Talk:Railway town

List?

If you know anything about the history of the Western half of North America, you'd know that nearly every town was started as a result of the railway. Kevlar67 21:57, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

I would question Middlesbrough being a railway town as it is on a spur of the old Stockton and Darlington line and only has direct connections to Whitby and Newcastle on the coast route, which delivered steel to Teesport. Darlington is a railway town as it is a major junction on the East Coast Main Line. Sfgreenwood 23:50, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

I wouldn't say Middlesbrough ios a railway town either - most 'railway towns', the UK anyway, tend to have major works within them too. The railway making it a 'major port' doesn't make it a railway town.(80.193.99.43 (talk) 13:53, 23 April 2008 (UTC))

I agree with you Kevlar nearly every town in the western half of the US and Canada were planned because of the railway, so the US list is pretty redudant. --Atilla5 (talk) 00:57, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Requested move

Railway town → List of railway towns — Beyond a very brief definition this is just a list and should be titled as such. There is no problem with lists being very incomplete. Si Trew (talk) 09:35, 19 June 2010 (UTC)

I'd much rather split the list into a new list at that title, leaving behind a stub linked to the list. The concept of the "railway town" can be written about, (e.g. see [1][2][3]) but this is less likely if it is only a redirect or in the present state of the article. Fences&Windows 12:36, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

I agree with that. Si Trew (talk) 19:32, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

• I did the split, so no move is required now. Fences&Windows 23:24, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

The split is here, for the record. Nice job fleshing out of the article. Si Trew (talk) 14:04, 4 July 2010 (UTC)