Refurbishment (well, creation) of Acton Main Line station
 

I say "creation" because the station is little more than a staircase
down to a platform at the moment.

http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/...steel-11073995

I've never used Acton Main Line Station although I've passed through
it on numerous occasions. Apart from the Crossrail impetus, was the
station anyway in need of improvement?

Thank you for that link. Yes, it's not the most inviting station
in London although there are several just as bad and one or
two, Angel Road for example, even worse.

I'd forgotten it was in Horn Lane. Without intending to, I have
always bypassed it when driving because I normally use Twyford
Avenue and Noel Road.

Refurbishment (well, creation) of Acton Main Line station
 

In article ,
(Paul Corfield) wrote:

On Tue, 29 Mar 2016 17:57:08 +0200, Robin9
wrote:

'Basil Jet[_4_ Wrote:
I say "creation" because the station is little more than a staircase
down to a platform at the moment.

http://tinyurl.com/zu59gr4

I've never used Acton Main Line Station although I've passed through
it on numerous occasions. Apart from the Crossrail impetus, was the
station anyway in need of improvement?

I'd say yes - it is typical of a dire inner London suburban station
that suffered the worst ravages of BR cost cutting but has seen little
money spent on it since.

http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/SME/ht..._AML/plan.html allows you to
look round the station - place your cursor over an area and a photo
pops up. It's hardly an inviting station - imagine using it on a
freezing cold, wet Winter's evening. Ugh.

The one time I used it, back in the 1970s, it had a train or two in the
peaks only. Then it really was uncared for. When did the regular service
start? With Heathrow Connect?

--
Colin Rosenstiel

Refurbishment (well, creation) of Acton Main Line station
 

Are they going to rename it Acton Elizabeth Line?

Refurbishment (well, creation) of Acton Main Line station
 

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?

--
Colin Rosenstiel

Refurbishment (well, creation) of Acton Main Line station
 

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.

Refurbishment (well, creation) of Acton Main Line station
 

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.

Refurbishment (well, creation) of Acton Main Line station
 

In message , at 11:34:04 on Mon, 4 Apr 2016,
Basil Jet remarked:

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.)

iirc the felony was compounded by a few of them leaving (possibly
Cambridge) at the same time.

The only other stations with direct trains to both, are Ely and Audley
End. For a couple of years also Peterborough (via Ely and Ipswich).

However, Ely only has four a day to Liverpool St, all in the morning
rush hour.
--
Roland Perry

Refurbishment (well, creation) of Acton Main Line station
 

On 2016\04\04 12:25, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 11:34:04 on Mon, 4 Apr 2016,
Basil Jet remarked:

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.)

iirc the felony was compounded by a few of them leaving (possibly
Cambridge) at the same time.

The only other stations with direct trains to both, are Ely and Audley
End. For a couple of years also Peterborough (via Ely and Ipswich).

However, Ely only has four a day to Liverpool St, all in the morning
rush hour.

Norwich has trains to both.

Refurbishment (well, creation) of Acton Main Line station
 

In message , at 13:58:50 on Mon, 4 Apr 2016,
Basil Jet remarked:

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.)

iirc the felony was compounded by a few of them leaving (possibly
Cambridge) at the same time.

The only other stations with direct trains to both, are Ely and Audley
End. For a couple of years also Peterborough (via Ely and Ipswich).

However, Ely only has four a day to Liverpool St, all in the morning
rush hour.

Norwich has trains to both.

Yes, it does! A little voice in my head kept saying "Norwich" to me, but
sadly I ignored it.
--
Roland Perry

Refurbishment (well, creation) of Acton Main Line station
 

On 04/04/2016 11:34, Basil Jet wrote:
[...]
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.


There's no historical basis for the name Broadgate, it was just dreamed
up by the developers. Bishopsgate would be the obvious candidate. Or how
about Norton Folgate? (Or Essexgate?)

Refurbishment (well, creation) of Acton Main Line station
 

On 2016\04\04 14:50, Mizter T wrote:

On 04/04/2016 11:34, Basil Jet wrote:
[...]
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.


There's no historical basis for the name Broadgate, it was just dreamed
up by the developers. Bishopsgate would be the obvious candidate.

Yes, but there are trains to Bishops Stortford on the same line.

Or how
about Norton Folgate? (Or Essexgate?)

It's a bit like the nerve centre for Eastern England.
How about Anglia Ganglia?

