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Post by idmonster on Apr 26, 2016 16:49:09 GMT
Saw something odd on the DLR today as the train approached Abbey road. The On train indicator was saying "Next stop Abbey Gates".
Now this is an odd error (if it is such) and what with the perennial problem of tourists traveling there for the Beatles crossing, it got me wondering if a name change was being considered. Not sure about Abbey Gates though, I had always thought Abbey Mills would be appropriate.
Any thoughts?
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Post by superteacher on Apr 26, 2016 18:13:02 GMT
First that I've heard of this.
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Post by phoenixcronin on Apr 26, 2016 19:58:55 GMT
DLR stock is able to display certain phantom stations such as "Thames Wharf" and "Bow Creek" as they were written into the DVA to cater for potential future use. Not sure about Abbey Gates but it could be a previous name for Abbey Road which was written into the DVA. See here diamondgeezer.blogspot.co.uk/2011/03/dlr-dot-matrix.html |
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Post by theblackferret on Apr 26, 2016 21:44:59 GMT
There were certainly enough examples historically-like Strand fired into the tiling at Aldwych, as its' originally-intended name-where they changed their minds about the nomenclature before trains started calling there, so not totally impossible it was originally intended to be Abbey Gates.
And then possibly someone realised any trace of the said gates was long eradicated, and possibly a someone to whom the Beatles didn't come into their thoughts when they realised the station is actually in Abbey Road, so not unreasonably thought Abbey Road was a better idea.
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Post by norbitonflyer on Apr 26, 2016 22:01:08 GMT
There were certainly enough examples historically-like Strand fired into the tiling at Aldwych, as its' originally-intended name-where they changed their minds about the nomenclature before trains started calling there, . It was renamed in 1915, eight years after the branch opened, when the original name was adopted by the former Charing Cross station on the Hampstead Line (CCEHR),whose own name had been transferred to the new interchange with the District's station of that name. |
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Post by Dom K on Apr 26, 2016 22:19:07 GMT
We are going off topic guys! It's an interesting off topic conversation, but not for this topic!
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