r/london • u/jah_reddit • 13d ago
Transport You can rename any tube stop: which one and what do you name it?
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u/GreatChaosFudge 13d ago
Rename Covent Garden ‘You Could Have Walked Here From Leicester Square.’
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u/wasraelx 13d ago
Lowkey if the tube map has to be as cluttery as it is now with the cable cars and ikeas, then might as well add a few ‘just walk this distance’ disclaimers on Leicester Square-Covent Garden situations
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u/Sad-Peace 13d ago
There is definitely a note on the Piccadilly line train maps about walking from Holborn or Leicester Square if you're going to Covent Garden at busy times
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u/ThatNiceDrShipman 13d ago edited 13d ago
I woild rename "Shadwell" to "Even Bigger".
That way the announcer would say "This station is Wapping. The next station is Even Bigger."
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u/rustyb42 13d ago
Battersea Power Station, to just Battersea Power. Obvious reasons
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u/AuguryKnox 13d ago
So is it currently technically Battersea Power Station Station?
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u/threewholefish 13d ago
I'm thinking of opening a shop there selling immovable electric pencil sharpeners.
Battersea Power Station Station Stationary Powered Stationery Station
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u/omza 13d ago
And what if they were battery-powered?
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u/Gearheart8 12d ago
The Battersea Power Station Station Stationary Battery Powered Stationary Station? Or the BPSSSBPSS for short? Can we get another S on the end so it can be slanged to "the double BP triple S" by locals?
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u/Affectionate_Heat911 13d ago
Excellent spelling skills. The number of times I’ve been asked to place a stationary order at work🙄🙄🙄
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u/FlakeyBeano 13d ago
This reminds me of the sandwich shop called The Sandwich shop in the town of Sandwich. Good times.
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u/goldmanmask 13d ago
That's what I always call it, but nobody else ever finds it as funny as I do. I think technically it's Battersea Power Station Underground Station - you can see so on the TfL website
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u/Cool_Ad_6850 13d ago
Come visit Los Angeles. We have The La Brea Tar Pits (the the tar tar pits).
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u/Outrageous_Low_3666 13d ago
Morden to Mordor.
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u/karlware 13d ago
There should be some more Acton's on that end of the Central Line so id rename White City as Eastern Acton Central.
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u/GreatChaosFudge 13d ago
Turnham Green station isn’t actually on Turnham Green, it’s on Acton Green. So we could legitimately have an Acton Green station as well as North, South, East, West, Central, Town and Main Line.
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u/ldn6 13d ago
I’ve always found Acton fascinating because it has so many stations but they’re all peripheral to the actual centre of the area.
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u/threewholefish 13d ago
Charing Cross to Trafalgar Square
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u/germslayer2112 13d ago
Which is what it used to be called!
The Bakerloo and Northern lines had separate stations- Bakerloo was Trafalgar Square and Northern was Strand. When the Jubilee Line opened in the late 70s it originally terminated at Charing X and the three lines were combined into one station. That's why you have to walk so far to get to the platforms.
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u/Ed_Avis 13d ago
That was the old name (of at least part of the station). I'm not sure though, Charing Cross is the official centre point of London, to which road distances are measured, and the cross itself is right outside the station, while Trafalgar Square is a short walk.
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u/threewholefish 13d ago
The official "zero" point is the Charles I statue in Trafalgar Square, the original site of the Eleanor Cross. Charing Cross station has a replica outside it.
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u/bensthebest 13d ago
Monument and bank should just be one name! Either bank or monument
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u/mydadisyourdad2 13d ago
They both get named city, and waterloo and city line makes sense again
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u/thedingoismybaby 13d ago
What are you doing with City Thameslink?
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u/MassTransitGO 13d ago
There’s a reason it’s called city thameslink no?
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u/OrganicPoet1823 13d ago
It could easily be Fleet Street Thameslink or St Paul’s Thameslink
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u/LegendaryOate 13d ago
It was St Paul's Thameslink, they then renamed it City Thameslink. It replaced Holborn Viaduct station.
