Former names for currently open under & overground stations
Jan 6, 2017 13:39:26 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2017 13:39:26 GMT
It's lots of fun discovering them for myself via books, maps and videos but does anyone know if there is a comprehensive list of the former names of current underground, overground, home counties railway stations? I know a few but I'm sure there are dozens more.
Not interested in abandoned, closed or never-opened stations thank you. Only in stations still working. And none of that "proposed name" tomfoolery thank you!
But also of interest are those bracketed prefixed and suffixed names that were subsequently dropped.
Starting close to my old manor:
In the 60s I remember seeing probably one of the last "Bayswater (Queensway)" signs, as I was regularly on the Circle/District from NHG to Paddington,
And while on the subject of Paddington I know that the 2 Paddington stations had distinguishing suffices (Praed Street) and (Bishop's Road). Bishop's Road has long since been called Bishop's Bridge Road though. And by the way folks Bishop's Bridge at the north end of Paddington railway station was apparently I.K. Brunel's first iron bridge.
Queensway was Queen's Road
Gloucester Road used to be Brompton (Gloucester Road)
Kensington (Olympia) used to be called Kensington (Addison Road), and in fact there is still an old stone sign on a bridge for "Kensington Addison Road" with an arrow showing the way to the east side entrance for the old railway station.
Fulham Broadway was Walham Green
And the last one from my neck of the woods is Ladbroke Grove, which I know had several former names: Notting Hill was its first name, when it was opened. Then it became Notting Hill & Ladbroke Grove, then Ladbroke Grove (North Kensington), and then finally the suffix was dropped.
As for the whole confusing saga of spaghetti that is the Shepherds Bush/Wood Lane/White City triangle, I'm not even going to try to unravel it, simply because it wasn't really a case of old names but a case of the 3 names just being swapped around from station to station with various suffices over many decades.
Further afield though, I think I probably only know the most well known ones:
Arsenal was Gillespie Road - changed due to the football team.
Liverpool Street was Bishopsgate
"Holborn (Kingsway)" don't know exactly when the Kingsway was finally dropped, but I know it was still in use in the 80s.
Also, didn't the sign used to have another suffix saying something like "For the British Museum"?
Goodge Street was TCH
And TCH was Oxford Street
Tower Hill was originally Tower of London and then Mark Lane.
And that's it as far as my ready knowledge goes before I have to start looking things up in books and on the net.
Not interested in abandoned, closed or never-opened stations thank you. Only in stations still working. And none of that "proposed name" tomfoolery thank you!
But also of interest are those bracketed prefixed and suffixed names that were subsequently dropped.
Starting close to my old manor:
In the 60s I remember seeing probably one of the last "Bayswater (Queensway)" signs, as I was regularly on the Circle/District from NHG to Paddington,
And while on the subject of Paddington I know that the 2 Paddington stations had distinguishing suffices (Praed Street) and (Bishop's Road). Bishop's Road has long since been called Bishop's Bridge Road though. And by the way folks Bishop's Bridge at the north end of Paddington railway station was apparently I.K. Brunel's first iron bridge.
Queensway was Queen's Road
Gloucester Road used to be Brompton (Gloucester Road)
Kensington (Olympia) used to be called Kensington (Addison Road), and in fact there is still an old stone sign on a bridge for "Kensington Addison Road" with an arrow showing the way to the east side entrance for the old railway station.
Fulham Broadway was Walham Green
And the last one from my neck of the woods is Ladbroke Grove, which I know had several former names: Notting Hill was its first name, when it was opened. Then it became Notting Hill & Ladbroke Grove, then Ladbroke Grove (North Kensington), and then finally the suffix was dropped.
As for the whole confusing saga of spaghetti that is the Shepherds Bush/Wood Lane/White City triangle, I'm not even going to try to unravel it, simply because it wasn't really a case of old names but a case of the 3 names just being swapped around from station to station with various suffices over many decades.
Further afield though, I think I probably only know the most well known ones:
Arsenal was Gillespie Road - changed due to the football team.
Liverpool Street was Bishopsgate
"Holborn (Kingsway)" don't know exactly when the Kingsway was finally dropped, but I know it was still in use in the 80s.
Also, didn't the sign used to have another suffix saying something like "For the British Museum"?
Goodge Street was TCH
And TCH was Oxford Street
Tower Hill was originally Tower of London and then Mark Lane.
And that's it as far as my ready knowledge goes before I have to start looking things up in books and on the net.
