Talk:Great Northern Route

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Actually i am not really sure this counts as a proper line. It is often referred to as the Great Northern franchise, which is why i created this article. Please clarify Simply south 16:43, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Well there are tracks, and they to and from somewhere: it's a line, of lesser importance, but a line never the less. You might need to categorise your article. Captain scarlet 20:52, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
The Category referred to is Category:Railway lines of England, although whether it can be counted as one of them I am not too sure. I guess if the railway timetables label it as such - cp eg Pontefract Line - it is OK. The problem is to differentiate a description of a rail route (ie the geographical character of the particular railway line) with a marketing name to sell the services! Peter Shearan 09:37, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Or should i merge this with the Great Northern Railway as it follows much of its old route to Peterborough. That is probably where the name for the franchise comes from Simply south 09:49, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

From what I've gathered, merge it into East Cast Main Line, not Great Northern Railway as the articles relates to the line, not the service or operation or TOC information. Any services information should really be on a line's page or a TOC's page, as opposed to its own page where so little information would feature. Captain scarlet 11:27, 30 May 2006 (UTC)