Talk:Great Western Main Line
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 | On 11 July 2021, it was proposed that this article be moved from Great Western main line to Great Western Main Line. The result of the discussion was moved. |
Requested move 11 July 2021
- The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
The result of the move request was: moved. I've also moved 21st-century modernisation of the Great Western main line for consistency and requested a speedy move of Category:Great Western main line. (closed by non-admin page mover) Lennart97 (talk) 10:33, 18 July 2021 (UTC)
Great Western main line → Great Western Main Line – In line with similar articles East Coast Main Line, Midland Main Line, West Coast Main Line etc. Mallaeta (talk) 06:56, 11 July 2021 (UTC)
- Support We should apply WP:Common Sense, which would suggest that arbitrarily de-capping this line, when every similar one in the same category is capitalised makes very little sense. G-13114 (talk) 15:15, 11 July 2021 (UTC)
- Support - it's a proper noun, and proper nouns should be capitalised. This is not a descriptive-type line, where we're describing something that has no proper name, it has a proper name and that is Great Western Main Line. -mattbuck (Talk) 19:05, 11 July 2021 (UTC)
- Support, per Mattbuck. Mjroots (talk) 19:53, 11 July 2021 (UTC)
- Support per Mattbuck. Thryduulf (talk) 20:47, 11 July 2021 (UTC)
- Support Per Mattbuck. Slender (talk) 23:01, 11 July 2021 (UTC)
- Comment Arguably this should never have been moved to lower-case in the first place, as it was always capitalised until 2017. If you look at the original move discussion further up, there were four votes for, and four against, that cannot in any way be interpreted as a consensus. G-13114 (talk) 23:07, 11 July 2021 (UTC)
- Support per Mattbuck. Crouch, Swale (talk) 09:10, 12 July 2021 (UTC)
- Support It is a proper noun for a proper line. Geof Sheppard (talk) 16:22, 12 July 2021 (UTC)
- Support I like consistency GRALISTAIR (talk) 14:14, 16 July 2021 (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.
Reading viaduct/flyover
This article seems to be missing the now not so new Reading flyover/viaduct to the west of Reading station. Is this structure deemed to insignificant to warrant a mention in the Tunnels, viaducts and major bridges section? (Argoed (talk) 16:17, 22 November 2025 (UTC))
- Somebody liked it. Though the ICE itself seems not to keep old awards anywhere on its website. -- Verbarson talkedits 17:29, 22 November 2025 (UTC)
- Searching for "Reading Elevated Railway" gets more specific results (though I still haven't found anything from the ICE). -- Verbarson talkedits 17:33, 22 November 2025 (UTC)
- There is already an article entitled Reading Viaduct. However this is about a completely different structure in Philadelphia, USA. (Argoed (talk) 19:17, 22 November 2025 (UTC))
- It's not really an elevated railway, but it is a flyover - part of a group of flying junctions that comprise the northern side of Reading triangle. Their purpose was to keep the express passenger services between Paddington and Didcot (and further west) clear of the slower local passenger services and the freight trains. It's covered at Reading railway station#2009–2015 redevelopment. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 11:20, 23 November 2025 (UTC)