Olympia

[MJ]

When I looked at the London Underground map on TFL's site I could only see 274 stations excluding DLR and National Rail.

I looked at the list of stations that they provide at the bottom of the map and counted 275 stations if you count Paddington twice. I worked out that the the station Olympia doesn't appear on the London Underground map but does appear on the list of stations.

Is Olympia then one of the 275 stations that must be visited in a London Underground challenge or is there another station which is counted twice but only appears once on the list?

thanks in advance

[gasman]

Olympia is Kensington (Olympia) - it just appears twice in the index for the benefit of people searching under O. It's definitely only one station, and you only have to do it once.

I believe Hammersmith is the one you're looking for - Guinness have been slightly vague in the recent past, but current understanding is Paddington, Edgware Road, Shepherd's Bush and Hammersmith need to be done twice. Of those, ER and SB appear twice in the listing.

[MJ]

Ok that makes sense

thanks a lot for being so helpful

[The Raven]

Is Kensington (Olympia) the only station ever to have brackets in its offical title?

[greatkingrat]

In the past there were quite a few stations with suffixes in brackets eg Chancery Lane (Grays Inn), Holborn (Kingsway), South Wimbledon (Merton), West Ruislip (for Ickenham) etc. These gradually dropped out of use by about 1970 with the exception of Olympia although there are still a few signs here and there that use old names.

[CrunchySaviour]

Hillingdon (Swakeleys) as well.

[tubeguru]

There have been several others too. I'll dig the book out later.

[Soup Dragon]

Here are some more:
Arsenal (Highbury Hill)
Burnt Oak (Watling)
Bayswater (Queensway)

[The Raven]

LU will defiantly have to change the name before 2012 otherwise there will be a lot of lost tourists looking of the Olympics and ending up there!

[Root]

http://www.tubechallenge.com/forum/view ... c&start=45