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Insignificant railroad flag stop. Literally just a post along the tracks with no significant coverage to establish notability. –
dlthewave☎03:36, 16 August 2023 (UTC)reply
Comment. Like other flag stop stations that are today only a signpost, this was probably a staffed building 90 years ago in an era when more people were needed to run a railway. I can't easily confirm this, but I suspect that this is a case of "Once notable, always notable". Even if the present-day appearance is unimpressive, it probably was once notable. Googling Arnot station is difficult because there's an
Arnot Power Station in South Africa. Eastmain (
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contribs)04:23, 16 August 2023 (UTC)reply
Redirect. Some VIA Rail stops are notable so all of them should be blue links, with those that aren't individually notable being redirects to a list or some other appropriate target.
Thryduulf (
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08:21, 16 August 2023 (UTC)reply
Redirect - please see the very lengthy station-by-station analysis of stations on this line that I posted previously at
Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Silcox station. I spent hours researching this line. This location is a signpost in the middle of deep boreal forest. It’s many kilometers from any settlement. It serves the occasional hunter or trapper. Look at it on satellite imagery and you can see there was never anything there.
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Insignificant railroad flag stop. Literally just a post along the tracks with no significant coverage to establish notability. –
dlthewave☎03:36, 16 August 2023 (UTC)reply
Comment. Like other flag stop stations that are today only a signpost, this was probably a staffed building 90 years ago in an era when more people were needed to run a railway. I can't easily confirm this, but I suspect that this is a case of "Once notable, always notable". Even if the present-day appearance is unimpressive, it probably was once notable. Googling Arnot station is difficult because there's an
Arnot Power Station in South Africa. Eastmain (
talk •
contribs)04:23, 16 August 2023 (UTC)reply
Redirect. Some VIA Rail stops are notable so all of them should be blue links, with those that aren't individually notable being redirects to a list or some other appropriate target.
Thryduulf (
talk)
08:21, 16 August 2023 (UTC)reply
Redirect - please see the very lengthy station-by-station analysis of stations on this line that I posted previously at
Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Silcox station. I spent hours researching this line. This location is a signpost in the middle of deep boreal forest. It’s many kilometers from any settlement. It serves the occasional hunter or trapper. Look at it on satellite imagery and you can see there was never anything there.
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