Talk:Turmbergbahn

Maintanance accident
That accident sounds like a fake. The references make no sense and the name of the award sounds incorrect in german. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.110.67.35 (talk) 09:45, 20 February 2014 (UTC)


 * I immediately thought the same. The name of the award is not only incorrect but plain nonsense. Plus, you don't receive awards for your heroic deeds just two days later. I checked a couple of websites where reports about an accident of this kind would have appeared but could not find any traces there. --84.128.181.196 (talk) 01:39, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

Possible rename to Turmberg Funicular
This article was renamed by User:Rex Germanus from Turmbergbahn to Turmberg Funicular with the comment English Wikipedia.

I have reverted this move, on the grounds that Turmbergbahn is a proper name. If there was clear evidence that there was a commonly accepted English variant of the name, then it would be perfectly correct to use that in the English Wikipedia rather than the German variant. An example of this would be to use Rhine rather than Rhein, as Rhine is the common English name for that river. However a search using Google (on English language pages only) shows no hits for the exact name Turmberg Funicular; although there is one hit on Turmbergbahn Funicular. There are 140 hits on Turmbergbahn. So I think it is clear that Turmberg Funicular is not in common English usage.

So the question then is, should we invent new names for things that look more English, just because this is the English Wikipedia. I'd say not. -- Chris j wood 20:18, 25 February 2007 (UTC)


 * I also note that the rename was made without any attempt to adjust the article in line with the new name. I'm cool if you still feel that the article should be renamed, but please do the whole job. -- Chris j wood 20:26, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Extension of the funicular railway
I included a sentences about plans to extend the line to the foot of the hill. Those plans are not new however and date back to the early 20th century. After the first World War those plans where never picked up again, but do explain the rather unusual width of the street (Bergbahnstraße) that leads up to today’s valley station.--Catflap08 (talk) 08:15, 9 August 2020 (UTC)