The T which serves the Boston area has a lot of stops that are very directly named, just 1 or 2 words that are short and to the point. Ashmont, Davis, Porter, Back Bay, Braintree, Alewife, Harvard, etc.
No one wants to hear “Now arriving at Christopher Street Stonewall National Monument”
Why not just call it “Stonewall”?
The T which serves the Boston area has a lot of stops that are very directly named, just 1 or 2 words that are short and to the point. Ashmont, Davis, Porter, Back Bay, Braintree, Alewife, Harvard, etc.
No one wants to hear “Now arriving at Christopher Street Stonewall National Monument”
Disagree. Any tourist who doesn’t know about Stonewall will now know that station has a national monument and will want to know why.
I wish everyone knew about Stonewall, but they don’t.
Fair points, though I definitely wouldn’t suggest to a New Yorker that the MTA should cater to the needs of tourists first, haha.
Naming transit stops after the street they’re on and/or a nearby landmark is a pretty common practice. I don’t know what you’re on about.
And those names work pretty well! Except for things like Arlington (street/station) being nowhere near Arlington (city). Not sure what that’s about.