Talk:Springfield Union Station (Massachusetts)

message: The main article currently states "A currently stalled plan to renovate the building and bring bus service to the station has been in the works for several years."  That text doesn't quite make it clear whether it's referring to the condemned 1926 station building, or Amtrak's new modest facility.  Also, what bus service?  Intercity bus service, or local bus service?  Is there some transit authority or private company that would be likely to operate that bus service?  JNW2 (talk) 19:44, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Renovaction, Bus Service

message: The article speculates on the prospect of commuter service and restoration of the station itself.
Has there been any discussion of restoring service to Northampton? (The track is already there.)  This would provide a connection to schools, collectively, with tens of thousands of students, e.g., Smith (in Northampton itself), U Massachusetts, Amherst, Hampshire, Mt. Holyoke in Greater Amherst. Dogru144 (talk) 03:13, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Extension north to Northampton?

message: Are there high level platforms at this station?  JNW2 (talk) 19:44, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Train platforms

message: The article title is currently "Springfield, Massachusetts (Amtrak station)" which seems incorrect.  The article is not about the city of Springfield.  Perhaps "Springfield Union Station" or "Union Station (Springfield, Massachusetts)" would be better? doncram (talk) 16:38, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  article name change needed 

message: , I undid your revert of the IP's three edits because those edits look reasonable in substance and helpful in terms of copy editing.  Could you explain specifically what's wrong with them?  We should use a light touch when dealing with new editors who might join us in improving these articles.  If the first experience is that they get reverted, they will just quietly go away.  At least try to incorporate some of the helpful changes, and correct any specific error. Jehochman Talk 22:50, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: The edits made no actual grammar improvements, and in several places made it worse ("trackages connects", removing "complex"). There is no reason for the editor to remove the list of what lines historically ran into the station, especially since they did so under a false edit summary. Making that edit under the title of "fixed grammar" is misleading at best and malicious at worst. This is not a new user who is about to be scared off; they have made hundreds of edits over several months, many of which have been reverted for poor grammar or removing information. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 23:35, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  IP edits 

message: According to Amtrak Great American Station website is Amtrak the Owner of the Union Station building and not Springfield Redevelopment Authority. The Parking lot is owned by the Springfield Redevelopment Authority. Tracks are owned by Amtrak and CSX.SPG SRich (talk) 13:38, 6 July 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: OLIVER is a really handy tool for determining property ownership in Massachusetts. Amtrak owns the currently-used station building (constructed in 1994 to replace the 1973-built waiting room in the tunnel), the area where they lay over the Shuttles, and the platforms themselves. CSX owns the railroad itself (both rails and land, it appears). The SRA owns Union Station, the new bus terminal site (former baggage building site), and the new garage (former Charles Hotel site); they bought them for a song when the Charles Hotel burned in the late 1980s. I'll explicate this further when I have time to fully expand the history, but for now here's a source. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 16:03, 6 July 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for researching this. Based on this information it would be correct then to say that Amtrak owns the existing station building and the SRA owns the soon to be active Union Station building on the north side of the tracks. I see that you just updated this in the Infobox a moment ago. Thanks. FFM784 (talk) 16:18, 6 July 2016 (UTC)
replies: text:  @Pi I have search in Oliver, and you where right for a part. The new union station is owned bij SRA, but the ground and platforms are owned by Amtrak and a smal part bij Consolidated Rail Corp(Conrail?). So I think that the tracks are shared owned by CSX(conrail) and Amtrak SRich (talk) 18:27, 6 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Owner 

message: Hello fellow Wikipedians! I noticed AirportExpert (talk) has been going through all the stations on the New Haven–Springfield Line and changing their infobox style from Amtrak to NHHS for the upcoming Hartford Line. I don't necessarily object to this, but I'd like to make sure others are okay with it, and wonder how it is decided which one to use if there are multiple services using one station. Does the one with more frequencies or more passengers get it, or is it the one who owns it? Or is it just personal preference of the editors? Not that it matters, but I personally think the NHHS style is ugly compared with the Amtrak one. Thanks! –Daybeers (talk) 05:13, 22 February 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: The prevailing method is to have the style match the actual signage whenever possible. Meriden, Wallingford, and Berlin have been fully upgraded, including NHHS signage. Hartford, Windsor, and Windsor Locks still have Amtrak signage. I don't know for sure about Springfield, but given that it's outside CT I believe it retains Amtrak signage. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 05:51, 22 February 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Makes sense, thanks! I'm not sure either, but I would agree that it probably still has Amtrak signage. –Daybeers (talk) 06:34, 22 February 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  NHHS style