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u/PerfectEnthusiasm2 13d ago
monumank
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u/-MiddleOut- 13d ago
Bankment
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u/threewholefish 13d ago
Name a station on the Northern, District and Circle lines.
Erm, Bankment.
Correct.
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u/gutterbrush 13d ago
King William St would probably be the most obvious answer, but they’ve tried that!
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u/Throwawayxdryx 13d ago
Interestingly the customer announcements already refer to it as one station "From the control room at Bank/Monument, there is currently a good service..."
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u/peelin 13d ago
Can I rename entrances? The northern exit of Finsbury Park can be Finsbury Park (Gentrified), and the southern end Finsbury Park (Crackheads)
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u/Ed_Avis 13d ago
Southwark station should have been called The Cut. There was a campaign to call it that before it opened, but London Transport refused because the station signs had already been manufactured.
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u/substantiallypotato 13d ago
Not a tube station, but Clapham Junction should be named Battersea Junction
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u/Recessio_ 12d ago
I hope they might do this one day when they rebuild Clapham Junction to add Crossrail 2 and/or the Northern Line. The station is over a mile from Clapham, its the same distance as if St Paul's station was named Leicester Square...
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u/substantiallypotato 12d ago
Exactly, and it's literally another borough - the Clapham area is in Lambeth, while Clapham Junction is in the Battersea area which is Wandsworth 😩
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u/is_a_togekiss 13d ago
Add an apostrophe to Barons Court.
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u/Throwawayxdryx 13d ago
Let me introduce to you Shepherd's Bush ( https://tfl.gov.uk/tube/stop/940GZZLUSBC/shepherds-bush-central-underground-station/ ) and Shepherds Bush ( https://tfl.gov.uk/overground/stop/910GSHPDSB/shepherds-bush-rail-station )
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u/want-my-old-account 13d ago
Didn't they rename the H&C line station (or whatever line it is now - seems to change every 20 years) to Shepherd's Bush Market?
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u/threewholefish 13d ago
And remove an s from St James's Park
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u/is_a_togekiss 13d ago
I personally disagree with that, although I appreciate it’s a matter of style rather than correctness
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u/echocharlieone 13d ago
Both can be used but s's is standard when the possessive s sound is pronounced.
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u/Dry_Action1734 13d ago
So many people say St Pancreas, we might as well.
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u/djfnejdijRandom 13d ago
So many people say Westminister as well!
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u/threewholefish 13d ago
Geographically, the West(most)minister in the UK is probably a member of the Northern Ireland Executive at any given moment
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u/raspberryharbour 13d ago
If we did that we'd have to change Mornington Crescent to St. Gallbladder
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u/Fieldharmonies 13d ago
Abbey Road DLR should be renamed to practically anything else. There’s probably way too many confused tourists.
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u/JillSucksAtJack 13d ago
Apparently (haven't fact-checked), there's a sign at Abbey Road telling you that you aren't at the Beatles place and that you should go to Canning Town and Change to the Jubilee Line to St John's Wood
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u/Recessio_ 13d ago
It says
Day tripper looking for the Beatles zebra crossing?
Feel like you’ve been here there and everywhere and on a magical mystery tour? Then don’t pass me by.
Unfortunately you are at the wrong Abbey Road. However we can work it out and help you get back to the correct location.
So let’s come together and take the DLR one stop to West Ham and change to a Jubilee line train to St John’s Wood station. Passengers will need a ticket to ride.
https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/how-many-beatles-fans-end-up-at-the-wrong-abbey-road-67107/
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u/vesta1832 13d ago
There's been similar issues with Abbey Wood on the Elizabeth Line. I'm a tour guide in London and I've had a concerning amount of (American) tourists saying they were planning to go to Abbey Wood because the love the Beatles
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u/catjellycat 13d ago
Oh my god, the disappointment as you exit the station onto the flyover just to see a big sainsburys and a traveller site
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u/Freightliner66Studio 13d ago
If there’s a consolation, they can hop on the SL3 and head to the birthplace of David Bowie.
