How to name a UK train station

[@PotatoLemons1]

This is a completely different type of video to what I normally post, and in a completely different style too. Please put your feedback/ideas in the comments! Also, due to a rendering error, this video is set to 30fps instead of 60fps. Sorry!

[@Lolz_1]

Good video🗿👍

[@soapyslice]

what editing software do you use?

[@PotatoLemons1]

@@soapyslice this video was made in davinci resolve

[@soapyslice]

@@PotatoLemons1 ty

[@TommyPlayz14]

Can you name it to absoulutly anything?

[@TT_Vids22]

"Ill only put 1 SCR reference in here, only one"

[@Ohelicópterodoboleto]

Lol, Beaulieu park

[@Class82trainMan]

1:11 lol 1:16 they know what they’re doing 2:45 ok you can stop now. 3:23 ok please stop.

[@Kilxyy]

💀

[@nicoelevators5090]

1:10 BEAULIEU PARK? 1:17 CAMBRIDGE STREET PARKWAY? 3:21 STEPFORD? 3:42 STEPFORD WHITEFIELD?

[@SillyFisch]

There is actually a real Beaulieu Park station

[@PotatoLemons1]

beaulieu park is actually a real station!

[@trainzA380]

leighton🤓

[@MrAstonishing47]

LEIGHTON?

[@nicoelevators5090]

This is more like " How to copy an SCR station name in real life "

[@PigletTube]

I like those SCR Refferences

[@rosiefay7283]

0:22 This might sound like a good idea, but beware this place having the same name as a different place that is well-known. Bootle station isn't in Bootle but in some obscure little place in Cumbria also called Bootle. 1:07 True, many stations end in Park or Parkway, but the purposes are very different. A station named X Park is just named after a park. But X Parkway indicates that it's a parkway station --- one catering for a lot of passengers driving to it.

[@offical_jamierubberfan]

1:44 Llandudno junction is a rare case of a town being named after a station. Llandudno Junction was originally called Tremarl. When the railways arrived it was on the junction of the branch to Llandudno and so it was renamed Llandudno Junction. (So the video was also slightly wrong. Llandudno Junction is named so not because it is a junction in Llandudno, but because it was the junction FOR Llandudno)

[@PotatoLemons1]

yeah makes sense. i'm pretty sure i said in the video that the station is named after the junction, not the town with just the "junction" suffix. But i didn't know this so thanks for pointing it out!

[@Luvvs_ningning]

The fact this is somewhat related to SCR is quite funny, Keep the funny stuff coming!!

[@osstuff123]

Thanks for this tutorial! Just built my 15th station in the UK and i didn't know how to call it! Thanks for the help!

[@cjpro2517]

I love that this plays as a training video that somebody watches then plans a railway line XD Also excellent choice of music

[@PotatoLemons1]

thanks for becoming a member!

[@stepankoor]

I like how you put references from other roblox transport games, like canterbury west at 1:33 (And ofc SCR)

[@Garfie489]

Fun one is when you have a station in a town which shares a name with another town. For example, you have Rainham (Kent) and Rainham (Essex) - which are fun examples, because both of them are not shown on maps or station signs with those names, but are in databases and route-finding etc. Whats even more confusing, is that Rainham (Essex) is not even located in Essex - but rather is the station before crossing the border to enter Essex.

[@Amanakbareds]

In Vancouver Transit System: TransLink almost every station ends with a street or road but you take the street out of the stations name. For example Granville Station in Vancouver there's a road called Granville street. If they wanted to make this stop at Granville street they will name it Granville. Same thing at Waterloo

[@hot655-u5c]

I really liked the way this video was presented! :)

[@YFAu-g1v]

1:11 SCR is real

[@baddiebibble12345]

Beaulieu Park: can't get rid of me :)

[@TrainChallengeCrewYT]

1:17 is a TOTAL OFFENSE for Stepford Zone.

[@Decopunk1927]

Traditionally a station with the suffix Junction is named for the less significant branch, like "by the way, here's where this junction goes". In America and Australia, directionals can also be prefixes instead of suffixes depending on aesthetic preference.

