London Banter - View Single Post - Refurbishment (well, creation) of Acton Main Line station

Basil Jet[_4_] · April 4th 16, 10:34 AM posted to uk.transport.london

On 2016\04\04 11:27, Basil Jet wrote:
On 2016\04\04 11:05, wrote:
In article ,
(solar penguin) wrote:

Are they going to rename it Acton Elizabeth Line?

I've long wondered why Acton Main Line didn't get a more sensible name.
Problem is the number of alternatives already in use elsewhere, including
all points of the compass. Surely Acton Horn Lane would be best?

They'd only have to change four letters on the sign.

Although I can't help thinking Acton Crossrail is a better name, partly
because Horn Lane is so long that parts of it have North Acton or Acton
Central as the nearest station.

Speaking of renaming, I've disliked the name of Liverpool Street for a
long time, mostly because quite a few stations have direct trains to
London Liverpool Street and Liverpool Lime Street, although fortunately
Stansted is apparently no longer among them. (Ross Ancromarty used to
say that every time he operated a train out of Stansted he would give
one last warning that the train was going to Liverpool rather than
London, and some people would always get off.) It occurred to me that
Broadgate is not a bad name for the main station, and then the Crossrail
station could be called Broadgate Moorgate.