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« on: October 23, 2015, 18:10:55 »
Have you noticed how certain station names seem out of place for their area ...

Bermuda

Fatima

Central Park

Flowery Field

Can you identify the town / city / areas for the above?

Do you have any other good examples?
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« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2015, 19:10:23 »
There's a lot of slightly odd names in Lincolnshire and the Fens - just south of Coningsby there's a place called New York. This was the last drop-off point on a school bus at one time, after which the bus ran back empty to the depot - whereupon Stagecoach Lincolnshire could legitimately claim to operate a bus from New York to Boston.
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« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2015, 22:39:51 »
Isn't Fatima near Lisbon? I seem to recall going there once but I can't remember why.
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« Reply #3 on: October 24, 2015, 10:41:33 »
There's also Costa station in South West London  Grin

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« Reply #4 on: October 24, 2015, 10:51:27 »
Quote from: patch38 on October 23, 2015, 22:39:51
Isn't Fatima near Lisbon? I seem to recall going there once but I can't remember why.

I learn something every day.  YES - there is one about 125km north of Lisbon.
http://lisbon-portugal-guide.com/lisbon-transport/Lisbon-to-Fatima-Transport.html

I was thinking of somewhere much closer to home ... I've called there quite a number of times on my travels, and always wondered at the name ...
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« Reply #5 on: October 24, 2015, 11:25:15 »
Quote from: grahame on October 24, 2015, 10:51:27
I was thinking of somewhere much closer to home ... I've called there quite a number of times on my travels, and always wondered at the name ...

Fatima Dublin? Or closer still?
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« Reply #6 on: October 24, 2015, 11:29:15 »
Quote from: PhilWakely on October 24, 2015, 11:25:15
Quote from: grahame on October 24, 2015, 10:51:27
I was thinking of somewhere much closer to home ... I've called there quite a number of times on my travels, and always wondered at the name ...

Dublin? Or closer still?

Dublin indeed;  I've been to Ireland enough times to consider it "almost home".
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« Reply #7 on: October 24, 2015, 11:30:12 »
As for Bermuda, are you thinking of Nuneaton?.......
New Bermuda Train Station set to open in just a few weeks
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« Reply #8 on: October 24, 2015, 11:36:39 »
Being aviation, and military (as well as rail)-minded I'd like to call out Mount Pleasant Airfield in The Falklands.

Having been there a couple of times it would be hard to think of a more "un"pleasant place, geographically and meteorologically.

On West Falkland (admittedly some way from Mount Pleasant) there is a Mount Misery, which would far more appropriate to the location.
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« Reply #9 on: October 24, 2015, 11:57:37 »
Quote from: PhilWakely on October 24, 2015, 11:30:12
As for Bermuda, are you thinking of Nuneaton?.......
New Bermuda Train Station set to open in just a few weeks

Yes, thats where I was thinking of.  But I think your news article may have been superseded and it may not open now until next year.

http://www.nuneaton-news.co.uk/delays-hit-Bermuda-station/story-28041668-detail/story.html?
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« Reply #10 on: October 24, 2015, 13:36:21 »
Granada railway station isn't anywhere near Salford.
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« Reply #11 on: October 24, 2015, 20:09:57 »
There used to be a Brightside station in Sheffield.  Right in the middle of a heavy industry area - anything but Bright
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« Reply #12 on: October 24, 2015, 20:51:43 »
Quote from: rogerw on October 24, 2015, 20:09:57
There used to be a Brightside station in Sheffield.  Right in the middle of a heavy industry area - anything but Bright

Reminds me of Coatbridge Sunnyside!
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« Reply #13 on: October 27, 2015, 11:43:34 »
Flowery Field is on the Glossop/Hadfield line I used to use as a teenager.  It would always raise a smile (as would Godley and Broadbottom).

 Flowery Field is fairly close to Hyde Park.
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« Reply #14 on: November 24, 2015, 22:12:09 »
Here is one officially recognised as being out of place and in need of renaming

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London tourist board wants train station re-named to Norwood INTERGALACTIC in a bid to attract visitors from Earth and beyond

A tourist board has called on a train station to be re-named 'Norwood Intergalactic' in a bid to increase visitors, including aliens.

Bosses at the South Norwood Tourist Board (SNTB▸ (Sub-National Transport Board)) - in the borough of Croydon, south London - spoke out after plans were announced to re-name East Croydon station 'Croydon International'.

Leader of Croydon Council Tony Newman said last week that the station should ditch its old name after a multi-million pound redevelopment.

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