Talk:Line 1 Yonge–University/Archive 2

inclusion of terminal/Vivastations as quasi-separate entities in Vaughan Metropolitan Centre station and other TYSSE stations
Paging people who have been active on the TYSSE station articles lately (apologies if I've missed people).

Wanted to have this discussion here as it doesn't just apply to Vaughan Metropolitan Centre station but to a few of the TYSSE stations.

So many of the new stations on the TYSSE have what I can only call "sub-entries" for related/co-located bus terminals or other transit-related structures like Vivastations. What's prompted me to poll you all is that recently removed the owner and operator information in the "Vaughan Metropolitan Centre Vivastation" infobox with the rationale that it is redundant because it's owned and operated by the same entities who own and operate the encompassing/overarching "Vaughan Metropolitan Centre Terminal".

I don't necessarily disagree but the edit raises the larger issue: why do many of the TYSSE stations have these extra infoboxes shoehorned into them? I feel like either the bus terminals/related transit infrastructure should have their own articles (which might not be the right solution given they aren't necessarily notable enough on their own) or these articles should only have the one infobox. But barring that, if we're going to have multiple infoboxes in articles that encompass multiple related entities which are co-located on the same site, I think we need to allow for the possibility of redundant information in these infoboxes. I don't think a casual reader would necessarily look at the VMC station article and understand that the Vivastation is being considered part of the greater VMC Terminal. The obvious question there is if it is being considered enough a part of the Terminal that we are not providing operator and owner information in its infobox, why does it even have a separate infobox?

That would be my take on the specific case of the VMC article: I don't think the Vivastation "rates" as a "separate-enough" entity to have its own infobox. To me, there's a bus terminal that also serves Viva and any particularities of the Vivastation can be outlined in prose. The article makes it sound like it will be integrated, so why the extra infobox? But if the consensus is to continue to have a separate infobox for it, then I think we cannot in good conscience leave out fields like owner and operator simply because they are the same as the larger Terminal because infoboxes are meant to be consumed quickly, without having to necessarily understand subtleties like "Oh the Vivastation is subordinate to the greater Terminal so I guess its owner and operator is the same as the one listed in this totally different infobox... wait how do these things work together again?" If the entities are distinct enough to rate separate infoboxes, then each of those infoboxes needs to contain all relevant information, even if some or much of it is duplicate info.

Thoughts/opinions? —Joeyconnick (talk) 18:05, 17 November 2017 (UTC)


 * There is certainly a lack of consistency regarding bus connections with these new subway stations, especially the 3 in York Region which are all different setups.
 * Pioneer Village
 * This station has some TTC connections at the station and a YRT terminal across the street, north of Steeles. I think this is similar to the situation with Finch Bus Terminal being physically separate from Finch station and should therefore have its own article (although Finch terminal is much larger than PV).
 * Highway 407
 * In this case, the GO Bus station and subway station occupy the same building. This makes me think that they should be in the same article with two infoboxes but treat them as if they were on their own page (with duplicate information).
 * VMC station
 * This is the tricky one because there are 3 separate but connected structures and this is not very clear in the article. There's the subway station, the bus terminal (located a fair bit north) and the vivastation (located south of subway station). Perhaps it doesn’t deserve an infobox but it seems weird to lump the vivastation in with the bus terminal when they are a considerable distance away from each other.
 * There is also the case of subway/GO station which is one building/article which shares an infobox for both which I'm not a huge fan of, but it does work. Is there a Wikipedia guideline that recommends 1 infobox per article?  B L A ixx  20:34, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
 * I thought a Vivastation infobox might be a little excessive too, but since Viva and Zum won't pull into the terminal, I thought it could use it because of that fact.

Why not combine the infoxes?

Transportfan70 (talk) 23:53, 17 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Complete information in all infoboxes, even if it is redundant. Useddenim (talk) 00:35, 18 November 2017 (UTC)


 * If we go with one infobox for the article, I feel we should retain the services sub-box showing preceding & following station for line 1, and add a similar entry for the Highway 7 Rapidway. I would simplify the infobox title to just "Vaughan Metropolitan Centre" and use text to explain the 3 nodes in this transit hub. TheTrolleyPole (talk) 13:58, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

I think Vaughan Metropolitan Centre Terminal and Rapidway Vivastation should be in separate sections. Both are on opposite ends of the subway station and are different in nature: One is an off-street terminal and the other is a through station on a BRT. Each should have a separate list of the bus routes being served. The subway station can be in its own section. I suspect that the subway station may be owned by York Region even though it is operated by the TTC; after all, York Region partly paid for it as a capital cost. VMC is a transit hub with 3 types of service: subway, BRT station, bus terminal. TheTrolleyPole (talk) 13:58, 18 November 2017 (UTC)


 * thanks for all your work! I think it looks a lot better now and makes more sense. —Joeyconnick (talk) 03:09, 19 November 2017 (UTC)

Thanks! But I had to do a major article rework again after losing it all due to an edit conflict. Oh well...it happens! :) Transportfan70 (talk) 03:34, 19 November 2017 (UTC)