Talk:Falconwood railway station

Mileage
Would anyone really mind if we changed 10 miles and 27 chains to, approximately 10.4 miles — Preceding unsigned comment added by 143.65.196.20 (talk) 10:13, 30 October 2014 (UTC)
 * The cited source gives the distance in miles and chains. -- Red rose64 (talk) 10:59, 30 October 2014 (UTC)


 * Yea, but we can also convert the distance to something not completely archaic, and it'll still be the same.
 * If we say that a delorean has to go 39.339m/s to achieve time travel, is it incorrect? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 143.65.196.20 (talk) 15:01, 31 October 2014 (UTC)
 * --Further, if you actually map the distance between the Eleanor Cross and Station, you get 9.45 miles (give or take). Anyways, being as you've already converted to dastardly kilometers, why not to something useful, unlike chains?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 143.65.196.20 (talk) 15:09, 31 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Railway distances are not measured from the Eleanor Cross, but from the zero point of the line, which in this case is the buffer stops at Charing Cross station. They are also not measured in a straight line, but along the centre line of the railway. Railways in the UK are mostly surveyed in miles, chains and yards, and reliable books that show station mileages to better than a quarter of a mile do so in miles and chains. The source shows that Falconwood station is 10 miles 27 chains from Charing Cross, so that is the distance that we quote; the word chains is linked for those who do not know; we also show our source, per WP:V. We obtain the equivalent kilometres by putting that value through the template, which is permitted - indeed encouraged - by MOS:NUM. What we do not do is perform our own measurements, since that is against WP:NOR. -- Red rose64 (talk) 20:30, 31 October 2014 (UTC)