Brick Lane's curry-house bosses are fighting to have the new Shoreditch High Street station, to open in 2010, renamed "Banglatown".

They say the station, which will be part of the extended East London line, would make it easier for tourists and Londoners to get to the area, famous for its large Bangladeshi community living in and around Brick Lane.

The station will open on the site of the old Bishopsgate Goods Terminal and is named Shoreditch High Street in official maps and documents.

Imam Uddin, head of the Banglatown Restaurant Associacion, said: "Changing the name to Banglatown is a good idea. It will give our community more of an identity. There was a petition put forward to the council, and councillors are involved." 

Speaking on a walkabout to the area, Mayor Ken Livingston said: "It should be up to the local people to decide. There should be a consultation and a vote."