The London (xxxx) format seems to have disappeared sometime in the early 1960s.
Looking back through some old LMR timetables, these show:-
- Sept 1949: London (Euston), Manchester (London Road), Liverpool (Exchange), Glasgow (Central) etc.
Broad Street is shown as just 'Broad Street' in the timetables for the Watford DC and North London Line.
However there was a separate table for the "Residentals" (WCML outer suburban service) which had it as 'London Broad Street'.
- June 1960: London (Euston), London (Broad Street) (for all of WCML, DC and NLL timetables), Manchester (London Road), Liverpool (Exchange) etc.
- May 1964: London Euston, London Broad Street, Manchester Piccadilly, Liverpool Exchange . . .
This prompted the question whether
all of today's London Terminals include 'London' in their platform signage?
Certainly, big terminals handling long-distance travellers, lots of people unfamiliar with London and visitors from overseas do. No arguing about cases like London Euston, London Liverpool Street or London Paddington.
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But what about those stations used mostly by commuters and semi-regular travellers from the Home Counties, who generally know pretty much where they are? And a few 'grey area' stations like Marylebone and Blackfriars?
A quick scan of Google Images seems to suggest the only ones not having 'London' in their platform signs are:
- Fenchurch Street
- St Pancras International - on the two Thameslink platforms.
- Moorgate (GN)
I couldn't find any photos of the EMR or SE High Speed platforms at St Pancras to see whether these locations include London in their signage.
Although Thameslink doesn't use 'London' at its St Pancras platforms (or in its pdf timetables), it does use 'London Blackfriars'.
And while the platform signs seem to show just 'Fenchurch Street', the c2c pdf timetables list it as 'London Fenchurch Street'.
Towards the end in the NSE era, Holborn Viaduct seemed to have signage saying just 'Holborn Viaduct'.
* Do the new Elizabeth Line platform signs at Liverpool Street and Paddington have 'London'? I bet they don't.