Talk:London Victoria station

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[edit] Archive

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the debate was PAGE MOVED per request and discusison below, as well as archived discussion. A couple of objections were raised to this move, based on the idea that we'd have to move a bunch of other stations now. On the pro-move side, the fact that the stations official name is "London Victoria" pretty much carried the day. Unless all the other station articles have titles that differ from the stations' official names, I don't think we'll have a problem. -GTBacchus(talk) 08:24, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Requested move

Victoria station (London)London Victoria station — re-implement archived discussions DJR (T) 15:06, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Survey

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Support - currently sounds overly convoluted, "London Victoria" sounds better, is used and i can't get away with calling it just "Victoria"! - Pickle 16:00, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

Support - less contrived and more commonly used than current name. -- Chris j wood 13:10, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Discussion

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[edit] Platform Length

For some reason i recall some one asking about platform 8 being in southern of southeastern usage. I got a southeastern train from 8 (its on its own on the southeastern side) on Friday. I also have a feeling this data was relevant;
Platform 1 - 12 Cars
Platform 2 - 14 Cars
Platform 3 - 8 Cars
Platform 4 - 8 Cars
Platform 5 - 12 Cars (10 Car Networker)
Platform 6 - 12 Cars (10 Car Networker)
Platform 7 - 12 Cars
Platform 8 - 8 Cars
Platform 9 - 12 Cars
Platform 10 - 12 Cars
Platform 11 - 12 Cars
Platform 12 - 12 Cars
Platform 13 - 12 Cars - Gatwick Express
Platform 14 - 12 Cars - Gatwick Express
Platform 15 - 12 Cars
Platform 16 - 12 Cars
Platform 17 - 12 Cars
Platform 18 - 12 Cars - Diesel trains
Platform 19 - 12 Cars - Diesel trains
Detail from "Network Rail - Rules of the Route 2007" Pickle 11:15, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Probably just a couple of short sentences indicating above would be sufficient - e.g., "All the platforms on the Brighton side take trains up to 12 cars in length. On the Chantham side, the max. train lengths vary from 8 to 14. What do you think? A bit iffy 11:33, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
Not sure how to incorporate it really. Platform 2 is very unusually long, IIRC the VSOE uses it for its runs to Folkestone Harbour. Really did it as i had the source open, ands its therefore here, typed up, for when I get around to using it! Pickle 13:44, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 1991 IRA bomb

The article states that it was a man, David Corner, that was killed. However, I see to recall it was a woman that died. Can anyone throw some light on this? A bit iffy 11:33, 31 October 2006 (UTC)