Talk:London railway station

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Contents 1 Suggested addition to the table 2 Thameslink? 3 Elephant and Castle 4 Icons 5 Move 6 Split table 7 Closed stations

[edit] Suggested addition to the table

Great article. The table could be expanded to show which tube lines serve which mainline stations, if this didn't cause width problems, and if someone felt like doing it. --Tagishsimon (talk)

I considered this but it wouldn't add much really and would probably be information overload, probably more suited to a travel guide. All you need to know in this article is that all stations are connected via the Undeground. Mrsteviec 10:30, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thameslink?

And is Thameslink the "Only one railway line passes directly through the central area without terminating." If so, could we add a link. --Tagishsimon (talk)

Can anyone say, is it Thameslink that is refferred to by this line?

[edit] Elephant and Castle

The article says it includes all central London railway stations. Elephant and Castle railway station is located right on the central London ring road so why not include this? Simply south 17:04, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

If we add that one, why not every other station in zone 1? This article is just for the main terminal stations. Mrsteviec 18:52, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

If that is so, then you might as well get rid of City Thameslink, Waterloo East and Farringdon Simply south 19:44, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Icons

What do the icons by the stations represent? I've never seen them used on the stations themselves, unless they're relatively new. --Tivedshambo (talk) 22:44, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Each station managed by Network Rail has one (Birmingham New Street has one as well). They're meant as a logo to identify that station and are used on station name signs on platforms etc. At least, that's the theory. --RFBailey 22:50, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Move

I'm not sure I like having an article here. Can we come up with an alternative name which isn't horribly complex? I was thinking Railway stations in Central London or perhaps London railway terminuses? Morwen - Talk 22:22, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

No. The article does not list all the railway stations in central London (for any definition of that) so that is out and they are not all terminuses so that is out. The current naming does the job. Buy a ticket to "London" in the UK and it will be valid to at least one of these. Mrsteviec 06:02, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

While the name of the page is fine, I do think it should only feature the London terminal stations - on rail tickets, the destination is always given as "London Terminals" for those stations, but for other stations (Clapham Junction, King's Cross TL etc), the individual station is given. Hammersfan 03/11/06, 14.05 GMT

Although "Terminal" is used on some tickets, they are valid to some stations on Thameslink. There's always been mega confusion about this but from early next year all stations in Zone 1 served by First Capital Connect will be designated "London" so all of them should be listed here. Timrollpickering 14:30, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Split table

I think the table should be put back into one. London Bridge and Blackfriars both have through and terminal platforms, it seems putting them in a "terminals" section is a bit misleading. MRSC • Talk 09:11, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Closed stations

copied from User talk:MRSC: While I accept that Holborn Viaduct can legitimately be included on the London railway station list, I think it's taking it a bit far to include Bishopsgate and Minories, since they were replaced by existing stations, not to mention the fact that there is no living memory of either of them. Taking that view, I think then that there is a case for including both Holborn Viaduct and Broad Street on the template {{Railway stations of London}}. Hammersfan 08/11/06, 12.35 GMT

I'm am troubled by the idea of no living memory as a precluding factor. The stations in question both continued to operate after their “replacements” opened, so were not simply resited versions of the same station. In the case of Bishopsgate it was adapted and some trains called at both stations. MRSC • Talk 16:54, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

So you feel then that stations that were utilised for most of their existence as a goods terminal and goods sidings should be included on this list/template? While I recognise that Bishopsgate may have continued to be used by passenger trains after the opening of Liverpool Street, the fact is that passenger services stopped in 1879 and it was used as a freight terminal until it burned down Hammersfan 09/11/06