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Latest comment: 13 years ago by Wlindley in topic Station names

Station names

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What's with the official, incredibly verbose names? Does any other system in the world have such wordy station names?

I propose the following names, following the pattern of other cities where stations refer to landmarks: Wlindley (talk) 17:19, 21 February 2008 (UTC)Reply

The actual station names in most cases reflect the intersecting street first and then the operating street name. I have put discussion in all stations regarding this. We should keep encyclopedic content to the actual station names that are shown in official publication and in informal convention. I am from Phoenix, I do not agree with using the street names, but that was the decision of METRO Light Rail and encyclopedic references must refer to it correctly. --Recnet (talk) 05:23, 28 June 2010 (UTC)Reply

METRO's printed maps actually use station numbers, which seems sure to lead to mass confusion when stations are added (will they be numbered like Japanese houses, in order of construction?) Worse, merchants and schools are now advertising, "Ride the train to station 13" -- probably because the alternative would be, "Ride the train to Washington Street and Central Avenue and Jefferson Street and First Avenue station" -- arrgh. Anyway, I added METRO's station numbers, just like METRO shows it on their maps, as part of the official name; and METRO's printed matter includes a space around the slashes, reproduced here. Please note that "Washington/Central Avenue and Jefferson/1st Avenue Station" steals the world record, being longer even than what was formerly the world's longest railway station name at Llanfairpwllgwyngyll.

Furthermore, the current names here should be removed as being insufficiently shorter and perhaps even less helpful than METRO's; currently the Wiki names are "Central Avenue and..." repeatedly, for example, whereas putting the cross-street first (instead of the street that the trolley follows for miles) would both be useful and consistent with METRO's verbose names. I propose that we exclusively use METRO's official sesquipedalian names, which are now correctly shown below, followed by the short, landmark-based names shown in the "Proposed" column. For example, we should have "Washington / Central Avenue and Jefferson / 1st Avenue (City Hall)". We are trying here to be encyclopedic (by documenting the facts, frustrating as they may be) and helpful (by making the world simple to understand). Let us keep things as simple as possible. Wlindley (talk) 15:51, 1 June 2011 (UTC)Reply

(Un)Official Name Proposed Nickname Actual name used by METRO Internal station code
19th Avenue at Montebello Avenue Chris-town/Bethany Home 1. Montebello / 19th Avenue MO19
Camelback Road at 19th Avenue American Medical College 2. 19th Avenue / Camelback CV19
Camelback Road at 7th Avenue Melrose 3. 7th Avenue / Camelback 7CB
Camelback Road at Central Avenue Uptown 4. Central Avenue / Camelback CBCN
Central Avenue at Campbell Avenue Central High 5. Campbell / Central Avenue CMCN
Central Avenue at Indian School Road Indian School 6. Indian School / Central Avenue ISCN
Central Avenue at Osborn Road Park Central 7. Osborn / Central Avenue OSCN
Central Avenue at Thomas Road Midtown 8. Thomas / Central Avenue TOCN
Central Avenue at Encanto Boulevard Heard Museum 9. Encanto / Central Avenue ENCN
Central Avenue at McDowell Road Library 10. McDowell / Central Avenue MDCN
Central Avenue at Roosevelt Street Cathedral 11. Roosevelt / Central Avenue ROCN
Central/1st Avenue at Van Buren Street Central Station 12. Van Buren / Central Avenue (Westbound) - Van Buren / 1st Avenue (Eastbound) VBCN/VB1
1st Avenue at Jefferson Street

Central Avenue at Washington Street

City Hall 13. Washington / Central Avenue (Westbound) - Jefferson / 1st Avenue (Eastbound) CEWA/JF1
Jefferson Street at 3rd Street

Washington Street at 3rd Street

Convention Center 14. 3rd Street / Washington (Westbound) - 3rd Street / Jefferson (Eastbound) 3WA/3JF
Jefferson Street at 12th Street

Washington Street at 12th Street

Eastlake Park 15. 12th Street / Washington (Westbound) - 12th Street / Jefferson (Westbound) 12WA/12JF
Jefferson Street at 24th Street

Washington Street at 24th Street

Hollywood Heights 16. 24th Street / Washington (Westbound)- 24th Street / Jefferson (Eastbound) 24WA/24JF
Washington Street at 38th Street GateWay Community College 17. 38th Street / Washington 38WA
Washington Street at 44th Street Airport 18. 44th Street / Washington 44WA
Washington Street at Priest Drive Papago Park 19. Priest Drive / Washington PRWA
Washington Street at Center Parkway Center Parkway 20. Center Parkway / Washington n/a
3rd Street at Mill Avenue Mill 21. Mill Avenue / Third Street ML3
5th Street at College Avenue Sun Devil Stadium 22. Veterans Way / College Avenue VWCL
University Drive at Rural Road University 23. University Drive / Rural UNRR
Apache Boulevard at Dorsey Lane Dorsey Lane 24. Dorsey / Apache Boulevard DOAP
Apache Boulevard at McClintock Drive McClintock 25. McClintock / Apache Boulevard MCAP
Apache Boulevard at Smith and Martin Roads Smith-Martin 26. Smith-Martin / Apache Boulevard SMAP
Apache Boulevard at Price Freeway Loop 101 27. Price-101 Freeway / Apache Boulevard PCAP
Main Street at Sycamore Dobson 28. Sycamore / Main Street SYMN