Also what do you Brits call a train station?
This is a long shot, but other than this I have no sodding idea.
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/media/newscentre/20501.aspx
He lives in London so presumably he used London Underground. A lot of Londoners would say "I'm going from Kings Cross to Alperton" instead of saying "I'm going from Kings Cross train station to Alperton train station".
It's a pathetic reason but it is the only possible explanation I can think of =/
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if a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it do the other trees laugh?