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Old 08-09-2015, 10:06 AM   #87
Carruthers
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Red faces as Transport for London misname Walthamstow station after revamp

Chaotic rebranding sees station named Waltamstow on new signs at key transport hub



With the Victoria Line having run through Walthamstow for 47 years, one would have hoped that Transport for London would have known how to spell the station’s name correctly.

But clearly not.

The renovation work which saw the station be renamed went rather awry with Walthamstow Station becoming Waltamstow Central.

Where the “h” went is a matter of conjecture, but it was not how London’s transport chiefs wanted to mark the handing over a route through the key hub in the north east of the capital by London Overground.

It did not take long for the handful of signs to be the butt of humour from sharp-eyed London commuters, who took to Twitter to record their disgust.

“These days if you make a mistake it can be spread all over the world on social media, so they have to take it down. It makes them look like idiots,” James Clark, 64, told the Waltham Forest Guardian.

Daily Telegraph
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