SwindonBert
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Swindon (Junction)
Didn't Sandling go through a stage of being Sandling for Hythe?Ham Street & Orlestone - Now just Ham Street
Bexhill Central - Now just Bexhill
Tunbridge Wells Central - Now just Tunbridge Wells
Three Oaks and Guestling Halt - Now just Three Oaks
Doleham Halt - Now just Doleham
Sandling Junction - Now just Sandling
Paul
Is James Cook still "University Hospital" at the end?
I've seen both used. The full moniker is, I suppose, rather lengthy, but I believe that it's still the station's full name!
As @Mcr Warrior has alluded to in his post, both are in use. Real Time Trains uses "James Cook" & National Rail Enquiries uses the full and correct "James Cook University Hospital". It has been about 3 months since I last used the train home but generally the automated announcements would use the full title and guards would use the shorter version, which is understandable given they could be saying quite a few stations if they are going to Whitby. Interestingly, when the station was first built, the station signs on the platform said "James Cook University Hospital", but got changed after the official opening.
Yes. And that station used to be Mansfield Town too. Now just Mansfield, but some on board announcements still call it Town, presumably to distinguish it from Mansfield Woodhouse.Wasn't it "Alfreton & Mansfield Parkway" until the Robin Hood Line reopened with a station in Mansfield Town centre?
Dewsbury (Wellington Rd)
Morley (Low)
It's my local station (and I'm the station adopter) and while it was being built I went to the footbridge to take photos on roughly a weekly basis to document the construction (annoyingly i can't find them now!). IIRC the PIS was aligned so you couldn't see it from where you entered the platform but was later rotated 90 degrees so it was at least obvious it was there. I also remember being surprised by the quick change of the signs.It changed quite quickly. Me and @Starmill visited twice whilst on a rover in the area in the opening week or so, around 5 days or so apart. Between the visits the name board changed and the location of the PIS also changed, from what I recall (I do have pictures somewhere)
The 'Parkway' suffix at Lostock station (which re-opened in 1988 as 'Lostock Parkway') seems to have been quietly dropped quite soon after.Also, I never see Lostock (Lancs) as "Lostock Parkway" which it used to be when the re-opened the station, they still read out "Buckshaw Parkway" etc on the train...has the suffix been officially dropped or am I just not listening?!
I already mentioned this on the previous page when I brought up the attempt to rename it to Deansgate GMEX.Knott Mill & Deansgate lost its PREFIX. Any more similar?
Yeh you're right.It’s actually Manors East that remains?
Knowle and Dorridge became simply Dorridge.Knott Mill & Deansgate lost its PREFIX. Any more similar?
Reading Southern was a separate station. The trains now run into a part of the old GWR Reading (General).On the North Downs Line (suffix removals or changes only as there have been a fair few other name changes):-
Reading, was Reading Southern
Sandhurst, was Sandhurst Halt
Dorking West, was Dorking Town
Reigate, was Reigate Town
Redhill, was Redhill Junction
Off-topic and non-trivia, but has there been any discussion of whether Stonehouse would revert to Stonehouse Burdett Road, or change to some other name, if Stonehouse Bristol Road reopens?Stonehouse Burdett Road
Strange one this, outside it says Hull (double arrows) Paragon Interchange.Controversial one: Hull - is the Paragon bit officially part of its current name?
Llandrindod Wells station has lost its Wells, as have few other of the Heart of Wales Line stationsMildly curious, especially as the stations in other spa towns (e.g. Harrogate, Llandrindod Wells) never had "Spa" in their names (as far as I know). Has anyone found any that have been de-Spa-ed
Actually it briefly became just Knowle in the 1970sKnowle and Dorridge became simply Dorridge.
Norwich Thorpe was still named as such until not too long ago. Indeed I remember it being proclaimed as such with a huge sign outside until perhaps the late 1980s/early 1990s & even the early modern era BR station lights had Norwich Thorpe on them until perhaps about the same time.Norwich used to be Norwich Thorpe when there was also Norwich Victoria and Norwich City.
Brundall Gardens Halt was at one time just Brundall Gardens, not sure if it's regained it's Halt or not.
We used to have Yarmouth Vauxhall, which, I understand, is now Great Yarmouth so lost it's suffix and gained a prefix!
Lowestoft used to be Lowestoft Central.
Haddiscoe used to be Haddiscoe Low Level, when there was also a High Level.
North Walsham used to be North Walsham Main.
Cromer used to be Cromer Beach.
Wasn’t Filton Junction another station slightly further up than Filton Abbey Wood? I think you can see three abandoned platform faces when passing - an island and one on the Cardiff bound line.Filton (Junction)