Wikipedia:Naming conventions (stations)
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This guideline describes Wikipedia's conventions for naming articles about stations. See Wikipedia:Article titles for the overarching article naming policy. See WikiProject Stations for more guidance on writing articles about stations.
This guideline provides general guidance applicable to stations project-wide. More detailed, region-specific guidance can be found in subsidiary guidelines, which are listed at WikiProject Stations/Station names.
Naming convention
[edit]Stations are typically named after places, people, buildings and other things. Therefore, in most instances, a station will not be the primary topic for its most concise, most common name. To resolve this, stations should generally be naturally disambiguated from their namesakes. This should be formatted as <Title Case Base Name> <lower case disambiguator>. For example, the primary topic for "Lugano" is the town in Ticino, so the article for the station is located at Lugano railway station.
Choice of disambiguator
[edit]The word or words used as the lowercase disambiguator can vary both regionally and based on the type of station. Most commonly, it is either "railway station" or simply "station", though there may be circumstances where more specific disambiguators are called for. More detailed guidance on which disambiguator should be used in a specific circumstance should be taken from the regional station naming conventions.
Disambiguation between stations
[edit]While the above method is suitable for titling most station articles, it may not provide adequate disambiguation when multiple stations share the same base name. Instruction should be taken from the disambiguation guideline and the regional station naming conventions to address this where necessary. For example, additional leading natural disambiguation may be appropriate, such as with London Victoria station and Manchester Victoria station, or parenthetical disambiguation may be preferable, such as with Victoria railway station (Ireland) or Victoria station (British Columbia).