Blackfriars Station To Be Renamed?
Last Updated 24 August 2010
Simon Hughes MP and his fellow Lib Dem London Assembly member, Caroline Pidgeon, are calling for Blackfriars station to be re-named. When the new cross-Thames platforms open in 2012, the station will benefit from an additional, transpontine entrance on the South Bank. The pair of politicos are calling for a change of name to reflect this: 'Blackfriars & Bankside' is their preferred choice. Network Rail are apparently "sympathetic" to the proposal. Station re-names are relatively rare in London: though Shepherd's Bush recently got its Market, other locally-backed bids to introduce East Kilburn, Banglatown, Whittington and Brick Lane onto the map have fallen short.
Last Updated 24 August 2010
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