Talk:Waterloo to Reading Line

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[edit] 'mapneeded=yes'

The 'mapneeded=yes' tage has been removed, a basic map has been added. Canterberry 23:20, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Merge Reading-Waterloo; Windsor-Staines and Chertsey Branch to form one Windsor Lines page

These three Merge deleted - No reasons given for the merger on the talk page. and I thought it might be worth combining them to make one single Windsor Lines page. What do you think? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.67.74.164 (talk) 12:33, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

An unregisterd user who does not sign his edits has little right to make such a proposal. The reason given for the merger as the "pages are very short" is not a reason and is not acceptable. Canterberry 13:58, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] More details for Map

If no-one more adept than I am at making maps makes these change then one year I'll try:
1 Point Pleasant: one curve in use, another disconnected
2 Barnes curve
3 Connection to Terminal platorm 3 at Richmond
4 West to south curve at Staines
5 Curve at Virginia Water
6 If one level crossing is shown, rest should be (3 between Barnes and Mortlake, N Sheen, Feltham).--SilasW (talk) 20:17, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

In a hurry, I have added 1, 4 and 6. Anywikiuser (talk) 11:40, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Before modifying the map, can we have some references please. Item 2, regarding a west curve at Barnes appears dubious to me. Also the station is incorrectly positioned on the map as it is. The station is east of the junction between the lines to Chiswick and Richmond. Also the curve at Virginia Water is questionable. Looking at Google Maps, I see little evidence of any former curve. Olana North (talk) 12:36, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for doing and replying. I don't have a reference to hand for Item 2 but it did exist for a very few years until the line from S. Acton to Richmond was built (and that rendered it redundant); the curving row of houses built facing the concave side of the chord is called Railway Side, and a stub of brickwork remains just south of the Hounslow line. (Oops! Inserted PS - Since yesterday evening some one has stuck in the Barnes curve but left Barnes as two stations instead of one east of the junction.) Item 5 is in The New Adlestrop Railway Atlas albeit wrongly as open. On Google Maps the eye of the faithful can just see a line of less high vegetation which starts to curve away from the Chertsey line where the Chertsey line stops being straight and begins its curve to VW station, perhaps it is clearer on Multimap, especially the Birds Eye view looking west. I'll try to dig out WP-fit references in my next session at the BL. I listed just a little of what I spotted as missing. How much should these diagrams show? There are unshown Eurostar connections, Queenstown Road, curves to the WLL and connections at Reading. And why a zigzag where the North Downs line joins? Looks more like playing with Lego rather than considered information.--SilasW (talk) 14:01, 28 May 2008 (UTC)