Talk:Chafford Hundred railway station

Opening date
I would like to give a more exact opening date than a simple "1993". Unfortunately, the station isn't listed in Butt, which is supposed to be correct to end of 1994. -- Red rose64 (talk) 16:13, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
 * The station opened on 30th May 1995, according to Joe Brown's London Railway Atlas (6th edition, Crecy Publishing, 2023). Best, Sunil060902 (talk) 17:55, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

Name
National Rail shows the station as "Chafford Hundred Lakeside" and c2c's timetable shows "Chafford Hundred (Lakeside)". --TBM10 (talk) 09:39, 4 June 2018 (UTC)

Is it possible for this article to be headed with the correct station name now carried since it was officially renamed? Xenophon Philosopher (talk) 14:22, 24 January 2019 (UTC)


 * It was correctly named, until  just under a year ago. I can't find where that page move was discussed. -- Red rose64 &#x1f339; (talk) 19:51, 24 January 2019 (UTC)

The correct name is Chafford Hundred railway station. See c2c's own map, accessed 4th January 2024: https://www.c2c-online.co.uk/stations-and-services/before-your-journey/our-routes-and-stations/ best, Sunil060902 (talk) 17:44, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Per Naming conventions (UK stations), the name should be what the station's signage actually says. Do you have evidence that the word "Lakeside" is no longer shown? -- Red rose64 &#x1F98C; (talk) 23:07, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Hello and all. I wanted to see for myself, so visited the station today, for the first time since the Pandemic. I have already uploaded some pics to Wikimedia Commons, |here, and I reproduce thumbnails below.

So, an open and shut case, right? Except for this one sign (just one!), in National Rail "house" style:



Anyway, that's the signage evidence available, so really five signs against one in favour of plain "Chafford Hundred". Hope I've presented the evidence in as neutral fashion as possible. Best, Sunil060902 (talk) 16:17, 5 January 2024 (UTC).

Opening date
I wonder if the page at http://www.basildon.com/history/railway/railway.html is good enough to reference the opening date as 26 May 1995? -- Minoa (talk) 19:10, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I've seen 30th May 1995 in Joe Brown's London Railway Atlas, though he also says in the index that there was a "ceremony" on the 29th. Presumably no passenger trains ran that day. best, Sunil060902 (talk) 16:28, 5 January 2024 (UTC).