Trivia: Which UK stations have (or have historically) had stations using the same name but with a slight variation?

[racyrich]

Originally the Metropolitan Line's Paddington station was called Bishops Road.

There must be loads of High/Low Levels: Willesden, Highgate Road, Bishopsgate. The c2c social media team steadfastedly call West Ham 'West Ham High Level'

 

[Essan]

delete (misunderstood question)

 

[generalnerd]

Eh? Manchester London Road is / was the very same station as Manchester Piccadilly, before its September 1960 name change.

Oh sorry I’m confusing it with mayfield. Forgive me.

Edit: I was actually thinking of Oxford road. DOH!

 

[Wyrleybart]

Not sure there actually was a station at Towyn on the North Wales coast, but the town of Towyn on the Merioneth coast was renamed Tywyn to avoid the confusion. Obviously the station at Towyn was renamed Tywyn to follow the town renaming.

The Talyllyn railway station was originally know as "Kings station" apparently anf was purely for slate transhipment, with passenger services running from and to Pendre where the sheds and works is located. Kings station became officially known as Towyn Wharf from around 1910, although "King" as apparently not completely dropped until after 1915. Not sure when Towyn Wharf was renamed to follow the town renaming.

Another duplication could regard Penryndeudraeth on the Cambrian line and Penrhyn on the Festiniog railway, the latter shortened to prevent confusion some time after it's original name.

 

[Western Sunset]

Kings Cross and King's Cross

 

[Rescars]

There must be loads of High/Low Levels: Willesden, Highgate Road, Bishopsgate. The c2c social media team steadfastedly call West Ham 'West Ham High Level'

Tyndrum Upper and Lower make for a pleasant variation on the theme (or Upper and Lower Tyndrum as they now are). A few locations have enjoyed rather more poetic names where there were several stations close together - Monmouth Troy and Monmouth May Hill as an example.

 

[D6130]

Tyndrum Upper and Lower make for a pleasant variation on the theme (or Upper and Lower Tyndrum as they now are). A few locations have enjoyed rather more poetic names where there were several stations close together - Monmouth Troy and Monmouth May Hill as an example.

Tyndrum Lower is still named as such....but Tyndrum Upper was renamed Upper Tyndrum when the Radio Electronic Token Block system was brought into use on the West Highland lines in 1989, to avoid confusion between the two stations when having radio conversations between drivers and signallers.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Kings Cross and King's Cross

Cross Gates and Crossgates. The station had nameboards with both versions for a long time during the 90s/2000s.

 

[Gloster]

Presteigne is the name of the town, but the GWR usually, but not always, omitted the final ‘e’.

 

[Pete_uk]

Stroud and Strood

 

[davetheguard]

Handborough on the Cotswold Line had the spelling slightly changed in the mid '90s to Hanborough.

This is closer to the actual name of the village in which it is located - Long Hanborough.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Shepley was once "Shepley & Shelly". The second village once named in the station is in fact called Shelley (note the spelling difference).
The next station up the line, Denby Dale, was formerly "Denby Dale & Cumberworth". Cumberworth is actually two different villages named Upper and Lower Cumberworth respectively.

 

[Rail Ranger]

Mills Hill and Mill Hill?

 

[PaulJ]

Tonbridge was once known as Tunbridge. Whitstable was once Whitstable and Tankerton.

 

[Rail Ranger]

The railway called the station on the Oldham loop "New Hey". The town is actually called "Newhey". Metrolink call the station "Newhey".

 

[Requeststop]

Falmouth Town was originally just Falmouth, and then became The Dell and then back to the present name.

 

[Zomboid]

Wasn't Cardiff Central once known as Cardiff General? Or have I imagined that?

 

[Wolvercoter]

Handborough on the Cotswold Line had the spelling slightly changed in the mid '90s to Hanborough.

This is closer to the actual name of the village in which it is located - Long Hanborough.

I was going to mention this one but you beat me to it @davetheguard. But I will add that the code for this station is HND, which is a nice little reminder!

 

[Pyewipecarshed]

Oh sorry I’m confusing it with mayfield. Forgive me.

Mayfield qualifies, it was an overspill station for London Road.

Wasn't Cardiff Central once known as Cardiff General? Or have I imagined that?

Yes, between 1924 and 1973

 

[Old Yard Dog]

Bradford Exchange and Barnsley Exchange, seem to both be Interchanges today.

Hull Paragon, seems to still be known as this. Lincoln Central is still referred to as Lincoln Central (Northern on board announcements for example).

Bradford Exchange actually moved from its original site to the present site on the other side of Bridge Street in 1973. But it retained its name and wasn't renamed Interchange until 1983.

As far as I know, there aren't any stations left anywhere in Britain still called Exchange.

Bradford Forster Square also moved further out of town in 1993 but retained its name.

If the barmpots have their way, Bradford Interchange may be replaced by a station even further out of town up a big hill and across a 8-lane highway in a few years time.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Stroud and Strood

That's two different stations in different towns separated by well over 100 miles, isn't it?

Or have either of the towns had variations in spelling over the years?

 

[Pyewipecarshed]

I believe the adjacent Great Western and Southern stations in Reading were both called just "Reading" until they were named Reading General and Reading South/Southern respectively.
Local buses still carried the destination "Stations" for some time after the South station closed.

 

[Rail Ranger]

Gloucester Central and Gloucester Eastgate were renamed as one station "Gloucester" from 26th May 1968, seven years before the closure of the Gloucester Eastgate part in 1975.

 

[JBuchananGB]

I suppose Maghull North is a spin off from Maghull.

 

[MadMac]

The current Dunfermline City has been Dunfermline Lower, just Dunfermline and Dunfermline Town in my lifetime.

 

[Tetragon213]

Andover was historically Andover Junction, as the Sprat and Winkle Line (does anyone know the actual name for that line?) had a further station called Andover Town next to what is now a road near the Station Inn.

Once heard a guard who can't have been from the 60s still accidentally refer to it as Andover Junction on the tannoy a few years ago!

 

[DanBlanchflowe]

Billingham (Stockton) and Billinghurst (Sussex).

Newport (Wales) and Newport (Essex). Four other Newport's closed mid 20th Cent.

 

[Zomboid]

Andover was historically Andover Junction, as the Sprat and Winkle Line (does anyone know the actual name for that line?) had a further station called Andover Town next to what is now a road near the Station Inn.

Once heard a guard who can't have been from the 60s still accidentally refer to it as Andover Junction on the tannoy a few years ago!

And Micheldever was opened as Andover Road.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

How about 'Conwy' station? Was originally 'Conway' station, when it first opened back in May 1848. After its (Beeching cuts) closure in February 1966, it was then subsequently re-opened in June 1987, but now with the Welsh, rather than Anglicised, spelling.

 

[Western Lord]

The slight variation in the two Gillinghams is, of course, in the pronunciation.