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Lines Covered[edit]

This article is headed 'Exeter to Plymouth Line' but contains much detail on other lines (e.g. signalling info of lines around Reading). This info may be from an earlier version of the article. Should this article be pruned to only include info covered by the scope of the title? Some of the extra info can be moved into other articles or perhaps be in a subsection covering the wider infrastructure / services. These would be my preferences, any other opinions before I make any changes? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2ghoti (talk • contribs) 17:21, 20 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Move discussion in progress[edit]

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Requested move 2 February 2017[edit]

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The result of the move request was: page moved to Exeter–Plymouth line. (non-admin closure) TonyBallioni (talk) 19:19, 12 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Exeter to Plymouth Line → Exeter to Plymouth line – Downcase per WP:NCCAPS; sources mostly do not cap it. Optionally, say if you prefer to use the symmetric dashed version (Exeter–Plymouth line) rather than "to" between place names, as in many other descriptive line names. Dicklyon (talk) 03:22, 2 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Please examine the searches, see if there is a common name, whether the dashed version is preferred, and whether caps are preferred. It is my impression that there is no proper name here and that "Exeter and Plymouth line" (symmetric, like the dash would be) is more common. Dicklyon (talk) 03:22, 2 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Support—first pref. "Exeter–Plymouth line", because it's easier for our readers to pick up visually and accords with current conventions in English. Second pref. as nominated. Tony (talk) 04:02, 2 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support, per WP:NCCAPS and MOS:CAPS (source usage is mixed, so default to lower-case; general-audience sources prefer lower-case anyway). Prefer Exeter–Plymouth line per WP:CONCISE. — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽^ʌⱷ҅_ᴥⱷ^ʌ≼ 18:24, 2 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Opening date and history[edit]

Why 1906? The line from Exeter to Plymouth was entirely open by 1849. The date when there was a more direct route to London does not seem relevant. Mdrb55 (talk) 22:00, 15 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]