> I noticed that there was a piece in Rail magazine proposing the
> renaming of London Liverpool Street to London Broadgate*. I suggested
> this last year in a letter published in Rail**, but maybe it's not an
> original idea, anyone know of any earlier proposals to lose that
> confusing Liverpool Street?

>
> The old fashioned railway parlance of using the suffix 'junction'
> should be reviewed. For example, the inappropriate Watford Junction,
> St Helens Junction and Yeovil Junctions would be more helpful as
> Watford Mainline, St Helens South and Yeovil South. And the yet to
> open Dalston Junction (not a junction at all) would be better as
> Dalston Lane.

>On May 30, 12:23 pm, Mr Mappy projectmapping.co.uk> wrote:

>> I noticed that there was a piece in Rail magazine proposing the
>> renaming of London Liverpool Street to London Broadgate*. I suggested
>> this last year in a letter published in Rail**, but maybe it's not an
>> original idea, anyone know of any earlier proposals to lose that
>> confusing Liverpool Street?

>
>Eminently sensible.
>

>How about just rebuiding Euston Square in front of Euston and making
>it into a proper interchange.

>Anyway, there's already a Broadgate in Oldham (and Nottingham and
>Lincoln and ...)

>>How about just rebuiding Euston Square in front of Euston and making
>>it into a proper interchange.

>
> If I'm getting my bearings right, the entrance is all that would need
> rebuilding - the other end of the platforms are damn near Euston
> station compared with where the entrance currently is.

>In message 4ax.com>, at 23:07:35 on
>Fri, 30 May 2008, Charles Ellson ellson.demon.co.uk> remarked:

>>Anyway, there's already a Broadgate in Oldham (and Nottingham and
>>Lincoln and ...)

>
>Broadgate in Nottingham is a small street in Beeston miles from anywhere
>you'd expect a railway station. You didn't mean Broadmarsh, did you
>(always reminds me of a cross between Broadmoor and Belmarsh).
>

>>Broadgate in Nottingham is a small street in Beeston miles from anywhere
>>you'd expect a railway station. You didn't mean Broadmarsh, did you
>>(always reminds me of a cross between Broadmoor and Belmarsh).
>>

>As a steet, I'd picked it as a (probably) more established use of the
>name Broadgate than a "here today, gone tomorrow" [(c) Robin Day]
>office development.

> On May 30, 12:23 pm, Mr Mappy projectmapping.co.uk> wrote:

>> I noticed that there was a piece in Rail magazine proposing the
>> renaming of London Liverpool Street to London Broadgate*. I suggested
>> this last year in a letter published in Rail**, but maybe it's not an
>> original idea, anyone know of any earlier proposals to lose that
>> confusing Liverpool Street?

>
> Eminently sensible.

>In message 4ax.com>, at 23:05:53 on
>Sat, 31 May 2008, Charles Ellson ellson.demon.co.uk> remarked:

>>>Broadgate in Nottingham is a small street in Beeston miles from anywhere
>>>you'd expect a railway station. You didn't mean Broadmarsh, did you
>>>(always reminds me of a cross between Broadmoor and Belmarsh).
>>>

>>As a steet, I'd picked it as a (probably) more established use of the
>>name Broadgate than a "here today, gone tomorrow" [(c) Robin Day]
>>office development.

>
>But Broadgate in Nottingham is miles from a railway station, so why use
>it as a name?
>

> On May 31, 8:46 am, wensleyd...@pacersplace.org.uk (Neil Williams)
> wrote:
>

>>>How about just rebuiding Euston Square in front of Euston and making
>>>it into a proper interchange.

>

>> If I'm getting my bearings right, the entrance is all that would need
>> rebuilding - the other end of the platforms are damn near Euston
>> station compared with where the entrance currently is.

>
> Yep - its a blindingly obvious thing to do.
>