Talk:Sheffield station

message: I've added back Virgin Trains' stop at Dronfield as there is an extremely limited service, funny how Dronny is served by four companies and maintained by a fifth (Active8 November 2006). I'll look into or feel free to add major services to the annoying next/preceeded services template as Dronfield is an extremeley limited service for VT, MM and CT with nealry all services stopping by Chesterfield. Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons 21:42, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dronfield services 

message: :Add  # Support  or  # Oppose  on a new line in the appropriate section followed by a brief explanation, then sign your opinion using ~~~~.  Please remember that this survey is not a vote, and please provide an explanation for your recommendation.
====Survey - in support of the move====
#Support - if that's the name of the station, then that should be the name of the article. --VinceBowdren 09:55, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Comment Thanks for pointing that out. Changed proposal to Sheffield station as per WP:MOSCL Adambro 18:04, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Survey

message: #Support - if that's the name of the station, then that should be the name of the article. --VinceBowdren 09:55, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Survey - in support of the move

message: #Oppose Neutral - if it should be moved it should be Sheffield Midland railway station. Simply south 18:36, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Survey - in opposition to the move

message: # I'm leaning towards keeping the "Midland" as a useful disambiguating term, but it's no longer in the official name of the station.  But wherever it goes, "station" (being a common noun) gets a little "s", per WP:MOSCL.  Chris cheese whine 04:42, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Comment Thanks for pointing that out. Changed proposal to Sheffield station as per WP:MOSCL Adambro 18:04, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Survey - neutral

message: :Add any additional comments:
:Sheffield Midland is the historic name of the station. Sheffield is the current name as appears on timetables and the National Rail website. Adambro 18:50, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The Network Rail (who own the station) business plan 2006, includes a route plan that covers Sheffield. The station is referred to as Sheffield. Route 11 - South Trans-Pennine, South Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Adambro 15:02, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Incorrect, the station is managed by Midland Mainline, and is called Midland as it is on the old Midland Main Line - where Victoria, Bridgehouses, Wicker were not.  I believe stations at Nottingham, Derby and maybe Leicester also had the Midland suffix.  L.J.SkinnerWOT?|CONTRIBS 17:09, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The TOC that manages the station and what line the station is on is irrelevant. I am trying to determine the present day name of the station. Can you assist with any citations of appropriate sources that help with this debate? I am perfectly aware that it was called Sheffield Midland but I'm suggesting this is no longer the case. The station has been the only one in Sheffield since the 1970s I  believe so it follows that the Midland part of the name would be dropped. As an aside, Midland Mainline don't own the station, they just operate it on Network Rail's behalf. Adambro 17:47, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Please reread my comment.  I said MML managed the station.  Rotherham is still called "Rotherham Central", in spite of Masborough closing over twenty year ago, so simply the loss of Sheffield's other stations does not automatically indicate that the suffix has been dropped.  I cannot find any source to support or refute either naming, and hence am only writing in the comments section and not voting.  I know it is still known locally as "Midland Station", but then Cole's Corner is still known as such, in spite of the Cole Brothers store it was named for moving, and then being taken over by John Lewis, which is soon to move again! L.J.SkinnerWOT?|CONTRIBS 22:31, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Apologies if I misinterpreted what you were meaning, I couldn't see the relevance of who the TOC was so presumed you were suggesting that because Midland Mainline manage the station, that it would be called 'Midland'. I acknowledge the fact that the station is referred to as Sheffield Midland but I'm suggesting that based upon official documents (timetables, the Network Rail business plan etc), the proper name is now simply Sheffield. I'm also not saying just because only that station remains it will automatically become 'Sheffield', merely that it is likely. I have provided a link to a source that supports the name being 'Sheffield' and hope you can acknowledge its relevance. Even this article says the station is "now called simply Sheffield", so surely it makes sense for the article to be of that name. Adambro 22:56, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Discussion

message: I have requested the moving of Sheffield Wicker, Sheffield Victoria and Oughty Bridge. See Talk:Sheffield Victoria Station. Simply south (talk) 15:39, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  A related move 

message: Thought this might be interesting.  It has been published in the Sheffield Telegraph.
Action Station  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mike0001 (talk • contribs) 10:14, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Road layout approaching the station 

message: Hey guys, under the 'services' section, currently it says that on the Liverpool-Norwich line , Sheffield is preceded by Dore, and followed by Dronfield.  This would seem unlikely as both are south of Sheffield.  If however, this is the case, then I'd assume that it's done by reversal at Sheffield, and since it is labelled as the Liverpool-Norwich line, and not vice versa, Dore ought to come first.  I will make this change, but can anyone confirm reversal at Sheffield?  L.J.Skinnerwot|I did 12:19, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yep, it reverses at Sheffield. Done that journey many times. --VinceBowdren (talk) 13:08, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  the Liverpool - Norwich Line 

message: Any reason to use Sheffield Station General View.jpg twice, and not use Sheffield Station from Sheaf Square.jpg at all? The one of Sheaf Square at night looks a lot better. --VinceBowdren (talk) 08:23, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photos 

message: I was reading back through my collection of Railway Magazines and an article mentioned a tunnel south of Sheffield station (as originally built), but which was opened out into a cutting when the route as far as Dore was quadrupled in the years up to 1902. Can anyone confirm the existence of this tunnel, its name and its exact location ?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by JustinSmith (talk • contribs) 09:42, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tunnel South of Sheffield Station ? 

message: In view of the recent edits to Sheffield station I've applied a 1-week full prot. Since the nature of the dispute affects several articles about UK railways (mostly, but not exclusively, those about particular stations), I think it should be discussed with a wider audience than this page might get, so I've started a thread at WT:UKRAIL#Linking to railway station. --Redrose64 (talk) 21:44, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Linking to railway station 

message: In the Future section, it states that the MML and the GWML past Hayes & Harlington are both not electrified. This seems a little misleading, with the ongoing 21st-century modernisation programme having already electrified the line well past there. I was going to edit it myself, but am unsure as to how it should best be phrased with the programme still in progress...  Shadowssettle(talk) 10:15, 15 July 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, I started off by removing the parenthesis entirely - but when I previewed, I found that the sentence then read "The line is currently one of the few major main lines and the plan found that the project would provide significantly enhanced services and significant financial savings.", which is nonsensical. So I restored part of the parenthesis, . --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 22:08, 15 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Electrification of Main Lines