[@MattijsVandebroek]

As someone from outside the UK, this video was helpful in my country where they change the names every years

[@neiloflongbeck5705]

Hertford East got the name as I was on the Great Eastern Railway. The other station in the town was Hertford North on the Great Northern Railway. The naming didn't always refer to the cardinal points.

[@chandlerbstransport422]

Cambridge Street ... oh maybe not 😂 😂

[@PaulPower4]

One pair I can think of that's a little different from the others you've mentioned is Heath High Level and Heath Low Level in northern Cardiff. Though arguably that's similar to the cardinal directions, but on an orthogonal axis to any of those.

[@PotatoLemons1]

oh yes... forgot. good spot!

[@Lionbillyluco]

thank you, next time i play with toy/model trains i will be naming stations like this

[@real_randomuser]

This will surely help me when I'll become mayor of a random town. Thanks PL!

[@hash_a33]

When making my rail maps I just take random prefixes and join them with common suffixes like -ton, -ford, -ham, -hithe, -ston(e), -ley, -ney etc. based on what the surrounding area is like (eg if it’s a rural village, seaside town, busy suburb, park or hill) Adding quirky or rare suffixes to the place name, like Green, Newton, Abbots, Chipping, cardinal words and size words like upper/lower/little etc makes it sound realistic and give character to the area.

[@PotatoLemons1]

yeah town names are a whole other thing

[@Mattpsb]

3:29 stepford central

[@Kilxyy]

lolol scr

[@ItzJoshPlays]

Great Video! here in Canada (and also the US) we have them differently Instead of Central, we use the term "Union Station" sometimes it can be a bit different like for Example: "Boston South Station" and "New York Penn Station" but the Union Station word is mostly used for big stations. for any other station names we refer them to the road it's near or the region/area it's in (though it's not always like that.) I'll use GO Transit as a example here "Eglinton GO" station is used as it's beside the road "Eglinton Ave" and another example "Streetsville GO" Station as it's in the small village called Streetsville in another city. Sometimes It can be named on a person like for example "St George" Station on the TTC Subway Line 1.

[@Amanakbareds]

we use the same thing here in vancouver

[@BossTont]

I love how this feels like an actual tutorial for a simulation

[@Emidom_The_Official]

This is actually very very helpful!

[@onanabeef]

What about the ones that have hyphens like "Llyn-by-the-sea"

[@relateablecommunity]

nice SCR reference there it would probably be called Llyn

[@Giustiziappenanata]

5 ways to name a metro station: Method 1: you care-name of something around you or the area it is: example: Stepford Victoria Square or Farleigh-University Method 2: name it fast: you have then this: James Street (like it doesn’t even suggest Where it is) Method 3: u Wanna feel cool and Important so you name it like a train station, take note Toronto and Newcastle

[@israellai]

01:44 eyyyyy they said it right, I was looking forward to it

[@JJCGamingYT]

I enjoyed this too much

[@freddiespreckley6324]

You missed a very common station name: It's the 1840s and you're building a railway between 2 major cities. The major landowner en route will let you build your railway on his land, but only if you build him a station so he can catch a train straight to London (or whichever city) from his country estate. You have no intention of diverting your line to accommodate this, so you build the station at the line's closest approach to the road past his house, and name it after the tiny village 3 or 4 miles away. In the 20th century, the village grows into a commuter town, and the locals grumble every morning that they have to walk over a mile to the station to get to work.

[@offical_jamierubberfan]

2:21 temple meads is actually also the name of the area of bristol the station is located in

[@miamha]

There’s Arrochar and Tarbet (An t-Arthar agus An Tairbeart) that’s in between both villages and named after both since it serves them both

[@PotatoLemons1]

missed that one!

[@Its_Yazi]

2:47 Leighton North 3:23 Stepford South

[@monkeyboo381]

Instead of Leighton north why not name it Leighton Stepford Road

[@hanstheexplorer]

@monkeyboo381 lol

[@AondosooWaya-r3m]

HERTFORD EAST MENTIONED AND WATFORD JUNCTION MENTIONED 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@TrainChallengeCrewYT]

Another example of parkway would be Stepford Airport Parkway

[@happygamer787]

I thought for a second this was going to devolve into a rant on scr devs not choosing good station names or something, but no, it was just normal.

