Talk:Great Northern route

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Actually i am not really sure this counts as a proper line. It is often referred to as the Great Northern franchise, which is why i created this article. Please clarify Simply south 16:43, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Well there are tracks, and they to and from somewhere: it's a line, of lesser importance, but a line never the less. You might need to categorise your article. Captain scarlet 20:52, 22 May 2006 (UTC)


 * The Category referred to is Category:Railway lines of England, although whether it can be counted as one of them I am not too sure. I guess if the railway timetables label it as such - cp eg Pontefract Line - it is OK. The problem is to differentiate a description of a rail route (ie the geographical character of the particular railway line) with a marketing name to sell the services! Peter Shearan 09:37, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Or should i merge this with the Great Northern Railway as it follows much of its old route to Peterborough. That is probably where the name for the franchise comes from Simply south 09:49, 30 May 2006 (UTC)


 * From what I've gathered, merge it into East Cast Main Line, not Great Northern Railway as the articles relates to the line, not the service or operation or TOC information. Any services information should really be on a line's page or a TOC's page, as opposed to its own page where so little information would feature. Captain scarlet 11:27, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

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 * Seems OK Dr Sludge (talk) 17:54, 25 June 2017 (UTC)

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Requested move 13 February 2021

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The result of the move request was: page moved.  Arbitrarily0  ( talk ) 15:20, 11 March 2021 (UTC)

Great Northern Route → Great Northern route – WP:CAPITALISATION. 053pvr (talk) 02:07, 12 February 2021 (UTC) —Relisting. Ⓩⓟⓟⓘⓧ Talk 04:34, 21 February 2021 (UTC)
 * This is a contested technical request (permalink). 053pvr (talk) 06:47, 13 February 2021 (UTC)

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 * Note request contested by User:buidhe. 053pvr (talk) 06:47, 13 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Oppose According to Google, "Great Northern route" refers to driving along US Highway 2 or alternately, various 19th-century rail systems I think this may need a dab, to Great Northern Route (London) or something like it. This is a specific route, and I've seen no evidence that it isn't consistently capitalized as you would expect for a proper noun. (t &#183; c)  buidhe  07:06, 13 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Support. Looking at raw results is misleading here as you need to distinguish between uses of the three words as a proper name and uses that refer to the route of trains operated by the Great Northern portion of the TSGN franchise. That said, it seems that "Great Northern route" is slightly more common capitalisation when referring to the former in reliable sources but there is inconsistency. Capital: National Rail, Women in Rail, Railway News. Lower Case: DfT Consultaiton, The Railway Hub, Eversholt Rail, National Audit Office, London Assembly. My search results, including in a private window, show that this is the primary topic so no disambiguation should be taken (even if we have content about the American uses of the term), but if it is then "(London)" is incorrect as it serves a much wider area - "(England)" would be more accurate. Thryduulf (talk) 15:22, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Support – most of the cited sources don't even use this term at all. The first one I found that does uses lower route.  It's not a proper name. Dicklyon (talk) 06:37, 23 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Support per Dicklyon. Doesn't seem that it is a proper noun. "Great Northern" is the capitalised entity, and this is its route. &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 13:21, 4 March 2021 (UTC)