Template talk:South Wales Main Line

England portion included?

Is there any reason why a substantial portion of England is included in the map? Should it not start from Severn Tunnel Junction then go through to Swansea only, and not include Bristol, Reading and London, since they are GWR in England? Fluclo (talk) 11:52, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Most of the express trains over this route start at Paddington (two an hour to Cardiff, one of which continues to Swansea) - see Table 125. None, as far as I know, start at Severn Tunnel Junc. --Redrose64 (talk) 20:06, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

But this represents the physicl line, rather than service operated on it. Many services on this line do not run to London, such as Cardiff to Nottingham, to Cheltenham, to Maesteg, to Ebbw Vale, to Manchester etc, so I think Fluclo raises a valid point of undue weight being placed upon the London services Welshleprechaun 20:13, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

It's called the South Wales Main Line because it covers the main line that goes to South Wales. If you only covered the parts of the West and East Coast Main Lines that were on the relevant coasts you'd also have a much shorter pair of articles. Britmax (talk) 20:17, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

LCs

Any reason why two different LC symbols are used? One has the standard "X" symbol, as shown in the legend, while the other has traffic lights --Old Moonraker (talk) 23:09, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

I believe it's the action of Fluclo (talk · contribs), who originally created  (UKLC). The South Wales Main Line isn't the worst example - see {{West Wales Line RDT}}. --Redrose64 (talk) 18:26, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the pointer; I see you've raised this before. If the traffic lights symbol is selected as the one to go with, could it be included in the "Legend"? It seems obvious now, but I spent a good few minutes trying to work it out and one of the reasons (apart from my being a bit slow on the uptake these days) was that the usual LC symbol was already in use further up the line. --Old Moonraker (talk) 18:49, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

Unless there is a need to distinguish between different types of crossing, which I really don't think there is (and even if there was I don't think two icons would be sufficient), I'm firmly of the opinion that only one type of icon should be in use. As to which icon, I prefer the old  (BUE) icon as it's easier to tell what it is (imo), more in keeping with the icons and not disproportionately striking. On this last point the  (UKLC) dominates the diagrams and are significantly more prominent than even main stations, which are far more important features on the route. Thryduulf (talk) 15:09, 7 May 2011 (UTC)