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Old May 20th 08, 10:11 PM posted to uk.transport.london
Tim Roll-Pickering Tim Roll-Pickering is offline
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Default Banglatown: calls to rename East End station

alex_t wrote:

Shoreditch High Street station will open as part of the East London
Line.


Tower Hamlets councillor Abdal Ullah said the new station should be
called "Banglatown" to reflect the strong Bangladeshi community.


The last I heard they wanted to give that name to Aldgate East (when someone
pointed out that "Brick Lane" would not be terribly accurate). I don't think
naming stations after ill defined areas is particularly useful when the main
purpose should be to indicate where the station is. I mean even the
Wikipedia entry for "Banglatown" is a redirect to Brick Lane.

Now if they were talking about the old Shoreditch station they may have a
stronger case.