Which station is named after the longest road?

[driver_m]

If the proposed Carr Mill station happened to be called East Lancashire Road then that would probably knock everything else out of the park. (Links Liverpool, St Helens, Leigh, Salford and Manchester)

 

[Glenn1969]

How long is London Road in Guildford?

 

[A Challenge]

How long is London Road in Guildford?

I make it 3.4 km, from the eastern end of the High Street to where the road that runs parallel to the A3 Southbound off slip road turns off and becomes Merrow Lane. What's more, although it's London Road (Guildford) the whole length is in the borough of Guildford (and GU)

 

[randyrippley]

Stretton-on-Fosse station (closed) may be a contender

Stretton is on the 230-mile long Fosse Way, and the town name simply means street or road on the Fosse - the fosse being the defensive ditch which probably predated the road

 

[si404]

Once upon a time the road went all the way to Fishguard in Wales, some 260 miles away but I think you'd be hard pressed to trace it's route directly these days.

A402 from Marble Arch to Shepherds Bush (this was renumbered in 1999), A4020 from Shepherds Bush to Denham (renumbered late 1950s, IIRC), A40 all the rest of the way (give or take a few bypasses). Pretty easy really. Or do you mean getting between the A40 at Marble Arch and the A40 at the Marylebone Flyover - yes, that is awkward!

Of course, road numbers are very different to road names: neither London Bridge nor Clapham High Street extend to Portsmouth (but they are both the A3). Shoreditch High Street (A10) doesn't reach King's Lynn, Bow Road (A11) Norwich, nor Streatham Hill (A23) Brighton. Neither Baker Street nor Finchley Road (A41) reach Merseyside. And I think that should be enough examples to make my point.

 

[randyrippley]

Stretton-on-Fosse station (closed) may be a contender

Stretton is on the 230-mile long Fosse Way, and the town name simply means street or road on the Fosse - the fosse being the defensive ditch which probably predated the road

Just found another station named after the Fosse Way: Foss Cross
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foss_Cross_railway_station

 

[Leslie Fletcher]

*Pedant alert*

Relatively little is Mauldeth Road; by far the greater length (a good two thirds of it) is actually Mauldeth Road West.

Off topic I know, but oddly there are two distinct Mauldeth Roads, with about half a mile of Burnage Lane joining them.

 

[randyrippley]

Off topic I know, but oddly there are two distinct Mauldeth Roads, with about half a mile of Burnage Lane joining them.

no wonder my satnav gets confused down there

 

[mirodo]

Burnley Manchester Road. It's about 3.3 miles according to my maps app from the start of Manchester Road at its junction with St James Street to its end at the town boundary with Cowbridge, where the road becomes Burnley Road.

 

[och aye]

Queen Street must be very long, as it has stations serving both Glasgow and Cardiff situated on it....

With the added irony, that Glasgow Queen Street isn't even located on Queen Street.

 

[Jurg]

Stretton-on-Fosse station (closed) may be a contender

Stretton is on the 230-mile long Fosse Way, and the town name simply means street or road on the Fosse - the fosse being the defensive ditch which probably predated the road

Church Stretton is still an active station, and the settlement of Church Stretton is named after the Roman road Watling Street, the A5 in modern terms. Approximately 275 miles in length.

 

[transmanche]

Church Stretton is still an active station, and the settlement of Church Stretton is named after the Roman road Watling Street, the A5 in modern terms. Approximately 275 miles in length.

I think to claim the village is named after the Roman road is stretching things a bit too far.

Stretton comes from Old English meaning a settlement on a Roman road (a tun on a stræt) and could therefore equally apply to any settlement on any Roman road. And there are a number of other places in England with Stretton in the name.

 

[Jurg]

I think to claim the village is named after the Roman road is stretching things a bit too far.

Stretton comes from Old English meaning a settlement on a Roman road (a tun on a stræt) and could therefore equally apply to any settlement on any Roman road. And there are a number of other places in England with Stretton in the name.

You may be right. How about Fenny Stratford then? Less of a stretch?

 

[transmanche]

You may be right. How about Fenny Stratford then? Less of a stretch?

I think it means something like 'a marsh on a roman road'...

 

[transmanche]

With the added irony, that Glasgow Queen Street isn't even located on Queen Street.

That's fairly common, isn't it? To have a station not actually located on the road it's named after?

I think the station approach to Manchester Oxford Road is accessed from Whitworth Street, not Oxford Road. Turnpike Lane tube station isn't located on Turnpike Lane (although it does have a subway leading to an entrance opposite Wellington Terrace, which is part of Turnpike Lane). I'm sure others can think of similar examples.