Talk:Waterloo & City line

message: I suggested as a similar service the Hudson Tubes (PATH) between New Jersey and Manhattan. The edit was reverted.
Why similar? Because like the W&C, the Hudson Tubes were a metro built to cover the last mile under a major river between a (collection of) major railway terminal(s) and the actual desired final destination in the central business district. In the case of London, the South Western was stuck on the wrong side of Waterloo Bridge, unlike the competing south bank railways which had terminals in the City and Westminster. In the case of New York, the Pennsylvania and other railways on the west side of the Hudson had to put their terminals on the New Jersey side of the river, necessitating many ferry services and the Hudson Tubes. (A few years later, the Pennsylvania spoiled the fun by building full-fledged railway tunnels under the river terminating at the new Penn Station New York.)
A shuttle with only two stops is another way of looking at the W&C and deciding what's similar, but it's not very interesting as a comparison. New York's 42nd street shuttle? The very well travelled orphan segment when the original IRT subway was broken into two lines; the segment could hardly be abandoned, so it became a shuttle. Madrid's Ramal and Barcelona's L12 also fit into the category of well travelled orphan segments. None of these are similar in motivation to the W&C, only in their nature as shuttles.
-- Justinbb (talk) 18:17, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I reverted the edit, as the current "similar services" are all 1 stop shuttle services. IMO, a list of Metros connecting edge of centre railway stations to financial districts/CBD would be a very long list, with most cities having a contender - e.g. Line 2 (Shanghai Metro) is the main route connecting the new financial district of Pudong to the original city centre and far flung railway termini (Shanghai Hongqiao, the terminus of the Beijing–Shanghai high-speed railway). What do other people think? Turini2 (talk) 19:21, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  What is a "similar service"? 

message: @Epicgenius added a "not verified in body" tag to "It is one of only two lines on the Underground network to run completely underground, the other being the Victoria line." Can anyone help with a reference for this? It's quite hard to reference something very clear like that - most secondary sources do not seem to mention it (despite it being the case!) Turini2 (talk) 20:04, 26 March 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: @Turini2, I was not the one that added the tag; @10mmsocket added this tag back in January. I merely changed the  tag to  because the citation-needed template is for claims that are unsourced in the body, not for claims in the lead. The claim is not sourced in the body, which is why I changed the template to . – Epicgenius (talk) 20:40, 26 March 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry for the misguided attribution! The question remains, however. Turini2 (talk) 20:42, 26 March 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I've added a source that mentions that the W&C is entirely underground and that the Victoria is underground except for its depot. Perhaps a better source may exist, however. I've also removed the  tag. – Epicgenius (talk) 20:46, 26 March 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Nice one! 10mmsocket (talk) 20:52, 26 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fully underground