Talk:Berlin Ostkreuz station

message: Sorry to be difficult, but I'm not happy with the translation for <<  Ostkreuz (German for "Eastern Crossing")   >>. There seems to be a problem here, even the DB (Deutsche Bahn) likes to use "crossing" and have used it with regard to Berlin Hbf. which they also title a "Crossing station". In English, this has no meaning, ask an English speaker what is meant by a "Crossing station" and he´ll give you a blank look! 
My suggestions would be "East Cross" as used in London on the "East Cross Route" or perhaps " Eastern Interchange", but certainly not Eastern crossing!--IsarSteve 13:26, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, I'll probably change it; technically Ostkreuz is a "cruciform station" and "cross" would be more appropriate, although the DB have their own preferences, as you mention. I simply used the term as translated in Berlin. "East Cross" sounded a little literal and abrupt, and slightly religious to me. Even so, "East Cross" it is. Regards,  ProhibitOnions  (T) 13:32, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: How about Eastern Cross? Then we could translate Südkreuz as Southern Cross. ;-) Angr 13:39, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Heh-heh...  ProhibitOnions  (T) 14:05, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

text: We don't usually disambiguate pre-emptively. As long as Ostkreuz would be a redirect to Ostkreuz (Berlin) anyway, Ostkreuz is the better title. Kusma (討論) 11:26, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Eastern Crossing? 

message: There's a model of Ostkreuz at LOXX Berlin, the large model railway layout in the Meinekestr. I was there a year or two ago and tooks some pictures, but Ostkreuz mustbe on the film roll. Have to dig it out.  ProhibitOnions  (T) 22:40, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: LOXX

message: I changed this:
"For example, the next train to Berlin Ostbahnhof could leave from either D or E, which are connected by a pedestrian footbridge. It is a common sight to see passengers waiting on the bridge until they see where the next eastbound train will arrive."
to this:
"For example, the next train to Berlin Ostbahnhof could leave from either D or E, which are connected by a pedestrian footbridge. It is a common sight to see passengers waiting on the bridge until they see where the next westbound train will arrive."
because passangers going from Ostkreuz to Ostbahnhof would be travelling westward. --Boneka 01:01, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks. This got switched around with "westbound" regarding the direction the trains do not stop in on the tangential route, which has been fixed already. Mea culpa, though I assure you as someone who used to live in the Sonntagstraße and had to do this myself, I do in fact know the correct direction. I might add more to this about the fact that this is not an issue in the other direction. Regards,  ProhibitOnions  (T) 07:11, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Eastbound? 

message: I understand the logic behind the move, but I'm not thrilled with the move to "Ostkreuz station (Berlin S-Bahn)" as Ostkreuz by itself is unlikely to be confused with anything else, and the station itself is pretty iconic. (In the future it won't just be S-Bahn, either.) I'm really tempted to move it back to just "Ostkreuz" but I'd like to hear other opinions.  ProhibitOnions  (T) 21:49, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I have moved it back per my rationale given above. Kusma (討論) 13:18, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Rename

message: This station has been in the process of being completely dismantled and rebuilt since 2006, so the article is about five years out of date. Construction work is scheduled to last until 2016.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.177.80.18 (talk) 21:53, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ostkreuz