Wikipedia:WikiProject London Transport/How to write about stations
This is a project guideline for the structure of Wikipedia articles about the ~600 Docklands Light Railway, London Overground, London Underground and National Rail stations in the London fare zones.
Article naming conventions
[edit]Infobox
[edit]- {{Infobox London station}} is used on articles for all stations. There are specific fields for National Rail and/or London Underground.
Introduction
[edit]The lead should define the topic and summarize the body of the article with appropriate weight.
Sections
[edit]The sections to include in the article will vary depending on the station's history and significance, but the following may be appropriate:
- History
- Things to mention:
- Opening date and by which railway company
- If the railway through the site opened before the station
- Electrification
- Why the station was built and/or rebuilt and name of architects or engineers
- Changes of ownership and service operators
- Description of the station buildings and layout
- Services
- Summary of services - in a developed article this will be in prose, unless it is a large/complex service pattern
- Gallery
- Optional - a developed article will not need this
- Should be kept to a no more than three or four images at most
- See also
- Optional - do not repeat the nav footers, most likely only used to link to nearby related stations
- References
- All articles require {{reflist}} - the infobox generates some references
- External links
- Optional
Footers
[edit]In this order (where applicable):
- Succession boxes linking to adjacent stations
- {{London Overground navbox}} {{Docklands Light Railway}} {{Central line navbox}} and all relevant lines in alphabetical order
- {{Transport in London}}
- {{UKrailwaystations}}
- Any other nav boxes
Categories
[edit]- By fare zone: e.g. Category:Rail transport stations in London fare zone 1 <generated automatically by the infobox from the fare_zone fields>
- By borough: e.g. Category:Tube stations in the City of Westminster or Category:Railway stations in the City of Westminster
- By lines: e.g. Category:Central line (London Underground) stations or Category:Railway stations served by Chiltern Railways
Sources
[edit]Examples of GA/FA
[edit]Closed Stations
Open stations