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Hastings Line

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This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Wikipedia:Today's featured article/October 13, 2015 by  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:56, 30 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hastings railway station

The Hastings Line is a secondary railway line in Kent and East Sussex, England, linking Hastings with the main town of Tunbridge Wells, and from there into London via Tonbridge and Sevenoaks. Although primarily carrying passengers, a gypsum mine served by the railway is a source of freight traffic. Passenger trains on the line are operated by Southeastern.

The railway was constructed by the South Eastern Railway in the early 1850s across the difficult terrain of the High Weald. Supervision of the building of the line was lax, enabling contractors to take short cuts in the construction of the tunnels. These deficiencies showed up after the railway had opened. Rectifications led to a restricted loading gauge along the line, requiring the use of dedicated rolling stock.

Served by steam locomotives from opening until the late 1950s, passenger services were then taken over by a fleet of diesel-electric multiple units built to the line’s loading gauge. Freight was handled by diesel locomotives, also built to fit the loading gauge. The diesel-electric multiple units served on the line until 1986, when the line was electrified and the most severely affected tunnels were singled. (Full article...)

  • The S&D article has a much stronger date connection than this, where the connection is tangential and nothing to do with the railway. I personally don't see any real problem in running railway articles 17 days apart, but it would be no great shakes if this one was deferred for a short while. Brianboulton (talk) 23:55, 12 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • The S&D article is about a railway company, not a specific railway line. If the article is deferred, other suitable dates are 19 September (1845, first section opened), 1 February (1852, completion), 27 April (1986, first day of public electric services) and 12 May (1986, start of full electric service). Mjroots (talk) 06:30, 13 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]