Template:Did you know nominations/Royal Commission on Metropolitan Railway Termini
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The result was: promoted by Desertarun (talk) 14:11, 28 June 2021 (UTC)
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Royal Commission on Metropolitan Railway Termini
- ... that the Royal Commission on Metropolitan Railway Termini of 1846 is responsible for central London being mostly free of mainline railways and, indirectly, to the creation of the London Underground? Source: Recommendations of the Commission as reported in The Times newspaper [1], Conclusion of Christian Wolmar in The Subterranean Railway: How the London Underground Was Built and How It Changed the City Forever pp. 20-21
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Created by DavidCane (talk). Self-nominated at 23:33, 19 June 2021 (UTC).
Hi DavidCane, nice article. I've written a couple of articles on royal commissions and find them fascinating. Review: article created 13 June, article exceeds minimum length; many sources are offline but I had a look at some of the online ones and there didn't seem to be any overly close paraphrasing (there's not much that can be done with the lists of lines to be considered and conclusions of the commission); hook fact is interesting and mentioned in the article, happy to AGF on offline sourcing; a QPQ has been carried out; my only hold-up is a few missing citations in the first and third sentences of the "Report" section and the second sentence of the "Afterwards" section - Dumelow (talk) 07:00, 20 June 2021 (UTC)- Thanks Dumelow, this commission covered a lot of ground in a very short time. I've added a citation for the first and third sentence of the "Report" section. The Minutes of the committee which is what I was referring to are in the bibliography, but were not referenced.
- The second sentence of the "Afterwards" section is not possible to cite directly. The North Kent Railway never came into being and L&SWR did not extend to London Bridge. The SER did extend from London Bridge to Waterloo East and Charing Cross in 1864 - the first item in the bullet list - which is cited.
- DavidCane (talk) 11:33, 20 June 2021 (UTC)