[@PotatoLemons1]

lol makes sense though because icl aslockby and carnalea are terrible names

[@neiloflongbeck5705]

Rugby Central was on the ex-Great Central Railway.

[@CallumClass450]

This helped a lot naming my station Kingston Junction Street Terminals 1, 2 & 3 Central Harbour Castle Parkway Town :)

[@runny_galaxy1756]

theres a very unique station on the fife circle in scotland (not dunfermline city, one of the only train stations to have the word ‘city’ in it [in scotland anyway]) called glenrothes with thornton. the station itself is located in a small village called thornton, while it served glenrothes too. i dont know of any other station name like this

[@PotatoLemons1]

ahh interesting... i knew about this station but i assumed that was the name of the place so didnt include it in the video!

[@PJS_Everything]

2:08 Victoria isn't unique I can think of Manchester, Southend and London Victoria. There's also loads of closed stations ending in victoria like Sheffield and Nottingham.

[@minigamers1255]

You forgot Stepford Victoria

[@PJS_Everything]

@@minigamers1255 stepford reference

[@offical_jamierubberfan]

The great orme tramway also has a victoria (Llandudno)

[@AB-zi5eh]

Cambridge st parkway was the station where Stepford Zone got stuck for 1h and 30 mins

[@ViralVlogSquadReacts]

It’s also home to Wondermall By Noel and Liam

[@Arrow_AZ]

I came up with a station name for my (future) model railway, I’m gonna call it “schnitzel station” because schnitzel is an epic choice of food and yeah-

[@edikind3347]

This helped me name my transport fever 2 stations

[@danielwilliams9992]

It is true National rail to name stations in that order

[@ThatAviationEnthusiast]

STEPFORD CITY? LEIGHTON CENTRAL? I LOVED UR OTHER REFERENCES BUT THESE ARE MY FAVES

[@ScoooottxD]

Very usefull, if i ever would to build a statin in the UK ... for some reason.

[@TemprestTheTornado]

I have a light rail system in America and one is named Newport. But, oh bloody heck the SCR REFERENCES!!

[@Fire2.0-ub8pe]

You guys know that there is a station called Leighton Buzzard?

[@ABTrainsYT]

Thanks, now I know I to name stations on minecraft effectively and properly 😃

[@tuesunpatate9192]

Wooo Lichfield City mentioned!!!

[@RandomHibee1875]

Station managers watching this: ahhhhh alright

[@muhammadlatifbinmuhammadju2027]

thank you tomatoapple for this information

[@WatermelonCatLeo]

yea man i really just casually js built a train station

[@ovallino9819]

Holy shit the Stepford references were so funny 😂

[@grahamwhitworth9454]

In the UK it is railway station. Train station is an Americanism, although possibly more logical.

[@KimmyAlburo3287]

Cambridge Street Parkway! DON'T Forget!

[@KimmyAlburo3287]

Don't forget Cardiff Central!

[@jacksaviation0467]

Hello from Wrexham!!!

[@monkeyboo381]

Nice SCR references!

[@jonistan9268]

Come on, you just made that video so you could flex your pronunciation of Llandudno Junction. In the old days, you could also name your station after something that wasn't there in order to bait people to use your station.

[@holdingpointaviation]

sorry but wrexham central is very minor, 1 route to Bidston. I personally think they should close it and make Wrexham General P4 a bay platform

[@PotatoLemons1]

yeah i know, it was just an example because there is another station close to it and its closer to the centre. But I know that its basically pointless and minor

[@kingrichardevans2451]

thanks squeaker! i always wanted to know how to name my train station located in the united kingdom.

[@MrCraftZombie]

That one station in Wales.... '

[@IAMSTEVEBECAUSEJACKBLACK]

Lanfair

[@averagetrainspotterireland]

@@IAMSTEVEBECAUSEJACKBLACK pwllgwyn

[@davidn.6448]

@averagetrainspotterireland gyllgogery

[@nachovyofficial]

I’ve actually been there before (Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobllllantysiliogogogoch)

[@The801SCR]

1:10 Stepford? 1:16 Stepford?? 1:32 Stepford??? 2:01 Stepford???? 2:44 Stepford????? 3:21 STEPFORD?????? 3:41 *S T E P F O R D ? ? ? ? ? ? ?*

[@DitzyNizzy2009]

You forgot the "X for Y" stations, like "Ashchurch for Tewkesbury" or "Newton for Hyde".

