Wikipedia:WikiProject Stations

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Contents 1 Title 2 Scope 3 Parentage 4 Descendant Wikiprojects 5 Similar Wikiprojects 6 Participants 7 Naming 8 Structure 9 Template 10 Pages needing attention

Title

WikiProject Station

Scope

This WikiProject aims to provide a standard format for articles about a train station or metro station. Naming convention is excluded. Consult Wikipedia:Naming conventions (stations) instead. Consult wikiproject trains for rail line and railway format.

Parentage

The parent of this project is WikiProject Transport.

Descendant Wikiprojects

No descendant WikiProjects have been defined.

Similar Wikiprojects

Participants

• Taku
• Golbez
• Meelar
• ScottKuberski - Esp. Japanese Railstations
• Ambivalenthysteria representing WikiProjectMelbourne
• TPK for Melbourne and Australia as well
• alren for Mumbai (Western Railway suburban). Continuing from Utcursch
• Somebody in the WWW
• Vaoverland
• CCMichalZ esp. at Railway stations in Poland

Naming

Migrated to Wikipedia:Naming conventions (stations).

Structure

The lead paragraph shall include the name of the station as it appears on the system map, and not a short-hand name, but those can and should be mentioned later. It shall also mention the system, the city or area, and the line the station lies on, and, if notable, the location on that line.

The next information should be the area served by the station, and major establishments and attractions near it. A list of lesser but still notable places should be supplied later. The date service began should probably be here. Notable historic events specific to that rail station should go in the next paragraph.

A table should exist, displaying the line(s) and the next stations on that line, with a link to the appropriate line.

Template

'''[[station]]''' is a [[line]] station in [[city/area]] on the [[line(s)]].  (Notable
information here, like if it's a terminus or changeover station)

It is located at (address/intersection).  (Other notable locations here, like proximity to a 
university or sports venue).  Service began [[date]].

==Notable Places Nearby==
*List of places that people going to this station may be interested in knowing about

The table should go below the rest, since this kind of information is more appropriately rendered horizontally on the bottom. The western or northern or counter-clockwise station should go on the left. If there is a western or eastern link, that should take precedence (as seen in the second example below), since it would make poor sense to have the eastern link on the left.

Examples of tables:

Next station north: Friendship Heights

Washington Metro Red Line

Next station south: Van Ness-UDC

Next station west: Court House	Washington Metro Orange Line	Next station east: Foggy Bottom-GWU
Next station south: Arlington Cemetery	Washington Metro Blue Line

(If you have any comments on this table, please discuss them in the talk page. This is a draft that seems to work well)

Pages needing attention

Template:Wikipedia:Pages needing attention/Railroads