westgate On Sea -> Westgate
• Wivelsfield -> Worlds End
Additionally i would combine London Kings Cross and London St Pancras together as one station called "London Kings Cross St Pancras" (without the "International" part of the name) and renumber the platforms so there are no duplicates.
The "By Sea" and "On Sea" suffixes are pointless as nobody ever uses them. You won't find any person or business in these towns who actually uses the "By Sea" and "On Sea" suffixes. The railway is pretty much the only place that uses them.
Presumably it's "By Sea" to avoid confusion with Goring & Streatley.• Goring By Sea -> Goring