Re: Why not Kings Cross AND St. Pancras?


"Tom Anderson" <twic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Wed, 2 May 2007, MaxB wrote:

Why has the ampersand been omitted? When are they going to change to
Chalfont Latimer, Elephant Castle, Highbury Islington, Totteridge
Whetstone etc?

Let us demand our "&" back!

Maybe it's like Acton Central and Clapham South - to distinguish it from
the other King's Cross stations.

Which have yet to be built. Except King's Cross Thameslink.

Note that this logic implodes when St Pancras Midland Road opens - unless
they rename the big station St Pancras King's Cross!


For the naming, you have to go back to how the move of the Kings Cross
underground station was dealt with in 1941, as the original platforms were
the disused ones alongside the current Kings Cross 'Thameslink'. Did the
(now Thameslink) platforms remain open as 'Kings Cross' when the new Met
station outside St Pancras opened, before they ultimately closed and
reopened with the Thameslink suffix?.

We've previously discussed the possibility that the 'Midland Rd' suffix
might not be used, as the platforms will be accessed from the same area as
all the other domestic St Pancras platforms, it may make more sense to
number them in the overall sequence.

Paul


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