Members named after stations

[Gathursty]

I named myself after Gathurst.

There are other members who have a station in their user name (abbreviated or full name).

How many stations have we got on this forum by user name?

How far off are we having a named member for each station?

 

[75A]

I'm 75A which was the shed code for Brighton, where I lived and worked in the late 70' / early 80's.

 

[Strathclyder]

I didn't name myself after a local station/depot/railway landmark etc, but a name that a member of a class of EMU that I've grown up with used to carry, specifically 318266.

Out of all the named ScotRail units that have roamed the network, 266 had by far the most distinctive and appealing name, ripe for reuse as a forum handle

 

[Fenchurch SP]

I wanted to be Fenchurch Street-Porter but it's too long.
It was a character in an old radio comedy sketch which I barely remember but for some reason the name stuck in my mind.
Probably from the 1970s when Janet was high profile.

 

[Ashley Hill]

Ashley Hill was a station in Bristol. Its now being re-opened on the same site as Ashley Down,a far inferior name.

 

[Purple Train]

Ashley Hill was a station in Bristol. Its now being re-opened on the same site as Ashley Down,a far inferior name.

Shame, then we could have had "stations named after members"!

 

[Dai Corner]

My username is inspired by that of a station in Newport, south Wales but is plausibly a real name with a local abbreviation.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

I wonder how many people have actual names that coincide with a rail station. It is not improbable that somewhere there is a Daisy Hill, less likely that someone is called Euxton Balshaw Lane.

 

[McRhu]

Didn't RAIL magazine once have a whole sequential plethora of columnists coincidentally named after railway locations? Stewart Slane et al.

 

[lxfe_mxtterz]

I wonder how many people have actual names that coincide with a rail station. It is not improbable that somewhere there is a Daisy Hill, less likely that someone is called Euxton Balshaw Lane.

We had a thread on that a little while back.

Trivia: Station names that make human names

Echoing @Springs Branch's suggestion in the "Station names that phonetically spell that of famous people" thread, this is for station names that make plausible given names; for example, Bruce Grove. Any open or disused station, on heavy rail, light rail, LUL, etc., is allowed. The surname...

www.railforums.co.uk

 

[Ashley Hill]

Didn't RAIL magazine once have a whole sequential plethora of columnists coincidentally named after railway locations? Stewart Slane et al.

Indeed it did,Neville Hill springs to mind.

 

[32475]

I’d love to think there’s a Martin Mill out there somewhere who just happens to be a rail enthusiast. If there is I’ve got one of his BR(S) running in boards!
As for my user name I’m very much like 75A in post #2 with a huge Brighton influence

 

[75A]

Interesting, an E4.
Me, I'm more a Q1 man hence the picture.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Didn't RAIL magazine once have a whole sequential plethora of columnists coincidentally named after railway locations? Stewart Slane et al.

I suspect they were all David Maxey ( of Railtour Review fame ) weren't they?

 

[McRhu]

I suspect they were all David Maxey ( of Railtour Review fame ) weren't they?

I'm pretty sure they were, yes. Happy days.

 

[32475]

Interesting, an E4.
Me, I'm more a Q1 man hence the picture.

You and I are spoiled for choice when it comes to Brighton locos!

 

[farleigh]

East Farleigh for me. Happy memories of the beautiful station

 

[DerekC]

Hmm - I went the boring route and I suppose it's too late to change now. What should I have picked? Adlestrop? High Street Ken? Grimoldboy? I know:

Twizell

 

[londonbridge]

When travelling into and out of central London, Victoria and London Bridge are the two stations I frequent the most, since I’m male I chose the latter.