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Asuka Station

Please help find sources. Bearian (talk) 03:14, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Brynseng (station)

Here is another station to source. Bearian (talk) 03:34, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Qingdao–Jinan, China - four articles

Greetings, in my wanderings around Wikipedia, I came across Qingdao–Jinan through train. While searching for sources, I found these additional articles (which I added into See also section):

Qingdao–Jinan high-speed railway – a faster parallel high-speed railway
Qingdao–Jinan passenger railway
Qingdao–Jinan Railway – the older "conventional" railway running along the Jiaoji passenger railway

Since I am not familiar with the topic, I am asking for help here. Wondering if any duplication, and if so maybe combine articles? Regards, JoeNMLC (talk) 20:38, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

What is a ‘rail service’?

Don’t answer here - please see Talk:Yüksek Hızlı Tren#Definition in first sentence? Chidgk1 (talk) 17:07, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Notability

I would appreciate advice on the Notability of train stations. I am aware of the general advice, Wikipedia:NTRAINSTATION, which states that stations do not have inherent Notability. I am therefore assuming one needs to look at:

Is there sufficient coverage in a range of reliable sources?
The context, i.e. the station's historic/current position as a stopping point on a wider network;
Its history e.g. is it a historic building, demonstrated by (in the UK) being listed?
Anything else?

I can ask at the Helpdesk, but this seemed an appropriate starting point. Any advice gratefully received. KJP1 (talk) 07:58, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You have the right idea. Stations that are in active use have more leeway that disused stations. Flag stops without structures probably aren't notable. If there's no article about the physical line that the station is on (and the station is active) then that should probably be written first. Mackensen (talk) 13:30, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Good article reassessment for Caltrain Modernization Program

Caltrain Modernization Program has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 01:39, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Reliable source?

Discussion moved to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject UK Railways#Train station articles. Mackensen (talk) 21:33, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Mackensen - Thanks very much for the helpful response two above. Can I now ask a related question on sourcing. I'm aware of an earlier discussion on Railscot which suggested it should be used as an External link but not as a source. I think that was your suggestion. Has any similar discussion taken place on this site, Disused Stations? It looks both comprehensive and well-researched. But I think it remains a user-created blog, without the editorial oversight one would expect in a Reliable source. So, usable as a source or not? Again, much appreciate your time. KJP1 (talk) 11:17, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm aware of two, both somewhat cursory:

I haven't looked into its reliability myself as I don't do much with UK articles. I would post a notice on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject UK Railways to ensure that the folks there are aware of this question. Mackensen (talk) 12:04, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Good article reassessment for Delhi Metro

Delhi Metro has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 02:17, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Bangkok BTS stations move request

See Talk:Ari BTS station#Requested move 31 January 2025. --Paul_012 (talk) 07:49, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]