# Talk:Lechmere station

{{Lechmere timeline}} is inaccessible and hard to parse even for a sighted person. What would be some better ways to convey this information? Mackensen (talk) 15:12, 28 April 2019 (UTC)

Agreed. The major service shifts - 1922, 1931, 1960s, and the chaos of the 1970s and 1980s - can probably be conveyed with a few sentences of prose, as can the handful of changes this century. We don't have to elaborate on every single service change, especially during the early MBTA years where they changed terminals frequently. I'm planning to write the full histories of the GLX and its stations at some point - probably when the station designs are 100% finalized later this year - and I'll definitely replace this timeline then if not sooner. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 02:08, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

@Pi.1415926535: Sorry, but I have to object to your changes to the article lede. The station still exists and is in service for the same customers, even though train service has been replaced by bus service at the present location. Yes, a new station is under construction and that should be mentioned early in the intro, but that is not the primary meaning of "Lechmere station" at the present time. It is still listed as a functioning station by the MBTA [1], which is of course a reliable source. I do not object to the photo of the under-construction station as the lede photo, as it is arguably more interesting than a couple of trains or buses and can be updated periodically to reflect progress.--agr (talk) 15:33, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

@ArnoldReinhold: I see your point, and I've rewritten the lede to balance the future and former stations. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 21:23, 27 May 2020 (UTC)
Great, thanks.--agr (talk) 12:07, 28 May 2020 (UTC)