User talk:Mackensen/Naming conventions (railway stations in Europe)
Background
[edit]The above table shows the current, mostly informal conventions in place for all articles on railway stations in Europe. The following countries have official naming conventions: Ireland, Poland, and the United Kingdom. The proposed convention here would incorporate Poland.
Main line stations
[edit]| Country | xxx railway station | xxx station | uppercase | parenthetical | mixed/other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | Yes | ||||
| Armenia | Yes | ||||
| Austria | Yes | ||||
| Azerbaijan | Yes | ||||
| Belarus | Yes | ||||
| Belgium | Yes | ||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Yes | ||||
| Bulgaria | Yes | ||||
| Croatia | Yes | ||||
| Czech Republic | Yes | ||||
| Denmark | Maybe | Maybe | |||
| Estonia | Yes | ||||
| Finland | Yes | ||||
| France | Yes | ||||
| Georgia | Yes | ||||
| Germany | Maybe | Maybe | |||
| Greece | Yes | ||||
| Hungary | Yes | ||||
| Ireland | Yes | ||||
| Italy | Yes | ||||
| Kazakhstan | Maybe | Maybe | |||
| Kyrgyzstan | Yes | ||||
| Latvia | Yes | ||||
| Liechtenstein | Yes | ||||
| Lithuania | Yes | ||||
| Luxembourg | Yes | ||||
| Moldova | Yes | ||||
| Monaco | Yes | ||||
| Montenegro | Yes | ||||
| Netherlands | Yes | ||||
| North Macedonia | Yes | ||||
| Norway | Yes | ||||
| Poland | Yes | ||||
| Portugal | Maybe | Maybe | |||
| Romania | Yes | ||||
| Russia | Yes | ||||
| Serbia | Yes | ||||
| Slovakia | Yes | ||||
| Slovenia | Yes | ||||
| Spain | Yes | ||||
| Sweden | Yes | ||||
| Switzerland | Yes | ||||
| Turkey | Yes | ||||
| Ukraine | Yes | ||||
| United Kingdom | Yes |
Metro stations
[edit]| Country | xxx modal station | xxx station | uppercase | parenthetical | mixed/other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | |||||
| Armenia | Yes | ||||
| Austria | Yes | ||||
| Azerbaijan | Yes | ||||
| Belarus | Yes | ||||
| Belgium | Yes | ||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | |||||
| Bulgaria | Yes | ||||
| Croatia | |||||
| Czech Republic | Yes | ||||
| Denmark | Maybe | Maybe | |||
| Estonia | |||||
| Finland | Yes | ||||
| France | Yes | ||||
| Georgia | Yes | ||||
| Germany | Yes | ||||
| Greece | Yes | ||||
| Hungary | Yes | ||||
| Ireland | |||||
| Italy | Yes | ||||
| Kazakhstan | |||||
| Kyrgyzstan | |||||
| Latvia | |||||
| Liechtenstein | |||||
| Lithuania | |||||
| Luxembourg | |||||
| Moldova | |||||
| Monaco | |||||
| Montenegro | |||||
| Netherlands | Yes | ||||
| North Macedonia | |||||
| Norway | Yes | ||||
| Poland | Yes | ||||
| Portugal | Yes | ||||
| Romania | Yes | ||||
| Russia | Yes | ||||
| Serbia | |||||
| Slovakia | |||||
| Slovenia | |||||
| Spain | Yes | ||||
| Sweden | Yes | ||||
| Switzerland | |||||
| Turkey | Yes | ||||
| Ukraine | Yes | ||||
| United Kingdom | Yes |
Discussion
[edit]Previous discussions
[edit]- Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (stations in Poland)
- Wikipedia_talk:Manual_of_Style/France_and_French-related_articles#Naming_of_French_railway_station_articles
- Wikipedia:Naming conventions (rail transport in Germany)
- Talk:Berlin Hauptbahnhof - various discussions about whether to translate Hauptbahnhof or not
- Talk:Kaiserslautern_Hauptbahnhof#Requested_move
- Talk:Brussels-Capital Region/NamingArchive3
Current
[edit]Comment: {{Metro}} could be modified to automatically select the correct page (Xxx Metro/metro/U-Bahn/U-bahn Station/station), in the same manner as {{rws}}. AlgaeGraphix (talk) 03:48, 21 May 2020 (UTC)