While I love the idea of the Olympic Line, I doubt the all-powerful Olympic Organising Committee would allow that. The only reason the Olympic Park is allowed to retain the name is because it was specifically planned for ... even the "Olympic Stadium" had to be renamed after the 2012 Games...
Thanks for today’s letter re the London Underground, which I managed to read since I was practically brought up on it, living a large chunk of my life in the London suburbs (Hornchurch, Elm Park, Romford, Seven Kings, Harold Wood etc then Pinner and Rayners Lane - not all on the underground but a lifelong commuter to school, work, shopping and entertainment in London.
Sadly I didn’t see your piece about station names, but still remember ‘passing through’ most of them. My grandfather, Henry Horsup, was renowned for falling asleep regularly on the Circle Line on his way to work and spending half the day going round and round and round.
Someone is obviously going to have a grand job renaming stations, but I doubt the poor commuter will care, so long as he/she can get out at the right stop: I clearly remember being heaved into an already bulging carriage when I was eight months pregnant!
East & South London line, North & West London line are more geographically accurate, and useful, names, whilst retaining their historical origins. Gotta keep the GOBLIN. I'm partial to portmanteaux, hence Rominster, though I realize that Emerson Park may be chosen. Lea Valley lines need to be split to clearly delineate the skipping of London Fields and Cambridge Heath by the Chingford line .
When the North London line was run by Silverlink (and was horribly unreliable), my friends and I renamed it the SilverWank - which gets my vote for its new name.
Yet another reason to name it the Olympic Line is that it runs past the White City site of the 1908 Summer Olympic Games thus connecting the 2012 and 1908 Olympic Stadiums.
Sadly you can't logically include the line to Watford Junction which runs past the Wembley site of the 1948 Olympics.
While I love the idea of the Olympic Line, I doubt the all-powerful Olympic Organising Committee would allow that. The only reason the Olympic Park is allowed to retain the name is because it was specifically planned for ... even the "Olympic Stadium" had to be renamed after the 2012 Games...
Thanks for today’s letter re the London Underground, which I managed to read since I was practically brought up on it, living a large chunk of my life in the London suburbs (Hornchurch, Elm Park, Romford, Seven Kings, Harold Wood etc then Pinner and Rayners Lane - not all on the underground but a lifelong commuter to school, work, shopping and entertainment in London.
Sadly I didn’t see your piece about station names, but still remember ‘passing through’ most of them. My grandfather, Henry Horsup, was renowned for falling asleep regularly on the Circle Line on his way to work and spending half the day going round and round and round.
Someone is obviously going to have a grand job renaming stations, but I doubt the poor commuter will care, so long as he/she can get out at the right stop: I clearly remember being heaved into an already bulging carriage when I was eight months pregnant!
Ah, Happy Days!
East & South London line, North & West London line are more geographically accurate, and useful, names, whilst retaining their historical origins. Gotta keep the GOBLIN. I'm partial to portmanteaux, hence Rominster, though I realize that Emerson Park may be chosen. Lea Valley lines need to be split to clearly delineate the skipping of London Fields and Cambridge Heath by the Chingford line .
When the North London line was run by Silverlink (and was horribly unreliable), my friends and I renamed it the SilverWank - which gets my vote for its new name.
Yet another reason to name it the Olympic Line is that it runs past the White City site of the 1908 Summer Olympic Games thus connecting the 2012 and 1908 Olympic Stadiums.
Sadly you can't logically include the line to Watford Junction which runs past the Wembley site of the 1948 Olympics.
The Epping Forest line, just so that it puts its full name to the fore and ‘greens’ the city ( a bit)
Can’t we have Olympus instead of Olympic ( if it’s not allowed)? The Olympus Line has a certainty gravity