Talk:Bernina railway line

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Translation now complete. Some improvements in style will be made later. Bahnfrend (talk) 02:17, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

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Inasmuch as it's called Berninabahn or Berninalinie in German, I think Bernina Line might be a more natural translation. In English, "X Railway" tends to denote a company and would rarely, if ever, denote a piece of physical infrastructure. I think in German "bahn" is used in both contexts, but "Railway" in English almost never means the physical line. Mackensen (talk) 14:59, 12 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Sorry for the very slow reply. I created this article by translating de:Berninabahn, which still bears that name. At the time, I was unsure whether to name the article "Bernina Railway" or "Bernina railway", and I still have no strong preference either way. I agree that "Bernina Line" might be a more natural translation, but there would still be an issue as to whether the second word should be wholly lower case. I note, eg, that the Rhaetian Railway uses "Bernina Line", whereas UNESCO uses "Bernina line". The preferred form for English Wikipedia is likely to be "Bernina railway line", as "line" in this context is probably not a proper noun, and "Bernina line" (ie without the word "railway" in the phrase) might be a little ambiguous. Bahnfrend (talk) 10:24, 19 October 2023 (UTC)
 * @Bahnfrend Thanks for your reply. I agree that it's probably not a proper name, and that Bernina railway line would be the most natural name. Mackensen (talk) 10:57, 19 October 2023 (UTC)
 * I've now made the move, and I've also moved the related article now named Albula railway line. It's a long time since I created those two articles (they were the first two articles I ever created), and I think they could both do with some major improvements. I don't have time to do that further work now, but I've put it on my 'to do' list. Bahnfrend (talk) 09:57, 21 October 2023 (UTC)