Talk:List of railway stations

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This article was nominated for deletion on 16 June 2006. The result of the discussion was no consensus.

This is VERY sparse, and should really only link to lists by country/city. I just created it to house content moved from Train station. Zoney 21:01, 4 Jul 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Purpose of this page

Aside from moving stuff off of Train station, what is the purpose of this page ? Should we go to [www.amtrak.com] and get a list of all the passenger rail stations in the United States? This list could get very silly - I might mention Cary, North Carolina which has a train station that serves as a prominent landmark for navigation and a whistle stop, I could mention Raleigh, North Carolina which even has a ticket window, and I could mention Huntsville, Alabama which has a train-station-turned-museum from before the United States Civil War complete with Civil War soldier graffiti protected behind plexiglass on the top floor. Yes, the list is very sparse, and I can't figure out the value of the list except to reference stations worthy of articles. -- ke4roh 00:49, Aug 24, 2004 (UTC)

It's a valid question - why have lists, but the current policy seems to be to tolerate them - I believe "categories" were introduced to do away with the need for lists - but so far lists haven't been stopped. As for this list specifically - it's no sillier than manys another list on Wikipedia. I would suggest that some sub-articles will be required for the US. (For example, there was already a list of London railway stations).

Finally - it is indeed here to stop people populating train station with a big list. Like list of European cities with alternative names, it keeps certain editors amused. zoney ███ talk 01:32, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Yes, I have to agree, this list is terrible. It should at least be noted that it is far from comprehensive. You mentioned that Cary has a train station, but if you really got started on European train stations, it would probably be the biggest page on Wikipedia. In Germany, almost every town worth mentioning has a train station (see Heimbach, for instance, which is even an end station). I suppose it does have that purpose of getting people to stop making lists on the main train station page. Maybe it should be changed to list only major stations, though... Phil Bastian 14:00, 16 November 2006 (UTC)