Renaming Dublin's rail lines after people

I think that Cork, Limerick and Galway should have more than one station each (Cork arguably already has more than one if you count Little Island and Glounthane). If and when they have multiple stations each, it will make sense to give each station a unique name to avoid confusion. For example, if a station is built in Moyross in Limerick, the city will have two stations, so neither should be just called Limerick Station. The existing station would still be the main station for Limerick, but it should still have a name that distinguishes it from other stations. It would probably be more helpful to rename it after the street it's on or the local area (Parnell Street and Prior's Land respectively according to Google maps) but I don't think it matters too much whether it's called Limerick Colbert or Limerick Parnell Street.

Exactly. It would be confusing if one was just called Limerick Station. That was my point.

It's the junction for Limerick, not at all confusing.

I don't know anyone who actually calls Limerick "Colbert" outside of officialdom, one of the 1966 renamings that failed to catch on popularly.

Luas Green line - The Anto line

Luas Red line - The Jacintaahhhh line

Timely thread bump?.... 😅

Dart South Southbound and Dart South Northbound just don't have the same ring to them as the Wilde line Southbound or the Bertie line Northbound 🤣

Why? That won’t help the majority of people in any way.

Sure it will. Tells you where the stations are, which is useful if you want to go to the station to get a train; if you're coming to the city, it tells you where in the city the train will leave you.

Internationally, this is a common way of naming stations. King's Cross, St. Pancras, Victoria, London Bridge, Charing Cross, Marylebone, Liverpool Street, Euston, Blackfriars, Paddington (all in London) and Montparnasse, Luxembourg, Orsay, St Lazare (all in Paris) are named for their locations. You see this in smaller cities too — Perrache and Part-Dieu in Lyon; Piazza Principe and Brignole in Genoa; Santa Maria Novella and Campo di Marte in Florence. Even cities that only have one significant station, or even just one station, will often name it after the district where it is to be found — Santa Lucia in Venice, Saint-Charles in Marseille.

Hauptbahnhof is a common name for railway termini in German cities. In many cases the hauptbahnhof was developed after a number of railway companies with different termini, often named for the district in which they were located, were consolidated or nationalised, and a new station was built to which all services would run. Something similar is true for the "Union Station" that you find in several US cities — the station was built to serve as a common terminus for services operated by different railway companies which previously each had their own terminus.

Giving them a name and sticking to it is the useful part. Heathrow is good, JFK is good (we'll just ignore the Idlewild period), Charles DeGaul, Linate etc

But it doesn't help you get to them because you don't know where Euston, Blackfriars etc. are on the map.

You have to know where Liverpool street is to find the station so it's just as easy know where the station is.

Yes, the only airport actually in London…

I lived in London so it was for me.

People know Liverpool St. station because it is Liverpool St. station. It doesn't matter a fuk to them that it's on Liverpool street and that's not how they know where it is.

Take Southwark station as an example. Southwark is a whole council district but people know where the station is because it's the station (on Blackfriars rd. same as Blackfriars station)

Silvio Berlusconi Airport 🤮🤮🤮

Imagine if we had Charlie Haughey Airport… or Bishop Casey Airport 😯

The renamings were of their time, those three (plus Kent) are the only ones that seem to have stuck in general usage. I guess we should be thankful(?) they were named after auld rebels and not called Archbishop McQuaid or Blessed Virgin Mary Central or something.

The nearby bridge has not been called King's Bridge for many many years.

Ask anyone where Ceannt (confusingly close to Kent), Casement or O'Hanrahan are you'll be likely met with a blank stare.