Talk:Tottenham Court Road station

Mosaic

A mention (and ideally a photo) of the mosaic patterned walls (by Eduardo Paolozzi) would be a nice addition to this article. -- John Fader (talk | contribs) 12:56, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Trivial Harry Potter

This is far too tenuous a detail to be included. Maybe/if the film appears and if the scene appears, it might be worth a mention. If we included every book or other manifestation of popular culture the station has been mentioned in, the section - if not the page - would get unmanagable. Nick Cooper 07:16, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

It seems some people here are incapable of justifying their crufty edits. A quick Google reveals nothing that suggests that the station itself - as opposed to the throughfare of the same name - appears in the claimed book. Even if it does, this is not in itself notable enough for inclusion, as we would logically then have to include references to every other book, film, TV programme or song that happens to mention the station (e.g. Underworld's Born Slippy), making the section and the page unmanagable. Harry Potter enthusiasts must be able able to demonstrate that the station itself and not the thoroughfare is a significant or major location in the book. Nick Cooper 11:20, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

While I commend your desire to have sources, it seems odd to me that you are singling out this one fact for higher scrutiny than the rest of the article. As of the moment, the article contains no sources at all. Should all the unsourced facts be removed? Also, there is currently a film and a play mentioned, neither of which is as famous as the Harry Potter franchise. It seems that all three are worthy of inclusion. Johntex\^talk 16:03, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Let's just get one thing clear. The information that keeps getting added is:

"Tottenham Court Road was also mentioned in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, where Harry, Ron, and Hermione apparated to after an attack at Bill and Fleur's wedding."

That says "Tottenham Court Road", not the tube station, and Googling does not produce anything that suggests that it - or indeed any of the three tube stations on the 600 metres of Tottenham Court Road - appears in the book. Having checked with a friend who has read it, it seems this is the case, i.e. it is the street that is featured, and there is no mention of any tube station at all.

As to the film and play (neither of which are as obscure as you suggest) already mentioned in the article, both feature scenes set inside the tube station; in An American Werewolf in London it was shot in the station itself,[1] while in We Will Rock You a section of the station in presented on stage,[2] both of which making them significant enough to be included on the page. A passing mention to the name of the street the station is on - no matter how famous the book it is in - does not. Nick Cooper 22:42, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

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Picture

The picture of the station is out-of-date. This in itself does not matter but then it should have an appropriate caption. I am not sure how to do this - if it is possible. Can anyone help ? --Pedantic of Purley (talk) 04:27, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

Better now? Obviously it may be best to wait a while before re-taking the pic, but it is my intention to update the view in the Infobox some time this autumn. best, Sunil060902 (talk) 09:57, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

Yes thanks. Obvious once you know! I was thinking of changing it to 'prior to ...' but as you are planning to updated it anyway I will leave it alone.--Pedantic of Purley (talk) 14:53, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

OK, I took a new picture, it seems weird with the building almost completely missing. I'll update the box within the next 12 hours. best, Sunil060902 (talk) 14:46, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

No mention of Paolozzi mosaics or the new Daniel Buren project?

As the tube has been used as a major location of high level art installations it seems weird to have no mention of them! Szczels (talk) 15:36, 20 May 2014 (UTC)

Location

Is the station actually in the London Borough of Camden? Ordnance Survey detailed maps show that it is located in the City of Westminster, although very close to the border. Skinsmoke (talk) 18:50, 20 March 2015 (UTC)

It's got entrances both sides of Charing Cross Road, but the main building is to the west of Charing Cross Road, which being the boundary, puts the station in Westminster. --Redrose64 (talk) 20:36, 20 March 2015 (UTC)

Annual entry and exit figures

Why is there no data at all for this station? Is there a bug present? Redrose64 can you take a look at this issue pls? Vincent60030 (talk) 10:50, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

These figures come from templates like {{Tubeexits2011}}, which are maintained by DavidCane (talk · contribs). --Redrose64 (talk) 11:38, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

Oh, I see. @DavidCane: can you fix this pls? Vincent60030 (talk) 15:30, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

The templates use the page name to decide which station data to display. The problem is because Simply South moved the page from Tottenham Court Road station to Tottenham Court Road tube station. I will insert an extra option into the templates to cover both names. --DavidCane (talk) 20:50, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

Thanks, David. :) Vincent60030 (talk) 00:58, 11 August 2015 (UTC)

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Requested move 5 May 2022

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved —usernamekiran (talk) 13:55, 13 May 2022 (UTC)

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Tottenham Court Road tube station → Tottenham Court Road station – Tottenham Court Road is gaining a Crossrail station, opening on May 24th, which will be part of the National Rail network and not the London Underground ("tube"). The name is thus no longer accurate. I can see a move in 2017 was reverted which was probably right at the time, but now that an opening date for the new Crossrail station [3]. The new name would be in-keeping with other multi-modal stations in central London (see Category:Rail transport stations in London fare zone 1 for examples) Super Nintendo Chalmers (talk) 11:48, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

Note that I have made a similar request at Custom House for ExCeL DLR station but not yet at Bond Street tube station as the latter's Crossrail services will not be starting until at least Autumn 2022. Super Nintendo Chalmers (talk) 11:56, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

Support - as per proposer Turini2 (talk) 12:35, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

Support Mattdaviesfsic (talk) 15:20, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

• Support YorkshireExpat (talk) 11:47, 6 May 2022 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.