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Post by greatplum on Sept 6, 2005 12:18:58 GMT
Why does the NORTHERN line have the most southerly stations?
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Post by Phil on Sept 6, 2005 14:05:46 GMT
Basically because all the (pre-nationalisation) railway companies could not find a way to block it, as they did with all the other schemes to get tube (and SS) south of the Thames- we are talking 1920s or so here. Nothing could be done until changes brought the Vic to Brixton in the early 70s. But why the name Northern? someone else's turn to answer that
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2005 16:46:31 GMT
Hmm.....maybe after the Northern Heights project perhaps?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2005 18:07:28 GMT
Correct! The Morden-Edgware Line, as it was originally called, would have absorbed several north London branches of the Great Northern Railway, as well as the Great Northern and City Railway. The project also included a northerly extension to Bushey Heath, and maybe even Watford!
Thus it was named the Northern Line.
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Post by Chris M on Sept 6, 2005 18:33:06 GMT
If you were to rename it now, what would you call it? The North-South line?
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Post by trainopd78 on Sept 6, 2005 22:26:30 GMT
Basically because all the (pre-nationalisation) railway companies could not find a way to block it, as they did with all the other schemes to get tube (and SS) south of the Thames- we are talking 1920s or so here. Nothing could be done until changes brought the Vic to Brixton in the early 70s. But why the name Northern? someone else's turn to answer that The UERL wanted to carry on down to Sutton, but the Southern and the Underground group came to a Gentlemen's agreement not to infringe any further in each others territories, so thats how Morden became the ultimate terminus.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2005 22:57:57 GMT
I know there are historical reasons for the line names, but it seems strange to me that LU has not numbered its lines, like in Paris. No arguments about whether the names are appropriate, and much easier for visitors who don't speal English.
I still recall waiting at a British Airways help desk at the Royal National hotel behind an elderly Norwegian couple with limited English, while the desk clerk tried to explain to them how to get from Russel Square to Paddington. "Vot iss dis Paykerlooy line?"
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2005 16:04:21 GMT
I like the line names, and would hate to see them change to colours or numbers. IMO the name shows something of the 'character' of the line.
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Post by Chris M on Sept 7, 2005 16:39:08 GMT
You could I suppose have numbers and names - Line 1 (Bakerloo) Line 2 (Central), etc
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Post by q8 on Sept 7, 2005 19:50:23 GMT
Euukk! Leave our line names alone! To have the Fish and Parcels and the 'Hay Clarce Railway' as numbers is blasphemy sir, blasphemy!!! Haaarrruummmphhh!!!!!! The very idea............
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Post by Admin Team on Sept 7, 2005 20:06:10 GMT
Euukk! Leave our line names alone! To have the Fish and Parcels and the 'Hay Clarce Railway' as numbers is blasphemy sir, blasphemy!!! Haaarrruummmphhh!!!!!! The very idea............ Quite agree Q8! It's bad enough when our 'Transatlantic Cousins' come up and ask 'Hey Mac - how do I get to the Black line' (or whatever). (With apolgies to our North American Continent members)
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Post by Phil on Sept 7, 2005 20:54:51 GMT
NUMBERS? could only come from an antipodean
As for numbers, how does 2-1 with 1 to play sound? ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by igelkotten on Sept 7, 2005 23:37:44 GMT
And here in Stockholm, the anoraks are up in flames over the attempt to replace the good old line numbers with new-fangled colours...
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Post by Dmitri on Sept 11, 2005 20:24:38 GMT
It's bad enough when our 'Transatlantic Cousins' come up and ask 'Hey Mac - how do I get to the Black line' (or whatever). Tastes differ . If some day you'll ask me for a suggestion about the trip in Moscow Metro, you'll get a 'coloured' answer. The reason is simple: numbers, although exist on some maps, are almost always too small to be convenient (and, more important, nobody knows them), and the line names seem lengthy even for us, let alone foreigners. Line colours are standard (since ca. 1980) and more obvious.
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