Refurbishment (well, creation) of Acton Main Line station
 

In article , (Mizter T) wrote:

On 04/04/2016 11:34, Basil Jet wrote:
[...]
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.

There's no historical basis for the name Broadgate, it was just
dreamed up by the developers. Bishopsgate would be the obvious
candidate. Or how about Norton Folgate? (Or Essexgate?)

Wasn't Bishopsgate the name of the original Eastern Counties Railway
terminus? I have a feeling it became Bishopsgate Goods which was roughly
where Shoreditch High Street (Overground) is now.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

Refurbishment (well, creation) of Acton Main Line station
 

On 04/04/2016 16:12, wrote:

In article , (Mizter T) wrote:

On 04/04/2016 11:34, Basil Jet wrote:
[...]
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.

There's no historical basis for the name Broadgate, it was just
dreamed up by the developers. Bishopsgate would be the obvious
candidate. Or how about Norton Folgate? (Or Essexgate?)

Wasn't Bishopsgate the name of the original Eastern Counties Railway
terminus? I have a feeling it became Bishopsgate Goods which was roughly
where Shoreditch High Street (Overground) is now.


Yes. I don't think it would confuse anyone alive today in terms of the
current (Liverpool St) station and that old one, though as Monsieur Jet
points out there is the potential Bishops Stortford confusion.

Refurbishment (well, creation) of Acton Main Line station
 

In article , (Mizter T) wrote:

On 04/04/2016 16:12, wrote:

In article , (Mizter
T) wrote:

On 04/04/2016 11:34, Basil Jet wrote:
[...]
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
An cromarty 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.

There's no historical basis for the name Broadgate, it was just
dreamed up by the developers. Bishopsgate would be the obvious
candidate. Or how about Norton Folgate? (Or Essexgate?)

Wasn't Bishopsgate the name of the original Eastern Counties Railway
terminus? I have a feeling it became Bishopsgate Goods which was roughly
where Shoreditch High Street (Overground) is now.

Yes. I don't think it would confuse anyone alive today in terms of
the current (Liverpool St) station and that old one, though as
Monsieur Jet points out there is the potential Bishops Stortford
confusion.

I'm afraid I think any change from "Liverpool Street" would confuse far more
people than any confused between "Liverpool Street" and "Liverpool Lime
Street".

--
Colin Rosenstiel

Refurbishment (well, creation) of Acton Main Line station
 

wrote

I'm afraid I think any change from "Liverpool Street" would confuse far
more
people than any confused between "Liverpool Street" and "Liverpool Lime
Street".

Couldn't we rename it "Broad Street"?

Or 'Artillery Street' ?


--
Mike D

Refurbishment (well, creation) of Acton Main Line station
 

On 04/04/2016 11:34, Basil Jet wrote:

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.

Given that the main entrance to the station fronts onto Liverpool
Street, and always has done, it's a perfectly sensible name for the
eponymous station!

Cheers,

Barry

--
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Disclaimer: The above do not necessarily represent the views of my
employer.

Refurbishment (well, creation) of Acton Main Line station
 

It was a dark and stormy night when Barry Salter
wrote in article ne5u0i$1ug$1@dont-
email.me...
On 04/04/2016 11:34, Basil Jet wrote:

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.

Given that the main entrance to the station fronts onto Liverpool
Street, and always has done, it's a perfectly sensible name for the
eponymous station!

Cheers,

They could always change the street name...

G.
--
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Refurbishment (well, creation) of Acton Main Line station
 

On 2016\04\08 13:16, Grebbsy McLaren wrote:
It was a dark and stormy night when Barry Salter
wrote in article ne5u0i$1ug$1@dont-
email.me...
On 04/04/2016 11:34, Basil Jet wrote:

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.

Given that the main entrance to the station fronts onto Liverpool
Street, and always has done, it's a perfectly sensible name for the
eponymous station!

Cheers,

They could always change the street name...

Maybe they could change it to Liverpool Lime Street?

Refurbishment (well, creation) of Acton Main Line station
 

On Thu, Apr 07, 2016 at 04:26:15PM +0100, Barry Salter wrote:
On 04/04/2016 11:34, Basil Jet wrote:
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.
Given that the main entrance to the station fronts onto Liverpool
Street, and always has done, it's a perfectly sensible name for the
eponymous station!

Liverpool Street is a bit of a non-entity of a street though. I suspect
that far more people use the Bishopsgate entrance.

--
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