[@PotatoLemons1]

oh yeah i did forget... whoops!

[@Mattpsb]

hey hertford east! hmm

[@AK_DJ]

what about trent valley?!

[@ThatMevely]

they cant use north, south, east, west??? 😂😂😂😂😂

[@MrBobSter82]

1:11 1:17 2:44 3:21 3:42 SCR FANS ASSEMBLE

[@GWRTrainFan]

Stepford Junction had me dying 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@AK_DJ]

LICHFIELD CITY MENTIONEDDDD

[@ilove_class805]

How to summon SCR fanboys under 1 sec:

[@somax1259]

Very subtle SCR references..

[@Crasher1452]

Bristol Bristol Carpet Factory!

[@BritishBoi2581]

perfect 1:10 1:16 SCR references

[@1_x53]

L E I G H T O N

[@ax_olotl25]

is that SPLATOON MUSIC????? (i might be wrong, but i hope im not)

[@PotatoLemons1]

you are right!!

[@akmalkausaralhafiz798]

Bro loves SCR

[@PotatoLemons1]

it was easier to steal town names from scr than to make them up myself 😂

[@Thomas-jn3it]

Is interchange not another suffix?

[@PotatoLemons1]

oh yes. forgot about that one. it may come under notable feature but that's debatable.

[@Thomas-jn3it]

Yes fair enough👍. Awesome video

[@Crasher1452]

1:14 Bristol Carpets!

[@BritishBallEditz]

using this for building my railway line lol

[@AlexTrainSpots]

WHAT IS THAT SONG IN THE BACKROUND

[@PotatoLemons1]

idk if thats a question or a rant but check description

[@AlexTrainSpots]

@@PotatoLemons1 THATS A QUESTION LUV

[@PotatoLemons1]

@AlexTrainSpots look in the description

[@AlexTrainSpots]

@@PotatoLemons1 DID TYSM UR A DIVA

[@DodoThe_Burdie]

SCR REFERENCE RAHHHHHHH

[@masonpaulmp2]

You nearly put Cambridge Street Parkway! 2 SCR references, Beaulieu Park and Cambridge Street Parkway!

[@herisuryadi6885]

Though Beaulieu Park does exist irl

[@PotatoLemons1]

beaulieu park actually exists in real life!

[@masonpaulmp2]

@ I know, no need to remind me! But thanks for the friendly reminder anyways.

[@SamMcCracken]

I did no know that you are a Teacher now LOL

[@StrongestMoai]

Why you making a video of a station names?

[@PotatoLemons1]

because i can

[@TemprestTheTornado]

@@PotatoLemons1 W response

[@nataliaromanchuk4740]

How to name a SCR station

[@YFAu-g1v]

3:26 is metro leak

[@karasmonya]

Llandudno junction is an real town

[@Fasty8Gaming]

Explain Hinton Admiral.

[@PotatoLemons1]

name of place/notable feature

[@Inkyminkyzizwoz]

*RAILWAY station

[@ThatTrainGuy140]

n o i c e

[@Kilxyy]

SCR references

[@rafflesrblx]

interesting

[@Suliplayz5264]

nice

[@Ohelicópterodoboleto]

Willowfield Hemdon park Beechley City hospital Stepford central Stepford east St Helens Bridge Angel pass Bodin Coxly Benton Benton bridge Hampton hargate Upper staploe Water newton Rocket parade Leighton Stepford Road Leighton city Edgemead Faymere Westercoast Millcastle racecourse Millcastle Westwyvern

[@cyana1389]

1:17 ROTFL

[@majahsty5564]

You forgot *Place*-on-sea💀💀

[@PotatoLemons1]

that comes under name of place (i.e. clacton-on-sea is the full name of the place)

[@majahsty5564]

Shoot nvm I forgot💀