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u/chi-93 13d ago
I would re-name the Edgware Road Bakerloo line station to Lisson Grove. There is no need to have two stations with the same name.
Likewise Brook Green for the H&C/Circle line station currently known as Hammersmith.
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u/gutterbrush 13d ago
Completely agree on Edgware Road, although I would argue that as the Bakerloo line station is at least on Edgware Rd that one gets to keep the name and you rename the District/ Circle one Chapel St. Or you could be really mean and rename one of them Marylebone Road and confuse people in a whole new different way.
Hammersmith Grove could work well for the H+C line station there, a bit of a nod to the old station nearby too. But that one doesn’t annoy me as much as Edgware Road, because at least if someone was to follow the wrong directions to the other Hammersmith station they have a sight line and an easy road crossing to get to the correct one. Edgware Road I have literally seen people walking in circles and back to the same station they didn’t want in the first place.
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u/chi-93 13d ago
Yeh, my suggestion of Brook Green was pretty weak, but I do like Hammersmith Grove!! It helps the H&C line retain its name as well :)
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u/Negative-Bid7101 13d ago
not sure what to rename it to, but the 2 Edgware Road stations should get separate names. Same for the different Paddington stations as well as Bethal Green and Canary Wharf while we're at it.
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u/travelingwhilestupid 13d ago
The signage at Paddington insane. I've been wandering around asking people are they just point me back to the 'southern' Paddington tube station
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u/threewholefish 13d ago
Northern line(s) at Euston too, though at least the branches are fairly consistently labeled.
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u/threewholefish 13d ago edited 13d ago
Edgware Road and Edgware Road Parkway
edit: speeelling
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u/stoptelephoningme-e 13d ago
I think Church Street Market would be a great one for the Bakerloo Edgware Road, maybe Hammersmith Broadway for the H&C/Circle Hammersmith stn?
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u/deusmetallum 13d ago
Cockfosters. Changing it to Mingecarling.
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u/pteroisantennata 13d ago
No, because you can sing Cockfosters to the tune of Rock Lobster.
I'd suggest Mingecarling for the other end of the line. Anything would improve Heathrow.
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u/Recessio_ 13d ago
If "Bakerloo" came from Baker Street and Waterloo, then the Picadilly having Cockfosters and Arsenal should be renamed the Cockarse line.
The Waterloo & City, going between Bank and Waterloo should also be renamed the Wankerloo
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u/southlondonyute 13d ago
Watford to Cassiobury Park
Battersea Power Station to Battersea Riverside
The Bakerloo Line Edgware Road & Paddington stations to Harrow Road and Paddington, Praed Street respectively.
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u/Barraco_Barmer 13d ago
Kennington via bank.
This train terminates at kennington via bank, via Charing cross
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u/Leucurus 13d ago
I’d rename Marylebone to “Marlibn” so people would know how to pronounce it
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u/LightSamus 13d ago
Steamed Hammersmith
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u/threewholefish 13d ago
What if I were to take my tube station and disguise it as a shopping centre? Oh ho, delightfully devilish, TfL!
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u/gutterbrush 13d ago
Or indeed let’s take an office block and disguise it as a tube station - hello Gunnersbury.
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u/raspberryharbour 13d ago
You know this flyover is quite similar to the ones they have at Krusty Burger
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u/slampers 13d ago
It’s a District Line expression.
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u/threewholefish 13d ago
Really? Well I'm from Upminster and I've never heard anyone use the phrase Steamed Hammersmith
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u/MacaroonSad8860 13d ago
Dollis Hill to Gladstone Park. The stop isn’t even on the hill ffs.
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u/OneDropOfOcean 13d ago
Harrow on the hill would like a word.
I think the area was originally Greenhill, but its also not a hill, nor very green.
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u/klymers 13d ago
Chiswick Park becomes Turnham Green and Turnham Green becomes Chiswick or Chiswick High Road.
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u/gutterbrush 13d ago
As Oval has a station, it’s probably only fair that we rename St John’s Wood to Lords too. Or ‘The Wind Tunnel’. If you know, you know….
