Talk:Waterloo–Reading line

message: The 'mapneeded=yes' tage has been removed, a basic map has been added.  Canterberry 23:20, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: 'mapneeded=yes'

message: These three Merge deleted - No reasons given for the merger on the talk page.  and I thought it might be worth combining them to make one single Windsor Lines page. What do you think?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.67.74.164 (talk) 12:33, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: By way of an aside, the term 'Windsor Lines' was used in the 19th century as a convenient shorthand among the Company for these lines to emphasise the only direct, no-change link from close to the centre of the City to the established town of Windsor (and vice versa) most of the other places along the line beyond half-way to there were much smaller settlements and could be regarded as near-villages or anyway were on the way to that terminus, 1 of 3.  Windsor also preceded in date the other settled destinations offered. The term would in passenger numbers be deprecated today!  Note the Chertsey Loop as it actually is operates for tourist services as a corollary from London to country railway destinations and is not a mere 'branch'.  Another silly misnomer not even ending there, ever.  It could also be operated as a loop if Network Rail so wished to invest in doing so, rapidly.  The Reading to Waterloo lines would be the modern group description given as that has more usage as places on that line have grown and an albeit narrow range of just semi-fast, but regular, services are offered.  That line even given 'line operating inertia' has the most scope for faster and more exciting services.- Adam37 Talk 20:40, 19 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge Reading-Waterloo; Windsor-Staines and Chertsey Branch to form one Windsor Lines page 

message: If no-one more adept than I am at making maps makes these change then one year I'll try:
1 Point Pleasant: one curve in use, another disconnected2 Barnes curve3 Connection to Terminal platform 3 at Richmond4  West to south curve at Staines5 Curve at Virginia Water6 If one level crossing is shown, rest should be (3 between Barnes and Mortlake, N Sheen, Feltham).--SilasW (talk) 20:17, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: In a hurry, I have added 1, 4 and 6. Anywikiuser (talk) 11:40, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  Before modifying the map, can we have some references please.  Item 2, regarding a west curve at Barnes appears dubious to me. Also the station is incorrectly positioned on the map as it is. The station is east of the junction between the lines to Chiswick and Richmond. Also the curve at Virginia Water is questionable. Looking at Google Maps, I see little evidence of any former curve. Olana North (talk) 12:36, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for doing and replying. I don't have a reference to hand for Item 2 but it did exist for a very few years until the line from S. Acton to Richmond was built (and that rendered it redundant); the curving row of houses built facing the concave side of the chord is called Railway Side, and a stub of brickwork remains just south of the Hounslow line. (Oops! Inserted PS - Since yesterday evening some one has stuck in the Barnes curve but left Barnes as two stations instead of one east of the junction.) Item 5 is in The New Adlestrop Railway Atlas albeit wrongly as open. On Google Maps the eye of the faithful can just see a line of less high vegetation which starts to curve away from the Chertsey line where the Chertsey line stops being straight and begins its curve to VW station, perhaps it is clearer on Multimap, especially the Birds Eye view looking west. I'll try to dig out WP-fit references in my next session at the BL.  I listed just a little of what I spotted as missing. How much should these diagrams show? There are unshown Eurostar connections, Queenstown Road, curves to the WLL and connections at Reading. And why a zigzag where the North Downs line joins? Looks more like playing with Lego rather than considered information.--SilasW (talk) 14:01, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  The disused chord at Virginia Water is shown as a dashed line on the relevant OS Landranger map.  The zigzag on the diagram at Wokingham was intended to show that the North Downs Line was built first and that the line to Staines is a diverging route.  (See also North Downs Line) Mertbiol (talk) 16:21, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  More details for Map 

message: The article has been flagged as unreferenced which is true, but it calls in the template "Waterloo to Reading Line" which gives two sources. References and sources given in templates should be carried to articles calling the templates.--SilasW (talk) 16:06, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  References 

message: Was the line electrified in 1916?  Isn't that the year of inner suburban 3rd railing?--SilasW (talk) 19:14, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  When electrified 

message: I don't think that the line was electrified all the way to Reading in 1931. See Reading Southern railway station#Electrification. The article text cited Dendy Marshall for the Reading line electrification; but I can't find it in there. What I can find is electrification to Windsor 6 July 1930, on page 413, so I've moved the ref and added a page number to it. --Redrose64 (talk) 14:57, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Electrification at Reading was switched on in January 1939. I refer you to the "Southern Electric" series of books, the latest of which was published a couple of years ago. Bhtpbank (talk) 07:57, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reading electrification