Talk:Chard branch line

Hatch

Presumably the "Hatch" mentioned in this article is Hatch Beauchamp?— Rod ^talk 12:48, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Hi Rod, There was a Great Western station named "Hatch" that was open from 11 Sept 1866 to 10 Sept 1962. It is well documented. I've not yet found any evidence that it was called Hatch Beauchamp, but that is where it was.Pyrotec (talk) 14:26, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

The para on Thornfalcon says "This station was later renamed "Thorn" to be made similar to the station name "Hatch" rather than "Hatch Beauchamp"." so can we at some point in the article link to Hatch Beauchamp & add something about this branch line to the village article where it says was via the B&E railway?— Rod ^talk 14:37, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Reliable sources state that, that station station was originally called "Thorne Falcon", and was renamed "Thorne". Unfortunately, not everything in wikipedia is true/correct/verifiable. Well we might be able to create some seperate station articles and link them in using {sealso} or {main}. The article was only created at 00:30 today, so it is quite young.Pyrotec (talk) 15:24, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

True but could be a nomination for WP:DYK with a suitable referenced fact.— Rod ^talk 17:00, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Found it.Pyrotec (talk) 17:22, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Creech Junction

Should the mention of Creech Junction in the article link to Creech St Michael railway station? as it doesn't quite seem to match up.— Rod ^talk 19:44, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Its a railway junction, not a station, located approx half way between the M5 and Creech St Michael. There was a station at Creech St Michael railway station, but I'm not sure yet where it was precisely - if this article, Disused railway stations (Bristol to Exeter Line), is correct then it not on this line.Pyrotec (talk) 16:53, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

Five Arch Bridge at NGR ST 2695 2533

The Five Arch Bridge at NGR ST 2695 2533 (which I believe is the one shown in the infobox for this page ie File:Creech St Michael Chard branch bridge.jpg) is a listed building (see here). Am I right & should this be included in this article?— Rod ^talk 13:19, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

Hmm. The record is clearly the bridge shown in the infobox of this article, but their photograph is the Chard canal acqueduct a little further down river! See Multimap aerial photograph - the bridge to the left is the railway and is pretty clear of vegetation; the bridge to the right is the canal and is very overgrown. Geof Sheppard (talk) 13:08, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

Move discussion in progress

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Gauge Questions

I found this article useful for the purposed I looked it up, however the line

"at last there were definite plans for a direct southern, narrow gauge route from Exeter to London" is misleading. Although at the time the railway was built, there were those who referred to "Standard Gauge" as a result of the existence of the Broader Gauges at the time but as these gauges have not existed in England within living memory - save for a couple of hundred yards in museums and heritage centres I feel that this should be altered to "standard gauge route from Exeter..." and the annotation that is well provided should be coming from the other angle, ie saying that back then "Standard" was often referred to as "Narrow". I feel that a casual reader may otherwise be misled into thinking that early instances of the South West Line were Narrow Gauge (ie Ffestiniog style) by the use of archaic language. I do not edit Wikipedia. Please could you fix this? Andy — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.149.84.157 (talk) 21:08, 17 November 2017 (UTC)