Wikipedia talk:WikiProject UK Railways

I've made some edits in the sandbox for Template:BRC - would someone be able to take a look at them? The main discussion thread is at Template talk:British Rail Class link#Addition of class names. Danners430 (talk) 14:41, 25 March 2025 (UTC)

:Can anyone have a look before I just deploy it? Danners430 (talk) 19:09, 1 April 2025 (UTC)

See Talk:Great_British_Railways#Status?. Waiting for an RS to report so the article can be updated. {{wink}} (that's a broad wink to any journalist watching). 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 10:13, 1 April 2025 (UTC)

:I've restructured the article a bit and added a few more paragraphs on its current status. I've left a reply on the talk page about the article's current structure, and I'm interested in what others think about it. FozzieHey (talk) 20:17, 1 April 2025 (UTC)

File:Information.svg There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway steam locomotive number 19#Requested move 28 March 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPath^talk 12:13, 4 April 2025 (UTC)

There’s a discussion regarding the use of the BRC and RWS/Stnlink templates at Wikipedia Talk:WikiProject Trains. Danners430 (talk) 15:07, 20 April 2025 (UTC)

Someone has proposed moving Leven station and Leven railway station (Fife). See Talk:Leven railway station (Fife). Difficultly north (talk) Time, department skies 19:18, 20 April 2025 (UTC)

I'm intending to nominate Kirkby train crash as a WP:GA fairly soon, but I'd like to add a bit more information about the line to the Background section. I don't think it is required per se, but it would provide a bit more context on the line before it was split at Kirkby. The section originally began with "The station opened in 1848 as a through station on the Liverpool and Bury Railway between Liverpool Exchange and Wigan Wallgate." However, I removed this as I couldn't find a source for it{{Hidden ping|Voice of Clam}} (I'm guessing this has been simplified somewhat, because it looks like {{rws|Liverpool Exchange}} opened in 1850). I took a look at Liverpool and Bury Railway, but it looks quite complicated! This seems like it should be fairly easy to cite, and maybe I'm just looking in the wrong place. Is anyone aware of any sources that provide a basic history of a railway station such as Kirkby? FozzieHey (talk) 20:47, 24 April 2025 (UTC)

:{{tl|Quick-stations-5.05}} p269 gives the opening date as 20 November 1848. Nthep (talk) 21:03, 24 April 2025 (UTC)

::I've been meaning to look for some sources for the layout changes, but been rather busy of late. I've not forgotten though. — Voice of Clam (talk) 21:21, 24 April 2025 (UTC)

:::Liverpool Exchange went through a complicated history. Early in its life, it was jointly-owned by two railways, who disagreed on many matters - they couldn't even agree on what to call their shared terminus in Liverpool. So you may find it described as Tithebarn Street in some books. See if you can get hold of

:::*{{cite book |last=Marshall |first=John |authorlink=John Marshall (railway historian) |title=The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, volume 1 |year=1969 |publisher=David & Charles |location=Newton Abbot |isbn=0-7153-4352-1 |chapter=Chapter 7: The LYR and ELR Reach Liverpool }}

:::which covers the early history of the Liverpool & Bury Railway. Kirkby is listed as one of the original stations. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 22:51, 24 April 2025 (UTC)

::::Thanks all, I'll try to get a copy of that book unless someone beats me to it. It should at least give us a short description of the history that we can add to the section. FozzieHey (talk) 11:30, 25 April 2025 (UTC)