Talk:Ebbw Valley Railway

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I have tagged this with {{unreferenced}} because the following aspects seem questionable:

It is due to re-open in 2006, becoming part of the Valley Lines network.

Have Arriva confirmed that this will be a part of its Cardiff commuter network?

As with the original route, a branch line from Aberbeeg station to Abertillery has been planned.

This isn't in either of the referenced documents.

Also, it has been rumoured that the line may be extended to Ebbw Vale town centre following the closure of Ebbw Vale Steelworks.

Again, not on the references, is there any substance to this claim?

It's true, see article page sources.--86.29.254.184 17:08, 30 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The original line terminated at Newport High Street station but the first phase of the current plan will see trains running to Park Junction and then taking the westbound fork to Cardiff Central station rather than the eastbound fork to Newport High Street.

According to various maps, as well as the aerials, the junctions in the area do not appear to have any forks which might facilitate a choice of destination travelling from the branch itself. Unless, of course, I'm looking at the wrong junction (entirely possible).

You are looking at the wrong Junction! Go to http://local.google.co.uk and enter np203lr and then switch it to Satellite mode. That is Park junction and if you follow the line to the top-right of the picture you will see it joins the main line just before the main tunnels. It's even more obvious on http://www.streetmap.co.uk/. Perhaps westbound and eastbound should be changed to southbound and northbound. :) Owain (talk) 10:32, 6 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for clearing that one up. I suppose it's "logical east" ;-) 19:55, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

I'm also rather concerned about all the line boxes appearing everywhere referring to this line with the grey highlight. The highlight colours used on the other lines in the Valley Lines network are those used on Arriva's official network maps (or at least close approximations thereof). WP really should not assign an arbitrary colour to this line. 20:40, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

I have just added some imformation to this page that, I hope, may shed some clariy on the issues raised! 20:10 March, 5th, 2006.

Eep! We don't need more information, we need to confirm the integrity of the existing information first! Merely naming a source is not enough. As the various policies note, we need citations. Not only the name of the source, but precisely where the information can be found. This means referring not to "the BBC", but to its individual reports (one is already included, though it doesn't mention anything about the dubious points). A reference to "various press releases" is no good, the individual releases which mention specifics need to be identified. References to printed works need page numbers, locations, specific editions, etc. The one that most worries me is the very first one - the Valley Lines brand no longer exists. 19:55, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

Scrap it, it's a dodgy, a hoax artical, scrap it. (homerslips, 9.17 utc, 10 Nov'2006)

It's no hoax, arsk thw Welsh assembly!--86.29.254.184 17:08, 30 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Schematic Route Plan copyright?

This plan has a GFDL tag attached to it, but its summary says "Property of Capita Symonds as part of Ebbw Valley Railway Scheme Design". How are these two compatible? 86.135.7.240 00:08, 21 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

They a probably not compatible.Trish pt7 (talk) (talk) 19:11, 23 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Schematic diagram

The article would look better and be less confusing if it displayed only one schematic diagram of the route plan. Does anyone have a preference as to which one should be used? Daicaregos (talk) 10:22, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Page rename

The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: page moved per unopposed request. - GTBacchus^(talk) 01:41, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ebbw Valley Line → Ebbw Valley Railway

Any objections to renaming the article from Ebbw Valley Line to Ebbw Valley Railway? The sources seem to use 'Railway', including the Welsh Assembly, Network Rail, the BBC, WalesOnline, Capita Symonds (project managers), and the Ebbw Valley Railway itself. Thoughts please. Daicaregos (talk) 11:38, 25 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Combine RDTs

Should the two EVR Route Diagram Templates be combined into one? There are hardly any differences between them. Nathan A RF (talk) 13:56, 24 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I would agree. {{Ebbw Valley Line (Later Stages)}} is redundant and can be removed. Lamberhurst (talk) 17:37, 24 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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