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Re: My Route Suggestion of the Old Abandoned LIRR Rockaway Beach Branch

Posted by The Port of Authority on Fri Jul 28 00:45:05 2006, in response to Re: My Route Suggestion of the Old Abandoned LIRR Rockaway Beach Branch, posted by David of Broadway on Thu Jul 27 23:38:17 2006.

Do most transit systems in this country really do that?

MBTA is the prime example of a transit system that likes to condense its station names -- omitting "street", "avenue" and even "square."

Jackson Square -> Jackson
Porter Square -> Porter
Central Square -> Central

Interestingly enough, Porter and Central only have their condensed names on maps and signs. The automated announcements on the Red Line's newer rolling stock announce "Porter Square" and "Central Square" respectively.

Green Street -> Green (it's on the Orange Line, though)

Savin Hill Avenue -> Savin Hill (sounds like a neighborhood name)

The only "avenue" that still remains is Massachusetts Avenue on the Orange Line. I guess "Massachusetts" would have been too CTA-ish for a station name so they didn't change it.

And the worst name conversion:

Columbia Road -> JFK/UMass

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