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. As with all Wikipedia articles, everything in the lead should be expanded upon in the main body. Citations are not required in the introduction as long as they appear in the main body.
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
- Design
- Description of the station buildings and layout
- Location
- Origin of name
- Neighbourhood, borough, things in immediate area
- Nearest stations
- Connecting bus routes
- Services
- Summary of services - in a developed article this will be in prose, unless it is a large/complex service pattern
- 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]Open stations
Closed Stations