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Merger proposal

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I am proposing that Fresno station (California High-Speed Rail) be merged into this page; the location currently on file for the latter page points to the site of the Southern Pacific station, and CAHSR has stated online (through their youtube videos) that the current intention is to "integrate the HSR station with the old and remodeled station that is already there" with photos and drone footage of the Southern Pacific depot shown; while the station is inactive, this thought process seems to be similar to that used for LA Union Station & San Jose Diridon Station, both historic rail stations to be modified for HSR service. Both the CAHSR station page and the Southern Pacific page are rather short as well, and I feel like the two pages should be closely associated with one another if not merged outright. Pokemonred200 (talk) 03:16, 29 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I support this proposal (but I should note that I discussed this off-wiki with Red). Though the SP station is currently unused and doesn't seem to be planned as a transfer to the CAHSR, the future CAHSR station appears to be using the same head house, and possibly other facilities, as the SP station. Therefore, this may give rise to a significant overlap in content, since the two stations are physically no more than a few feet apart. Merging these would solve the issue of duplicated content. – Epicgenius (talk) 03:37, 29 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support: Unless there is a compelling reason otherwise, co-located train stations (especially those with shared history) should share a single article. However, I would reverse the merge direction - the CAHSR station will be the primary focus of public interest going forward. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 22:01, 29 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]