Similarly named railway locations

Any examples of railway locations which could (at one time or still)
cause confusion because of the similarity of their names? Castle Cary
and Castlecary being the sort of thing.

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gordon

In message
<e0cd8688-b518-4b31-8e26-68d35ddc83fd@r66g2000hsg..com>, at
12:14:00 on Sun, 3 Aug 2008, "tshanazt@" <tshanazt@>
remarked:
>Any examples of railway locations which could (at one time or still)
>cause confusion because of the similarity of their names? Castle Cary
>and Castlecary being the sort of thing.

Aspley and Apsley?
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Roland Perry

On Aug 3, 8:14 pm, "tshan...@" <tshan...@> wrote:
> Any examples of railway locations which could (at one time or still)
> cause confusion because of the similarity of their names? Castle Cary
> and Castlecary being the sort of thing.
>
> --
> gordon

Forgot my favourite: at one time the automated announcements at Woking
used to pronounce "Teignmouth" (correctly pronounced "Timmuth") as
"Tynemouth"!

On 3 Aug, 20:51, Roland Perry <rol...@perry.co.uk> wrote:
> Aspley and Apsley?

and Arpley? And isn't there a fourth variation on this theme?

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gordon

tshanazt@ wrote:
> Any examples of railway locations which could (at one time or still)
> cause confusion because of the similarity of their names? Castle Cary
> and Castlecary being the sort of thing.

Pollokshields (East|West) and Pollokshaws (East|West).

> >>> Any examples of railway locations which could (at one time or still)
> >>> cause confusion because of the similarity of their names? Castle Cary
> >>> and Castlecary being the sort of thing.

Sutton.
Queens Park.

I'm sure this is an old subject disucssed in the past is it not ?


> Euston and Euxton :-)

Bat & Ball and Bowling ?

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Nick

On Aug 3, 9:47 pm, Graeme Wall <R...@greywall.> wrote:

> > - Gillingham in Dorset and in Kent - at least in print (verbally, one is
> > "Gillingham" and the other is "Jillingham").

> Is, or was, there a station in the Dorset one?

Yes and yes.

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Nick

"Graeme Wall" <Rail@greywall.> wrote in message
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> In message <FZSdnSzB4paKmAvVnZ2dnUVZ8vKdnZ2d@posted.plusnet >
> "Mortimer" <me@> wrote:
>
>> <tshanazt@> wrote in message
>> news:e0cd8688-b518-4b31-8e26-68d35ddc83fd@r66g2000hsg..com...
>> > Any examples of railway locations which could (at one time or still)
>> > cause confusion because of the similarity of their names? Castle Cary
>> > and Castlecary being the sort of thing.
>>
>> - Gillingham in Dorset and in Kent - at least in print (verbally, one is
>> "Gillingham" and the other is "Jillingham").
>
> Is, or was, there a station in the Dorset one?
>

Yes - and it gets announced at Waterloo as Gillingham (Dorset). Do they
refer to the other as (Kent) at Waterloo East?

St Margarets and St Margarets...

Paul

<tshanazt@> wrote in message
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> Any examples of railway locations which could (at one time or still)
> cause confusion because of the similarity of their names? Castle Cary
> and Castlecary being the sort of thing.
>
> --
> gordon

Chiswick and Grove Park. Bear with me. The station in Chiswick (on the
Hounslow Loop) is in a part of Chiswick know as Grove Park and was (at one
time) "Chiswick (Grove Park)". My father actually helped a passenger who
had arrived wanting S.E. London.

On Aug 3, 8:14 pm, "tshan...@" <tshan...@> wrote:
> Any examples of railway locations which could (at one time or still)
> cause confusion because of the similarity of their names? Castle Cary
> and Castlecary being the sort of thing.
>
> --
> gordon

How about

Mill Hill [Lancs] and Mills Hill [GMC] and Mill Hill Broadway [GLC] or
Mill Hill East [GLC]


Keith.