Londoners baffled as TfL journey planner renames Victoria to 'Elephant Park'

Confused: Passengers were left baffled after a glitch in TfL's journey planner renamed Victoria station
Hatty Collier23 January 2017

Londoners were left puzzled after Transport for London’s journey planner appeared to rename Victoria station to Elephant Park.

Commuters using the online planner to map out their journeys were left baffled after it tried to direct them to a station they had never heard of.

Scores of confused passengers noticed the glitch and questioned what was going on.

Travellers first began tweeting about the bug in the route planner on January 11 and it appears to have been causing confusion since then.

Passengers were left puzzled by the glitch

In a similar glitch, the journey planner has renamed Alexandra Palace rail station to Palace Gates Road.

Passenger Louise Pepper said on Twitter: "Hey @TfL @TfLTravelAlerts - the journey planner keeps telling us to go to Elephant Park. Which sounds delightful - but it isn't Victoria."

Darren Milgate tweeted: “@tfl journey planner suggesting that i travel via 'Elephant Park' today? What zone is that in?”

Marianne McPhee said: "Hmm @TfL Journey Planner telling me to go to Elephant Park station. Where is this magical land?!"

Alfie Garston tweeted: "I'm en route to Elephant Park. I'm assuming this is a #TFL error and I shan't end up in a park full of elephants. #London"

A TfL spokesman told the Standard it was "a bug in the system" and they are working to resolve the issue.

He said Elephant Park was soon to be the location of a new bus stop near Elephant and Castle.

Phil Young, Head of Online, said: ”We’re really sorry that Victoria is not displaying correctly.

"A bug in the system has led to this and we're fixing it. Victoria station will soon be showing up correctly.”

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