Talk:Southampton and Dorchester Railway

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Southampton Dock open for special train when QM2 Maiden Voyage on 12th January 2004. [1]

Tangmere crosses Canute Road near the old terminus station to enter the Eastern Docks at Southampton early 2007[2] —Preceding unsigned comment added by Britmax (talk • contribs) 21:05, 6 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Actual route and Map[edit]

The route map details far more than the subject line and it and the article do not give a clear account of where the line runs. To have to find Here and There on the map in order to understand the article hardly makes for an encyclopedic entry. This mapping of every connection of every connection to the subject line occurs elsewhere in WP railway line articles with similar confusion for the reader, eg "Sutton and Mole Valley lines". Some lines really do have complex connections, others just have complex connections drawn around them.--SilasW (talk) 19:03, 13 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Quite right, Silas, I quite agree. I am doing my humble best to improve some of these. I think the ugly diagram that so often appears on the right is hugely off-putting to the casual reader. Afterbrunel (talk) 16:43, 1 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

An Act secured[edit]

The ref to

"Act of Parliament 21st July 1845 - Southampton and Dorchester Railway Act". London Gazette. 5508. 21 July 1845. {{cite journal}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)

needs verification. The London Gazette (TLG) does not use volume numbers, but issue numbers and page numbers. Also, 21 July 1845 was a Monday, and at that time, TLG wasn't published on Mondays. The 18 July 1845 edition was issue 20489:

"No. 20489". The London Gazette. 18 July 1845.

and the 22 July 1845 edition was issue 20490:

"No. 20490". The London Gazette. 22 July 1845.

but I can't find the Southampton and Dorchester Railway in either of those. --Redrose64 (talk) 22:35, 21 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]