Talk:St John's Wood tube station

Name

I'm going to move this page from St John's Wood tube station to St. John's Wood tube station, given that that's how the name is given on the official Tube maps, and we decided ages ago to follow TfL's lead on this...

James F. (talk) 06:54, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I agree it should be moved, but the St John's Wood article is listed as St John's Wood, not St. John's Wood, so what should the standard be here? User:Xakaxunknownx November, 15, 2006

Strangely, the platform roundels omit the apostrophe, offering the spelling S^T. JOHNS WOOD. BartBassist (talk) 22:16, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

The 1939 LU Underground Map issue 1 show's St. John's Wood tube station as Acacia Road. It also confirms that at the time Lord's Underground Station was called St. John's Wood as shown on the Wiki page it was not renamed Lord's until June 1939. (for the Citation) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.3.159.105 (talk) 01:17, 22 March 2015 (UTC)

• Harris, Cyril M. (2001) [1977]. What's in a Name? (4th ed.). Harrow Weald: Capital Transport. p. 61. ISBN 1-85414-241-0.
• Horne, Mike (2000). The Jubilee Line: An Illustrated History. Harrow Weald: Capital Transport. p. 19. ISBN 1-85414-220-8.
• Rose, Douglas (December 2007) [1980]. The London Underground: A Diagrammatic History (8th ed.). Harrow Weald: Capital Transport. ISBN 978-1-85414-315-0.

The Metropolitan station was renamed St John's Wood on 1 April 1925, and Lords on 11 June 1939. It closed 19 November 1939. The proposed name for the Bakerloo station was Acacia initially, then Acacia Road, but this was altered to St John's Wood before opening (20 November 1939). --Redrose64 (talk) 12:07, 22 March 2015 (UTC)

'Trivia' section

I would dispute any attempt to remove the material in the 'Trivia' section relating to Mackerel from this article as to do so would be depriving the audience of the predominant reason for St. John's Wood Tube Station's notoriety in British culture. At least preserve the mackerel related information under a different heading - the latter part of that section is less relevant. Royshearer (talk) 23:17, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

Acacia (Road)

Does anyone have any evidence that the station was referred to as Acacia or Acacia Road in 1938/9? @DavidCane: do you remember how you found this information? I have found maps that contradict this claim. Greg (talk) 19:08, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

On the page you link above, if you copy the map images and paste them into an image handling program you can see them full size.

• The 1938 Nr 2 map shows Acacia Road - another version is here.
• The 1939 Nr 1 map also shows Acacia Road.
• The 1939 Nr 2 map shows Acacia.
• The 1939 Nr 3 map also shows Acacia - another version is here.

Cyril Harris mentions that the original name was to be Acacia Road in the St John's Wood entry (p. 61) of What's in a name? (2006, Capital Transport, ISBN 1-85414-241-0.)

--DavidCane (talk) 21:39, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

Also:

• Horne, Mike (2001). The Bakerloo Line: An Illustrated History. Harrow Weald: Capital Transport. p. 47. ISBN 1-85414-248-8. during its planning and construction was nearly always called 'Acacia Road' (though the more enigmatic 'Acacia' was toyed with briefly)
• Leboff, David (1994). London Underground Stations. Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 128. ISBN 0-7110-2226-7. The station was known as 'Acacia Road' prior to opening.

--Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 21:54, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

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