Talk:Flemington Racecourse line

Interactive map
@Gracchus250 could you please make an interactive map of the Flemington racecourse line, similar in size to the one on the Upfield line please? In addition, can you resize the one on the Craigieburn line to be a bit larger, similar to the Upfield line? Thanks in advance. HoHo3143 (talk) 01:02, 15 April 2023 (UTC)


 * @Gracchus250 I have now finished rebuilding the Flemington Racecourse line article. Before I submit it, could you please create and add an interactive map to the route section of the article? HoHo3143 (talk) 04:53, 16 April 2023 (UTC)

Note about images
There are a limited number of images available for the article as the line only operates for a limited number of days each year. If any editor is able to take photos, please add them to the article. HoHo3143 (talk) 04:56, 16 April 2023 (UTC)

Move discussion in progress
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Responses to GA nonination
@AviationFreak, Sorry I didn't get to respond to the above GA nomination comments before it was closed (I haven't been as active the past few days as I would like to have been). This rail service (Flemington Racecourse line) is a little more complex than the other services in Melbourne, Australia. It exists for special services at either the racecourse or the showgrounds, as such the train operator (Metro Trains Melbourne) doesn't actually have a link to a year round timetable (as it does with the other services) but instead only produces a timetable if there is an event. To complicate this even more, the line almost never (I think I recall at least once in the past 25 years) runs to both racecourse and showgrounds on the same day (technically this article could be split into 2 articles). This "lack" of the existence of the "line" until it is needed by the operator can cause issues with trying to get references. Metro Trains (and other sources), tend to not list this line (due to it's intermittent status) when talking about the network as a whole. That is until either the Melbourne Royal Show or the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival is on, then this little line becomes the most important on the network. -- ThylacineHunter  (talk) 11:39, 17 August 2023 (UTC)
 * In relation to Ref 3/4, these are the only timetables currently available due to this fact, more accurate ones will be produced towards mid Sep for Showgrounds and end Oct for Racecourse.
 * Refs where line not mentioned - when talking about the network as a whole, as I have said, most of the time this one is left out.
 * I can supply a better source for 8, 11, 20.
 * The policy on verifiability is still very much in effect, regardless of the arrangement the metro company has set up regarding this line. The problems I saw in the sourcing went a bit beyond just the line's name being missing in a few places, with some refs just entirely failing to support claims made in the article. I understand that this is sort of an odd line out as the metro system goes, but if WP:RS can't support claims being made in the article about this specific line, then the claims themselves shouldn't be included. It might be that RS only provides a little bit of information for us to base the article off of, and if that is the case, the article will need to be pared down significantly. AviationFreak💬 14:38, 17 August 2023 (UTC)