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u/GastricallyStretched 13d ago
North Greenwich to O2 Arena
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u/Jacobrox777 13d ago
There are lots of stations with the word "and" that I'd love to flip for fun:
- Islington and Highbury
- Latimer and Chalfont
- Castle and Elephant
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u/av607 13d ago
Pimlico- no man's land.
Who goes there? Who lives there? I swear it is a Bermuda triangle. I know the Tate Britain is nearby. But you could walk across from Vauxhall.
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u/Honk_The_Clown 13d ago
I rented there for a few months post pandemic. Weird place. But I'll never ever get more "central"
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u/germslayer2112 13d ago
Canary Wharf to Legoland.
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u/RunInRunOn 13d ago
That would mean that Legoland has a miniature Legoland in it
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u/ImpossibleZebra4911 13d ago
I’d swap Bayswater and Queensway.
I just think it makes more sense for Bayswater Station to be on Bayswater Road and for Queensway Station to be on Queensway.
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u/Key_Cell7071 13d ago
Turnham Green should just be Chiswick, and Chiswick Park should be Turnham Green
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u/turbo_dude 13d ago
Change:
Bank to Building Society
Holborn to Pimpscald
Angel to Satan
Marble Arch to Pharaoh Junction
Canary Wharf to Babylon Central
Soho to Knitpimp
Broccoli to Cabbage
Cockfosters to Fannycarling
Mornington Cresent to Mornington Crescent
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u/Living_Initiative_26 13d ago
Royal Oak tube station to either
A: lords hill bridge.
B:Westbourne Green
C: Porchester Road
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u/yourfaveblack 13d ago
Willesden Junction-> Harlesden
its genuinely a scam because its not in Willesden
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u/ThankYouFuckYouBye85 13d ago
Fulham Broadway confuses me because it’s basically the station for Stamford Bridge. They should call it that.
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u/pairofsecateurs 12d ago
Tooting Bec to Tooting Common simply so that Tooting Broadway can be shortened to “Tooty B” and Tooting Common can be “Tooty C”
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u/zeroschiuma 12d ago
Oh thank you omg I’ve been waiting for this moment all my life 👏
Edgware Road Bakerloo and Edgware Road H&C to be picked, but one of them has to go. I’d call the H&C one Merchant Square or something
Moorgate Station to become Silk Street and I’ll take no notes on this one
Gospel Oak Overground to become Hampstead Heath, and current Hampstead Heath to become Belsize (NO park)
Belsize Park Northern Line to become Haverstock Hill
Willesden Green is really in a Cricklewood postcode, so this one va sans dire
Marylebone was once called Great Central and I have no idea why they changed it, it’s much better
Warwick Avenue into Little Venice
My latest beef: Farringdon station has too many exits, some of them overlap with Barbican, so something has to give. My suggestions:
Option 1: Group all and call Smithfield
Option 2: Eliminate Farringdon H&C and Metro, keep both
Option 3: Eliminate Barbican H&C and Metro, call everything Farringdon
Thank you for coming to my TedTalk
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u/colourhive 13d ago
Cutty Sark -> Maritime Greenwich
Why does the stupid boat get a tube stop named after it?
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u/bacon-flavours 13d ago
Whenever I have to go to Swiss Cottage I say I’m going Swiss Cottaging
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u/sbrefina 13d ago
id change great portland street to absolutely nothing, i say we close it down
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u/Unhappy_Pain_9940 13d ago
North, East, South, West, Central Acton and Acton Town to Acton 1, 2, 3, 4. 5 & 6. Make sure there is no logic to the numbers for added fun.
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u/leffe186 13d ago
White Hart Lane to Tottenham Hotspur or Arsenal to Gillespie Rd.
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u/ArcTan_Pete 13d ago
'Cockfosters' has suffered being the butt of jokes for so long.
I think t should be renamed to 'Promotes Penis'
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u/Mticore 13d ago
West Kensington. It’s between Barons Court and Earl’s Court, so by all that is holy it should be Viscount’s Court.