Talk:Cergy – Saint-Christophe (SNCF)

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A fact from this article was used in the "Did you know" section of Portal:Trains on May 5, 2006.

[edit] requested move

• Support. SNCF maps and RATP maps name this station Cergy Saint-Christophe, station signage bare Gare de Cergy Saint-Christophe on a blue Transilien flag with green leaf. See SNCF map, RATP map on the top left corner. Captain scarlet 13:13, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
• Oppose. As both maps provided by Captain Scarlet show, the word "gare" does not appear in this station's name, and is thus not part of the name. Hardouin 13:23, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment As stated in the move request, maps do not show Gare de but front signage. Captain scarlet 13:26, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment Maps bear the shortest name possible (without suffix or prefix if possible) unless there is ambiguity between two neighbouring stations (eg: 'Melun Gare' and 'Gare Melun'). Spaces are the common-usage linkage between multiple namespaces in a station name - not hyphens. The 'Gare' description of a given station usually appears in train schedules and building fronts - I would suggest that a station's reference namespace (Wiki) should be similar in treatment to a train schedule, but I do find "Gare de" at the beginning of every name rather unwieldly - and it makes sorting (categories) difficult. Perhaps "Cergy Saint-Christophe (Gare SNCF)" or "Cergy Saint-Christophe (SNCF station)"? THEPROMENADER 12:02, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment What I said in previous conversations with Hardouin is that this is not an SNCF station, it is joint SNCF & RATP. I agree the article could be called Cergy Saint Christophe station (with no dashes as seen on RATP and SNCF maps from the respective websites). Captain scarlet 14:44, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment How about "Cergy Saint-Christophe (Gare)" then ? This name would at once disambiguate the namespace from that of the station's locale and englobe all companies operating within - but Metropolitan did bring up a good point about "arrêt" and "Gare" - yet all suburban stations I've seen in SNCF/RER schedules are called "Gare". Anyhow, which station is served by which company can be sorted through categories; this sort of information need not be in the namespace. Also, I must note that hyphens are the norm for placenames (Saint-Germain, Levallois-Perret, etc) - just not for joining placenames. THEPROMENADER 07:55, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment I'll go with (Gare) at the end although i does look odd, you might as well go with my original idea of having gare at the front. When I was talking bout dashes, I was only referring to Cergy Saint Chritsohe, not indeed Levallois-Perret which has a good ol dash.
  • Comment (grin) The town name "Saint-Christophe" has a hyphen, so "Cergy Saint-Christophe" should also. You can refer to that list I uploaded to the Transilien talk page if you like : ) THEPROMENADER 11:50, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment You can grin, but your inacurate list on Transilien has it called Cergy-Saint-Christophe, not Cergy Saint-Christophe, as it's written on [1] and [2]. It's about beeing accurate, factual. Captain scarlet 13:39, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Good lord, you're right. It is inaccurate - and inconsistant! I'll try to find a replacement list later today. Apologies. THEPROMENADER 14:08, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Hahahah, I like your reply. Quality... Captain scarlet 15:13, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Closed as no consensus. —Nightstallion (?) ^{Seen this already?} 11:48, 8 May 2006 (UTC)