Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Northern Trains routes


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The result was delete. ✗ plicit  11:05, 25 December 2021 (UTC)

List of Northern Trains routes

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A number of reasons for not needing this. Firstly it is overly-detailed (e.g. little icons for facilities at individual stations) and reads like an actual railway-company published timetable - wikipedia is not a travel guide WP:NOTTRAVEL and we don't need. this. Then there's the issue of WP:NOTDIR - just because we can list it doesn't mean we should as it's not clear (to me) what value it adds to the encyclopaedia. It is hopelessly out of date. Some of the routes are tagged as correct as-of 2019, some 2020, some not at all. Given that rail companies publish timetables every few months, something that is up to three years out of date again serves no good purpose in an encylopaedia. Then there's the fact it is unique in UK rail Wikipedia articles - there is no other "List of xxx routes" article for other train operating companies in Category:British railway-related lists. Finally it largely duplicates in a less easy to read manner what already exists in the Services section of the parent Northern Trains article. 10mmsocket (talk) 06:17, 18 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. 10mmsocket (talk) 06:17, 18 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 07:20, 18 December 2021 (UTC)
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 * Delete. Fully agree. Delete it. --Bduke (talk) 10:45, 18 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete. Overly detailed and written like a travel guide. Routes are already mentioned, by termini, under Northern Trains. Ajf773 (talk) 20:16, 19 December 2021 (UTC)


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