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« on: April 08, 2023, 08:21:11 »
How important is a station name?   Here are seven examples of stations (currently open on the National Rail Network) that have had their names changed over the years.   These changes came to my mind when reading the complex name history of Kensington Olympia, or Olympia, or Kensington, or ...

A. Renamed - a suffix "West" added - 1 September 1952. Renamed again, suffix removed, 6 May 1968

B. Opened in 1842 as "[name] Junction" but the Junction suffix was removed in 1961

C. Opened in 1859 with a suffix "Road" which was changed to a suffix "Parkway" on 4 Nov 1983

D. Opened in 1897 (though public only from 1949) with a "Platform" suffix that was removed in 1962

E. Suffix "General" added in 1949 and removed again in 1973/4.

F. Formerly had the suffix "Burdett Road" - dropped in the late 1960s (I am unsure of date)

G. The suffix "High Street" was dropped when other stations serving the same place closed.
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« Reply #1 on: April 08, 2023, 08:27:21 »
E is Reading
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C is Bodmin
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F Stonehouse
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« Reply #4 on: April 08, 2023, 09:43:42 »
B is Swindon.
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« Reply #5 on: April 08, 2023, 17:11:23 »
G is Newport, South Wales.


I was watching a YouTube video the other day featuring the former Addiscombe branch in south east London. The terminus had several name changes during it's lifetime.

Croydon (Addiscombe Road)
Croydon (Addiscombe)
Addiscombe (Croydon)
Addiscombe

I'm wondering if there is any other station (open or former) that can match or beat having four names in its lifetime?
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« Reply #6 on: April 08, 2023, 20:09:00 »
Quote from: JayMac on April 08, 2023, 17:11:23
G is Newport, South Wales.


I was watching a YouTube video the other day featuring the former Addiscombe branch in south east London. The terminus had several name changes during it's lifetime.

Croydon (Addiscombe Road)
Croydon (Addiscombe)
Addiscombe (Croydon)
Addiscombe

I'm wondering if there is any other station (open or former) that can match or beat having four names in its lifetime?

A couple of options strike me:

a) The one mentioned yesterday - Kensington or Addison Road or Kensington (Olympia) or Kensington Olympia or Olympia

b) some stations used in multiple filming - e.g. Oakworth, Weybourne

In the Quiz, A and D remain to be identified.  I had a different answers for G, but, yes, Newport fits the clue.  Can anyone find the other station (or perhaps stationS) that have lost their "High Street"?
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« Reply #7 on: April 08, 2023, 20:17:04 »
Here's another:

5 November 1899   Opened as Stoats Nest and Cane Hill
1 June 1911   Renamed Coulsdon and Smitham Downs
9 July 1923   Renamed Coulsdon West
1 August 1923   Renamed Coulsdon North
3 October 1983   Closed
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« Reply #8 on: April 11, 2023, 12:17:19 »
I thought North Camp may have had some previous aliases; according to Wikipedia:

1858 North Camp, Aldershot
1863 Aldershot Camp
1879 Aldershot (North Camp)
June 1910 Aldershot (North Camp) & South Farnborough
July 1923 Aldershot North
March 1924 North Camp

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Camp_railway_station
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« Reply #9 on: April 12, 2023, 00:08:15 »
G - Swansea? (Still colloquially sometimes known as High Street)
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« Reply #10 on: April 12, 2023, 06:49:25 »
Quote from: Hafren on April 12, 2023, 00:08:15
G - Swansea? (Still colloquially sometimes known as High Street)

That was the one I had in mind, yes  Smiley
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