Spent many a happy wait listening to the Sutton Loop announcemeant as “Sutton, Surrey, calling at… Wimbledon, Wimbledon Chase, South Merton, Morden South, St Helier, Sutton Common, West Sutton and Sutton”
Sutton Greater London surely?
Spent many a happy wait listening to the Sutton Loop announcemeant as “Sutton, Surrey, calling at… Wimbledon, Wimbledon Chase, South Merton, Morden South, St Helier, Sutton Common, West Sutton and Sutton”
Sutton Greater London surely?
That brings up an interesting possibility: has anyone trying to get to Jersey ended up there?Nottingham and Mottingham
Spent many a happy wait listening to the Sutton Loop announcement as “Sutton, Surrey, calling at… Wimbledon, Wimbledon Chase, South Merton, Morden South, St Helier, Sutton Common, West Sutton and Sutton”
Sutton and Sutton-in-Ashfield
...or someone heading for Hugh Town or Tresco ended up in Esher?That brings up an interesting possibility: has anyone trying to get to Jersey ended up there?
I have actually had a customer with a railway ticket for Cottingley going to the village near Bingley.A couple of times I've almost been sold a ticket to the former when going to the latter. One reason I usually used the ticket machine.
Now I commute to Cottingley rather than Knottingley. So another potential cause of confusion. Plus of course there is another Cottingley in West Yorkshire, but I would have to catch a bus rather than a train to get there. Some people do look puzzled when I say I catch a train to Cottingley, mind.
No, I don’t think it did. Nearest was probably Linacre Road (long since closed). Although Aintree is quite closeDid Netherton (Liverpool) ever have a station? If so, this could have been confused with both Nethertown (Cumbria) and Netherton (on the former Meltham branch from Huddersfield).
Speaking of the latter, West Yorkshire PTE used to have alphabetical lists of places in Huddersfield bus station directing people to the correct bus. Netherton had two entries, one for the village near Meltham and one for the village near Wakefield.
Even more so when it's getting close to kick-off time.Must be fun telling the people who’ve made such a mistake that they actually need to go to another country…
You were actually doubly right, in a way - there's a Stroud near Gloucester in New South Wales too“It’s near Gloucester I think.”
“Oh, really I’ve never heard of it!”
It did, but it was called Captain’s Lane and later renamed Ford.Did Netherton (Liverpool) ever have a station? If so, this could have been confused with both Nethertown (Cumbria) and Netherton (on the former Meltham branch from Huddersfield).
Speaking of the latter, West Yorkshire PTE used to have alphabetical lists of places in Huddersfield bus station directing people to the correct bus. Netherton had two entries, one for the village near Meltham and one for the village near Wakefield.
You could also have Corbridge and Gorebridge.Just thought of some more
Mutley & muthill
Keyham & keynsham
Otley & Botley
Liscard @ Liskeard
Winsford & Wansford
Kingston on Thames & Kingston on Hull
Winchester & winchelsea
Heathrow & Hounslow?
Seven sisters & seven kings
Berwick & Borwick
St Ives (Cambs) & st Ives (Cornwall)
Stoke mandeville & Stoke on Trent
Caernarfon & Carmarthen
Beeston & Beeston Castle
Also Barrmill in the past.Barrhill and Barrhead. (No station at Bar Hill, Cambridge.)
I have done this, unfortunately. I'm still not sure which one is which - I had been aiming at the one near Stratford and ended up in south London.Forest Hill and Forest Gate.
I think the station was renamed.It's why the destination boards and announcements now state the latter as (the non-existent) Clacton-on-Sea.