Category talk:Railway stations in the United Kingdom

This category should ideally become only a holding category for regional ones, based loosely on counties. When most sub-cats have been set-up the template needs removing from this category so articles aren't duplicated.

Done:
 * Category:Railway stations in England
 * Category:Railway stations in Bedfordshire
 * Category:Railway stations in Berkshire
 * Category:Railway stations in Bristol, Bath and South Gloucestershire
 * Category:Railway stations in Buckinghamshire
 * Category:Railway stations in Cambridgeshire
 * Category:Railway stations in Cheshire
 * Category:Railway stations in Cornwall
 * Category:Railway stations in County Durham
 * Category:Railway stations in Cumbria
 * Category:Railway stations in Derbyshire
 * Category:Railway stations in Devon
 * Category:Railway stations in Dorset
 * Category:Railway stations in Gloucestershire
 * Category:Railway stations in Greater Manchester
 * Category:Railway stations in Hampshire
 * Category:Railway stations on the Isle of Wight
 * Category:Railway stations in Kent
 * Category:Railway stations in Lancashire
 * Category:London railway stations - rename to "Railway stations in London"
 * Category:Railway stations in Leicestershire
 * Category:Railway stations in Lincolnshire
 * Category:Railway stations in Norfolk
 * Category:Railway stations in North Yorkshire
 * Category:Railway stations in Northumberland
 * Category:Railway stations in Nottinghamshire
 * Category:Railway stations in Oxfordshire
 * Category:Railway stations in Shropshire
 * Category:Railway stations in Somerset (including North Somerset)
 * Category:Railway stations in Surrey
 * Category:Railway stations in Staffordshire
 * Category:Railway stations in Suffolk
 * Category:Railway stations in Tyne and Wear
 * Category:Railway stations in Warwickshire
 * Category:Railway stations in Wiltshire
 * Category:Railway stations in the West Midlands
 * Category:Railway stations in Birmingham
 * Category:Railway stations in West Sussex
 * Category:Railway stations in Worcestershire


 * Category:Railway stations in Scotland
 * Category:Railway stations in Edinburgh (this will be added to when Waverley line reopens)
 * Category:Railway stations in Glasgow


 * Category:Railway stations in Wales
 * Category:Railway stations in Bridgend county borough
 * Category:Railway stations in Cardiff
 * Category:Railway stations in Carmarthenshire
 * Category:Railway stations in Monmouthshire
 * Category:Railway stations in Neath Port Talbot
 * Category:Railway stations in Powys
 * Category:Railway stations in Swansea
 * Category:Railway stations in Vale of Glamorgan

To do:
 * Category:Railway stations in East Sussex
 * Category:Railway stations in Essex
 * Category:Railway stations in Herefordshire
 * Category:Railway stations in Liverpool
 * Category:Railway stations in Northamptonshire
 * Category:Railway stations in South Yorkshire
 * Category:Railway stations in West Yorkshire

I know this only covers England. With Wales and Scotland I think logical groups of the current administratvie areas would be best as a category with only two or three entries is pointless, particularly in West and mid Wales there are relatively few stations. My knowledge of Scotland is not good enough to propose a sensible system. Thryduulf 02:13, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
 * This seems like an excellent system. Category:Railway stations in Berkshire looks like a good model to be followed. - SimonP 02:41, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
 * In England, an advantage of Category:Railway stations in is that it can be made a subcategory of Category:Transport in . In Scotland and Wales, would one category each be an acceptable size? Susvolans ⇔ 09:23, 28 November 2005 (UTC)


 * I think one category each for Scotland and Wales would be enough for now. But if you want to divide Scotland up into areas larger than the 32 current unitary authorities, I would suggest the Regions of Scotland. Vclaw 16:14, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
 * I think a Category:Railway stations in Wales with the extant Category:Railway stations in Cardiff as a subcategory would work. Category:Railway stations in Scotland would probably be best, any areas (Edinburgh and Glasgow?) that have a significant number/density of railway stations can have a sub-category from there. Should the county categories above be made a subcategory of a Category:Railway stations in England for balance? Thryduulf 17:56, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
 * The problem with Glasgow is what area does that cover? Is it just the City of Glasgow council area, or the Greater Glasgow conurbation, or somewhere in between? Instead, I suggest Category:Railway stations in Strathclyde, i.e. the area covered by Strathclyde Passenger Transport. Category:Railway stations in Edinburgh would be fine, but it's not needed yet as it seems there's only 2 articles about stations in Edinburgh. Vclaw 21:48, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
 * The category Category:London railway stations should probably be renamed Category:Railway stations in London. Our Phellap 16:39, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Although clearly not all of England's counties' stations' categories are cited in the above list I find extremely frustrating that the currently used all show the previous en next stations instead of the first and last stations which are usually used as references rather than some unknown and anonymous station. After all the line's page is there to browse each and every station of a line as well as the area's station category.
 * Also for ease of reading table should be used as a last resort and the information included in the article main part sorted in relevant content chapters. Captain scarlet 20:52, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Article naming
See Naming conventions (UK stations) for discussion on the standard naming for articles on railway stations in the UK. Thryduulf 13:54, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Commons
I've started to split the Commons:Category:Train stations in the United Kingdom in the same way as this one. I've categorised all images/sub cats and England, Scotland and Wales. I've also done some but not all of the splitting of England into counties. Any help with the rest would be much appreciated. 13:41, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

TrainSpot
Handy source:

Notability question
An essay has started on the notability of some railway stations. User:Mangoe/timetable. Join in and have your say. SilkTork 17:04, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Proposed/Under Construction Stations
Would this be an appropriate place for a list of Proposed Railway Stations/Stations under construction? 194.72.35.70 12:09, 26 September 2006 (UTC)