On Monday, 4 June 2012 12:12:26 UTC+1, wrote:
On 04/06/2012 09:35, Jim wrote:

I never liked the name. It does not really give one an idea of where it is.
A reasonable name might have been LUDGATE.

It couldn't really have been LUDGATE because one entrance is at Holborn
Viaduct.

I much preferred the original name of ST PAUL'S THAMESLINK but
presumably this was changed to avoid confusion with St Pauls underground
station.

Why not Ludgate Thameslink, then?

The thing about the Thameslink part is that it doesn't really help; it is just an adscititious 10 letters that have to be added to every sign, map and timetable.
If it DID help, then those 10 letters would be added to the names of all the stations on the route...

On 2012\06\04 13:14, martin_petrov wrote:
On Sun, 03 Jun 2012 11:24:33 +0100, Robin9 wrote:

When I pass through City Thameslink Station at weekends it seems almost
a ghost station, with no passengers in sight. How busy is this station
from Monday to Friday?

Since the nice new Bankside entrance to Blackfriars has opened, which is
near my office, I've found myself using Thameslink fairly regularly when
heading towards northwards - but given the extremely short distance
between City Thameslink and Blackfriars (and really, between Farringdon
and City Thameslink) why you'd want to keep City Thameslink there at all?

Keeps down dwell times at the other two... could be important when the
line gets 24 tph.

Paul Scott wrote:

It's extremely quiet outside the peaks on Mon - Fri as well, in my
experience.

I think this is probably because it isn't really a destination in its own
right, and there are no signed interchanges with the underground (although
St Pauls on the Central line is not that far from the northern entrance.)

The Central Line runs right under the street outside though - was there ever
any talk of an interchange station? (Okay today passenger loadings making
additional Central Line stations a nightmare but maybe one day...)

I suspect it has no advantage for offpeak travellers and tourists over the
stations either side.


It's not that far from St Paul's Cathedral - hence the original name.

It's also located on the 25 bus route so in theory offers a relatively
stress free central zone interchange for me on journeys to south London and
beyond, particularly at weekends when other lines are hit by engineering
works. Unfortunately whenever I've tried to do that trick I've tended to
arrive at the station to discover it's closed.

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On Jun 3, 11:24*am, Robin9 wrote:
I use public transport mainly at weekends so my experiences almost
certainly are not representative of what most people have to contend
with.

When I pass through City Thameslink Station at weekends it seems
almost a ghost station, with no passengers in sight. How busy is
this station from Monday to Friday?

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Well the City itself is pretty much a ghost town at weekends -
virtually all the shops are closed!

On Mon, Jun 04, 2012 at 09:35:14AM +0100, Jim wrote:

I much preferred the original name of ST PAUL'S THAMESLINK but
presumably this was changed to avoid confusion with St Pauls underground
station.

Ahh, that must be why there's no West Hampstead Thameslink. Oh, wait ...

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On Mon, Jun 04, 2012 at 09:35:14AM +0100, Jim wrote:

I much preferred the original name of ST PAUL'S THAMESLINK but
presumably this was changed to avoid confusion with St Pauls underground
station.

Ahh, that must be why there's no West Hampstead Thameslink. Oh, wait ...

West Hampstead is not noted for having loads of tourists daily

David Cantrell wrote:

I much preferred the original name of ST PAUL'S THAMESLINK but
presumably this was changed to avoid confusion with St Pauls underground
station.

Ahh, that must be why there's no West Hampstead Thameslink. Oh, wait ...

The West Hampstead are all within easy walking distance for the typical
interchange traffic. City Thameslink is rather far from St Paul's to serve
as a useful interchange, especially given that Thameslink serves two
airports and that many more tourists would use it.
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Well the City itself is pretty much a ghost town at weekends -
virtually all the shops are closed!

You obviously han't visited for a while; One New Change is open all weekend,
as are a lot nearby shops along Cheapside, and there are plenty of
customers.

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