Talk:South Western Railway
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Based on what has happened when previous UK train operating companies have been nationalised, when this operator goes live this article will become the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. It has previously been established that the incumbent operator is the primary topic, e.g. when Northern Trains, ScotRail, Southeastern, TransPennine Express and Transport for Wales Rail were nationalised, with the new operator becoming the primary topic with the outgoing operator's article moved.
Suggest that just before the handover, a WP:RM be initiated to move South Western Railway to South Western Railway (2017–2025) and in turn to move this article to South Western Railway. Naleork (talk) 22:27, 25 December 2024 (UTC)
Move discussion in progress
There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:South Western Railway which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RMCD bot 07:52, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
- For those confused, the discussion was at Talk:South Western Railway (2017–2025)#Requested move 17 May 2025. Cheerio, Mattdaviesfsic. Talk to me. 17:07, 16 August 2026 (UTC)
Requested move 16 August 2026
- 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: not moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Jeffrey34555 (talk) 13:22, 23 August 2026 (UTC)
South Western Railway → GBR South Western – New Great British Railways branding that all South Western Railway trains should eventually end up adopting. I am RedoStone (talk) 16:56, 16 August 2026 (UTC)
- "I'm going to propose a new title without any sources to back up the change I want" Cheerio, Mattdaviesfsic. Talk to me. 16:58, 16 August 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose, too soon. If South Western Railway "eventually ends up adopting" this brand and reliable sources follow suit, then by all means come back to propose this. 162 etc. (talk) 17:17, 16 August 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose, too soon, follow sources not trains, the website is still up and uses such. As well as GBR technically still not a thing. DankJae 22:11, 16 August 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose, let's change it when it actually changes. Walkablecities (talk) 10:46, 19 August 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose - OP doesnt even provide any sources to verify that this name change is occurring. It hasn’t happened yer, so it’s premature. When it does occur, then we’ll still be waiting until it becomes the WP:COMMONNAME. Danners430 tweaks made 10:53, 19 August 2026 (UTC)