Talk:West of England line

message: I am proposing renaming this article to South Western Main Line, and creating a new West of England Main Line article describing the line from Paddington to Penzance. See discussion on Talk:Rail transport in Great Britain#Railway lines in the United Kingdom -- Chris j wood 11:41, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possible rename 

message: I'm going to nuke the Watership Down section as being completely not relevant to this article, even if it is meant to be the same railway line. --88.110.189.21 21:04, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, it has no place in this article. I thought of reducing it to a one-line mention, but even then it would need to be in one of those dreadful "Trivia" sections which so frequently make WP an embarrassment. I'm cutting the whole thing. Vilĉjo 20:33, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Fair enough. As the person who added it, on reflection I think you're right. If the specific location were important (as with Kings Cross station in the Harry Potter series) then it should be in, but as far as WD is concerned it could be any line. If this were a much longer article then it might have a section discussing the line's appearance in literature, TV, films etc and the WD mention would fit in well there, but you're right: it looks silly in the article as it stands. As it happens I also agree that Trivia sections are A Bad Idea. Loganberry (Talk) 00:41, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Watership Down 

message: I think this article (like a lot of UK "route" articles) falls between two stools, of historical development based on geography (Basingstoke to Exeter SD) and current operations (Waterloo to Exeter SD). The historical side is very inadequate, and the current side seems to be a list of stations and references to Network Rail business plans.
It is important to remember that these articles are for the benefit of people who know very little about the topic, but want to know more; we "insiders" (if that's what we are) tend to forget that.
"West of England Main Line" is a pretty unhelpful title for such people -- if any non-insider person actually entered that into a search field, they might be thinking of Plymouth to Penzance (a main line in the West of England), or else Paddington - Plymouth (main line trains from London to the West of England). *We* know that isn't correct, but then *we* don't come to this article for information. 
And another thing; if the scope is "the line from Basingstoke to Exeter", how is Clapham Junction one of the stations served? Afterbrunel (talk) 10:28, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: History or current?

message: There seems to be an appetite at the moment to discuss the correct names of various UK railway articles, so I think this is an appropriate time to raise this issue. I propose that this be renamed West of England Line as I don't think it has ever officially been called the 'West of England Main Line'.
South West Trains have a  named West of England Line and the Network Southeast subdivision was also known as the 'West of England Line'. I can't find any official documents that use the 'main' word; the current SWT timetables and Network Rail route documentation don't give it a name at all.
It does have some currency as a 'Main' line in enthusiast publications and forums (and sources copied from Wiki), but then some other enthusiast sources use this phrase to mean the GWR route via Taunton. Geof Sheppard (talk) 14:07, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Almost all sources use "West of England line" without capping line, so I'll propose that. Dicklyon (talk) 03:51, 12 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article name 

message: The DFT classes this line as a main line, according to here: http://maps.dft.gov.uk/south-western-franchise/
I think we need to rethink the change of the article name.
SageWater (talk) 12:55, 10 May 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: While it is a main line there is no evidence of it being called the West of England Main line. This has only recently been changed following a discussion. Geof Sheppard (talk) 13:14, 10 May 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Incorrect article name. 

message: What are the numbers on the route map? Are they miles or kilometers? It would be good to have this information visible. Absolutelypuremilk (talk) 19:11, 18 June 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Route map 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: There has been a Study undertaken by Network Rail about this line:
* Network Rail: Continuous Modular Strategic Planning - West of England Line Study 2020 
I thought I'd bring it to the attention of editors who may be keen to keep this article up to date. The article's scope is:
"...an assessment of some potential investment choices for the West of England Line from London Waterloo to Exeter St. David's via Basingstoke, Salisbury, Yeovil and Axminster. "
hrf (talk) 15:04, 11 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Study undertaken by Network Rail (2020)