Talk:South Station

message: Can it go away? I don't think the article is as need of cleanup as the banner contends. Geoff.green 02:47, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, going away.. Still needs work, of course, but no more so than the average Wikipedia article that doesn't have a cleanup banner. Geoff.green 18:41, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cleanup tag? 

message: I was wondering if anyone had any information about where the South Station bulk mail center was being moved to, and whether or not there will still be a 24-hour post office afterwords. -- Beland 06:10, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Postal relocation 

message: The services section in the info box is way too long and duplicates a more compact version nearer to the top. I propose removing it.--agr (talk) 16:37, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Well first of all, I don't see any duplicates anywhere in the article. Second, the infobox is a vital part of a good station article however, I do see your point about it being way too long. What we need to do is make it collapsible. I'm going to take this discussion over to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Trains since this is a very interesting subject. Murjax (talk) 17:46, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Services section 

message: Hi, I've been trying to look at deeds records and the Boston City Assessor's website to get exact dimensions of the building and land, the city Assessor's website seems to give the address as 640 Atlantic Avenue (This made sense to me, because the Federal Bank Reserve building across the street is 600 Atlantic Avenue). To add to that though, I think I do recall the bus terminal in the rear being called 700 Atlantic Avenue.  Would it be better to list the Address here as 640-700 Atlantic Avenue?
*Boston City Assessor's website Parcel ID: 0305364000
CaribDigita (talk) 14:16, 25 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd go with 640 Atlantic Ave. That's the address of South Station, which is the title of the article.--agr (talk) 16:52, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Address 

message: I'd question the section "Restaurants, shops, shopping districts" which defines them as being "within a radius of approximately one mile." That covers most of downtown Boston and seems way beyond the scope of this article. In particular, one would normally go to other transit stations to get to most of these places.--agr (talk) 16:55, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Right. I can't find a single item there served primarily by the South Station T stop. Time to be bold and remove the section. Its presence may also be questionable per WP:NOTDIR. Hertz1888 (talk) 18:06, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Restaurants, shops, shopping districts 

message: this would show how much of south station was demolished since 1898.
http://www.south-station.net/Images/Photos/LargePhotos/newhaven2.jpg  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 168.122.12.166 (talk) 20:35, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Add this picture? 

message: I propose that the MBTA subway part of the article is merged out to a new article with the name of South Station (MBTA subway station). I have made a draft here. Thoughts? If nobody "weighs in" in a week, I will do the changes myself →♠Gƒoley↔Four♣← 19:23, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: *Union Station (WMATA station) is begging to differ. It hasn't been a week? Fuck!! →♠Gƒoley↔Four♣← 02:27, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

text: *We also have 34th Street – Penn Station (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line), 34th Street – Penn Station (IND Eighth Avenue Line), and Grand Central – 42nd Street (New York City Subway) →♠Gƒoley↔Four♣← 02:31, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed Split 

message: I proposed that South Station Headhouse be merged into this article as there is no reason why the station's building should have a separate article when it can be covered with more relevance here. Grk1011 (talk) 00:58, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: , but with cleanup needed. The only part of the other article worth saving was the NRHP infobox, which I brought over. I know there's a way to have a combined infobox, but I don't know where it is. Some guidance requested. oknazevad (talk) 18:14, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Is this what you are looking for? Hertz1888 (talk) 18:29, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I believe it is. I'll give it a shot and see how it turns out. Thanks. oknazevad (talk) 18:34, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Nope, not working. At least at my skill level of wikignoming. oknazevad (talk) 18:44, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed Merge 

message: Hoi. Is there any information available about the track configuration at the time of the opening of the station? Thus, how many platform tracks were available by then and when was it changed? --Thogo 06:52, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: The tracks went all (most of?) the way to Fort Point Channel. They were replaced when the USPS facility was built.  If you wish, chase the sources down. Lentower (talk) 08:33, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Original track configuration 

message: It seems very odd to me that in the box on the right side, for all of the Amtrak lines and most of the MBTA lines, South Station is listed as Terminus for the Following Station, but for four lines (the ones which stop at JFK/UMass), South Station is listed as terminus for the Preceding Station.  I'm not sure why this is denoted this way, but I think Terminus should either be all under Preceding or all under Following, since the station is the Northern/Eastern terminus for every line listed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.224.205.44 (talk) 12:27, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Terminus Preceding or Following? 

message: The CapeFLYER is being run by the Cape Cod Regional Transit Administration using MBTA trains south of Middleboro.  The infobox suggests that this is an MBTA Commuter Service.  It may be useful to somehow list it differently so that readers understand this.FFM784 (talk) 03:29, 28 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  The CapeFLYER is technically not an MBTA service

message: If the logo may not be placed anywhere but the infobox, then I believe it should not be in the article at all. (And that goes for other train stations as well.) This is not a case like Amtrak where the logo represents a well-known public company, nor the Mexico City subway stations where the the icons are used for primary identification of the station. The article is about the history and operations of a train station - not of the business that rents out offices in the building, which is scarcely discussed in the article at all - but the logo represents the latter. It is undue weight to place that logo in the most prominent place in the article, where it displaces the much-more-valuable photograph. I believe this is a similar case to WP:BANDLOGO, where there is not sufficient cause to include the logo unless it is substantially discussed in the article. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 19:24, 20 October 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I started placing logos on train stations because many articles on airports and other transit facilities normally have them. I don't think the situation is akin to that of WP:BANDLOGO because stations are physical facilities operated by a company or agency and not groups of individuals. I do think it should be kept for consistency with other kinds of facilities, but whether stations or airports or transit facilities in general should or should not have them is another question. There hasn't been much discussion of this as far as I'm aware.  funplussmart (talk) 19:41, 20 October 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: And those airports have logos because they are in common public use, and because the business entity is synonymous with the history and operations. That is not the case here, as I explained above, because the business entity is just a real estate holding company and is largely unrelated to what is discussed in the article. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 20:00, 20 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Logo 

message: Many of the services are no longer in South Station, and a few are new.
Pinkberry has long been closed, as well as Starbucks (although a new one is opening). 
Additionally, there is only a convenience store, a LovePop card booth, and the CVS. Note that CVS's first floor is basically a convenience store, and the second floor is mostly a full CVS.
The eateries are Au Bon Pain, Auntie Anne's/Carvel, Dunkin', McDonald's, a Chinese restaurant and Tavern in the Square. The following are under construction: Caffè Nero, a bubble tea shop, and a Starbucks as I mentioned above.
The public art is mostly not in place, with the occasional temporary installation. However, there has been a lot of information boards about South Station Travis H. O. (talk) 17:31, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Services out of date