Talk:Beijing–Baotou railway

Use full descriptive name of railway for the article names of railways in China

For article names of Chinese railways, the full name of the railway (i.e. both terminal cities) should always be spelled out, rather than merely the two character abbreviation. When the abbreviations are transliterated into English, essential identifying information is lost. E.g.

• Xiangyu, Xianggui, Xiangpu Railways all have different “Xiang” characters;
• Xianggui and Guikun Lines have different “Gui” characters;
• Yiwan and Yijia Lines have different “Yi” characters;
• Yiwan and Wangan Railways have different “Wan” characters;
• Yuli and Yucha Railways have different “Li” characters;
• Baolan and Baocheng Railways have different “Bao” characters;
• Lanxin and Lanyan Lines have different “Lan” characters;
• Jiaoji, and Jiaoliu Railways have different “Jiao” characters
• Jiaoji and Jitong Railways have different “Ji” characters;
• Jitong and Tongpu Lines have different “Tong” characters;

The list goes on and on. Many English readers may be unfamiliar with one-character abbreviations of certain Chinese cities and provinces. So Yu for Chongqing, Hu for Shanghai, Jiu for Kowloon adds to the confusion. For consistency and clarity, Wikipedia article names of Chinese railways should always feature the full names. In-article references can use abbreviated names. The only exception may be the Longhai Line, which has become a two-character word in itself. ContinentalAve (talk) 17:13, 10 April 2011 (UTC)

Totally agreed on this one, I've generally been changing the names such that they use the full title. NemesisAT (talk) 17:32, 11 March 2021 (UTC)

Route diagram around Zhangjiakou

Looking at satellite imagery and http://cnrail.geogv.org/, it appears the line effectively splits into two around Zhangjiakou with Zhangjiakou on one branch and Zhangjiakou South on the other. The Zhangjiakou–Tangshan railway leaves the line east of Zhangjiakou South, not the "main line", as indicated by the RDT. The branches join again at Kongjiazhuang. Just leaving my thoughts here so anyone who's skilled at editing the route diagrams could add this. Thanks NemesisAT (talk) 17:32, 11 March 2021 (UTC)