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Station names
[edit]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)
- 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)
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)
(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 |
City Hall | 13. Washington / Central Avenue (Westbound) - Jefferson / 1st Avenue (Eastbound) | CEWA/JF1 |
Jefferson Street at 3rd Street |
Convention Center | 14. 3rd Street / Washington (Westbound) - 3rd Street / Jefferson (Eastbound) | 3WA/3JF |
Jefferson Street at 12th Street |
Eastlake Park | 15. 12th Street / Washington (Westbound) - 12th Street / Jefferson (Westbound) | 12WA/12JF |
Jefferson 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 |
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