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.

On May 20, 11:11*pm, "Tim Roll-Pickering" T.C.Roll-
wrote:
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.

I think that Brick Lane might have been reasonably useful as a name
because it is near where Brick Lane is located (as accurate as Euston
Square or Chancery Lane), but to name a station after people who are
assumed to live there has no precedent in London as far as I know.

Maybe Councillor Ullah is being bribed by a far-right group to make
ludicrous suggestions that will inevitably attract ridicule and racist
abuse?

MIG wrote:

I think that Brick Lane might have been reasonably useful as a name
because it is near where Brick Lane is located (as accurate as Euston
Square or Chancery Lane),

Both of which are old names from a different era. Just because in the past
ambiguities were made (although wasn't Chancery Lane a name that was
reasonably accurate for the site of the original lifts and never got changed
when a new entrance was built for escalators?) doesn't mean they should be
repeated now.

On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 03:26:43PM -0700, MIG wrote:

to name a station after people who are
assumed to live there has no precedent in London as far as I know.

You mean that Chancery Lane isn't named after all the dodgy chancers in
the area? And Old Street isn't named after all the old biddies going to
Moorfields hospital for their cataract ops?

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On 21 May, 12:12, David Cantrell wrote:
On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 03:26:43PM -0700, MIG wrote:
* * * * * * * * * * * * * to name a station after people who are
assumed to live there has no precedent in London as far as I know.

You mean that Chancery Lane isn't named after all the dodgy chancers in
the area? *And Old Street isn't named after all the old biddies going to
Moorfields hospital for their cataract ops?


You could have opened up one of those threads ...

Tim Roll-Pickering wrote:
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.

Not really. The old Shoreditch station (ELL) should have been called
Spitalfields.
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