Talk:Highbridge and Burnham railway station

It's Highbridge & Burnham, isn't it? (not "and").

If passengers need to get tickets on the train "at other times" what does this mean?

Afterbrunel 20:11, 13 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Tidied up the last line. Don't think the "and/&" thing matters: in that the "&" is a symbol that means "and", the title is probably correct fully spelled out. Johnlp 08:32, 14 July 2007 (UTC)


 * While not an officiual Wiki convention, it is usual to use "and" rather than "&" as this is easier to read if English is not your first language. Geof Sheppard 07:22, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Requested move 29 May 2023

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The result of the move request was: not moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) C LYDE TALK TO ME/STUFF DONE (please mention me on reply) 02:06, 5 June 2023 (UTC)

Highbridge and Burnham railway station → Highbridge & Burnham railway station – Station is named with ampersand per Great Western Railway and National Rail thus article name should reflect per MOS:&. Madditron (talk) 01:48, 29 May 2023 (UTC) The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
 * Support. Common usage is mixed but with a slight preference towards the ampersand. I'm not finding a lot of images that show the station signage, but what there is all shows an ampersand. Thryduulf (talk) 09:24, 29 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Mild support because Wikipedia prefers 'and' unless there is a compelling reason to change. From previous discussions we know that GWR and Network rail are not consistent in applying signage. I just took a look at GWR's train planner and it syas "Highbridge" but their timetable says "Highbridge & Burnham"! Geof Sheppard (talk) 12:36, 30 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Ampersands are generally best expanded unless they are exclusively used. See WP:AMPERSAND. -- Necrothesp (talk) 12:19, 31 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Oppose - Ampersands are so 2005. Irrespective of what the official name is I don't see the benefit or value having "&" over "and" - Means the same thing and does the same job. – Davey 2010 Talk 23:30, 31 May 2023 (UTC)