# Talk:Prahran railway station

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Nominator: ThatPB95 Fan (talk · contribs) 00:49, 17 July 2025 (UTC)
Reviewer: Steelkamp (talk · contribs) 07:47, 17 July 2025 (UTC)

I'm going to quickfail this review, as the article is a long way from meeting the 2nd and 3rd criteria. For criterion 2, the article makes use of several self-published sources, such as "Philip Mallis" and "Waking up in Geelong". As for criterion 3, the history section is quite short, and makes little use of newspapers from Trove, which I would expect the article to do if it were to meet the GA criteria. I would also expect a local history book source to be used, as those often have information on early stations like this one. Steelkamp (talk) 07:47, 17 July 2025 (UTC)

so that I don't forget:

replace VicRail Stations source  Done
find a better source for station opening and renaming  Not done I cannot find one, so have to rely on Vicsig, however the rest of the  vicsig citations are now exclusively in the lead and description
ThatPB95 FAN (the mailbox) 11:42, 18 July 2025 (UTC)

What is a host station?  The link goes to a subsection that's uncited and also doesn't really explain much.  Are host stations the ones with the black-on-white-background circle-i indicator on the PTV network maps?  Prahran has one of these, which in the legend are marked "Customer service hub<br />For opening hours visit ptv.vic.gov.au".  Nyttend (talk) 03:37, 25 August 2025 (UTC)

@Nyttend: A host station is one that is only staffed in the morning on weekdays (definition can be found on a Metro Trains document - Stations and Public Precincts standard). Yes, those customer service hubs are the host stations, however , since PTV (or Transport Victoria)'s maps don't explicitly state they are host stations, it's quite unclear. However, the info can be cited with Metro Trains Melbourne's Access Guide; going to Sandringham, then Prahran, and hovering over the Staffed column, shows "Am peak". Hope this clarifies. ThatPB95 FAN (the mailbox) 10:44, 25 August 2025 (UTC)