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This guideline documents an English Wikipedia naming convention.

Editors should generally follow it, though exceptions may apply. Substantive edits to this page should reflect consensus. When in doubt, discuss first on this guideline's talk page.

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This is a standard naming convention for transit, transport, and train stations in Canada. It is related to naming conventions for stations in other countries, including Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Irish stations), Wikipedia:Naming conventions (stations in Poland), Wikipedia:Naming conventions (UK stations), and Wikipedia:Naming conventions (US stations).

This page was created following a February–March 2016 discussion about Canadian railway station article naming at Talk:Hinton station (Alberta). It is intended to bring Canadian stations and transit stops into a generally standard format that reflects common use in Canada and local communities. It eliminates variances in station titles among different systems, which previously had distinct unwritten conventions. It also eliminates some features of some systems' previous conventions, notably preemptive disambiguation and the use of "railway station" in titles.

Naming

Generally, Canadian stations should take the form of "[NAME] station", e.g. Burrard station or Dow's Lake station, followed by parenthetical disambiguation if required. The word "station" should generally be lowercase, per Wikipedia:Naming conventions (capitalization), unless it is part of a proper name where sources consistently capitalise (e.g. Montreal Central Station). If the station has a common name that doesn't include the term "station", always default to the common name per the WP:COMMONNAME policy. For some streetcar systems, where sources consistently use the term "stop" instead of "station", use the form "[NAME] stop" instead.

Disambiguation

If a station's name is ambiguous, disambiguate it according to the disambiguation policy and guideline. Use natural disambiguation where appropriate. Otherwise add a distinguishing term in parentheses. The following options are appropriate depending on the circumstance:

Province: This option is appropriate for stations served by intercity rail (Via Rail, Rocky Mountaineer, Royal Canadian Pacific, Amtrak, etc.), especially where the station shares the name of its city (e.g. Hinton station (Alberta) in Hinton, Alberta).
City: This option is appropriate for larger cities, and local transit systems that are located entirely within a recognizable city (Calgary's CTrain, the Edmonton LRT, Ottawa's O-Train, and the Toronto subway). The city may also be appropriate when a station serves multiple systems (e.g. Waterfront station (Vancouver)).
System: This is especially helpful if there is more than one station/stop of the same name in the same locale (e.g. Ahuntsic station (Exo) and Ahuntsic station (Via Rail), both in Montreal's Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough). It is also a good option if the system is more recognizable for readers than the city, as when a major city's railway system serves outlying communities, such as greater Montreal's Metro, REM, and Exo systems, and Vancouver's SkyTrain and West Coast Express. For example, Vancouver's SkyTrain is more recognizable than the suburban city of Burnaby in distinguishing Edmonds station (SkyTrain).

Examples

Disambiguation	Title
None	Baseline station, Bonnie Doon stop, Burrard station
Natural disambiguation	Montreal Central Station, Strathcona Canadian Pacific Railway Station
Province	Hinton station (Alberta), Niagara Falls station (Ontario)
City	University station (Calgary), Waterfront station (Vancouver)
System	Edmonds station (SkyTrain), Union station (TTC)

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+{{subcat guideline|naming convention|Canadian stations|WP:CANSTATION}}
+This is a standard naming convention for transit, transport, and train stations in Canada. It is related to naming conventions for stations in other countries, including [[Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Irish stations)]], [[Wikipedia:Naming conventions (stations in Poland)]], [[Wikipedia:Naming conventions (UK stations)]], and [[Wikipedia:Naming conventions (US stations)]].
-[[Wikipedia:Naming conventions]] (Canadian stations) is a standard naming convention for stations in Canada, which brings Canada mostly in line with [[WP:UKSTATION]] and in general agreement with [[WP:USSTATION]].
+This page was created following [[Talk:Hinton railway station (Alberta)#Alternative proposal|a February–March 2016 discussion]] about Canadian railway station article naming at [[Talk:Hinton station (Alberta)]]. It is intended to bring Canadian stations and transit stops into a generally standard format that reflects [[WP:COMMONNAME|common use]] in Canada and local communities. It eliminates variances in station titles among different systems, which previously had distinct unwritten conventions. It also eliminates some features of some systems' previous conventions, notably preemptive disambiguation and the use of "railway station" in titles.
-'''Note'''
-* This page was created following [[Talk:Hinton railway station (Alberta)#Alternative proposal|a February–March 2016 discussion]] about Canadian railway station article naming at [[Talk:Hinton railway station (Alberta)]].
-* Please make all comments on the [[Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (Canadian stations)|talk page]].
 ==Naming==
+Generally, Canadian stations should take the form of "[NAME] station", e.g. [[Burrard station]] or [[Dow's Lake station]], followed by parenthetical disambiguation if required. The word "station" should generally be lowercase, per [[Wikipedia:Naming conventions (capitalization)]], unless it is part of a proper name where sources consistently capitalise (e.g. [[Montreal Central Station]]). If the station has a common name that doesn't include the term "station", always default to the common name per the [[WP:COMMONNAME]] policy. For some [[streetcar]] systems, where sources consistently use the term "stop" instead of "station", use the form "[NAME] stop" instead.
-[[Wikipedia:Naming conventions (capitalization)]] states: "Do not capitalize the second or subsequent words in an article title, unless the title is a proper name." This means that [[sentence case]] will be used except when the title is a [[proper name]].
+==Disambiguation==
-Since a station is almost always named for its location, at a city, community, street or landmark, something will be required to distinguish the station from its namesake. Specific descriptors should be used for that disambiguation, in preference to cryptic system names and acronyms which have no worldwide usage. The [[:TTC (disambiguation)]] page, for example, is what you get if you search for TTC. Common kinds of descriptive station suffixes are "railway station", "subway station", "metro station", "bus station", "LRT station", etc. Where a station does not fit with any common description, then a more generic suffix of simply "station" might be more suitable. If the place that the station is named for does not have an article, the descriptor should still be included as part of the title, to make it clear that the aricle is about a station. When disambiguation is required due to a conflicting name, append the name of the relevant province, city or system enclosed within [[parentheses]].
+If a station's name is ambiguous, disambiguate it according to the [[WP:AT#Disambiguation|disambiguation policy]] and [[WP:DAB|guideline]]. Use [[WP:NATURALDIS|natural disambiguation]] where appropriate. Otherwise add a distinguishing term in parentheses. The following options are appropriate depending on the circumstance:
-==Examples==
+*'''Province''': This option is appropriate for stations served by intercity rail ([[Via Rail]], [[Rocky Mountaineer]], [[Royal Canadian Pacific]], [[Amtrak]], etc.), especially where the station shares the name of its city (e.g. [[Hinton station (Alberta)]] in [[Hinton, Alberta]]).
-{|class=wikitable
+*'''City''': This option is appropriate for larger cities, and local transit systems that are located entirely within a recognizable city ([[Calgary]]'s [[CTrain]], the [[Edmonton LRT]], [[Ottawa]]'s [[O-Train]], and the [[Toronto subway]]). The city may also be appropriate when a station serves multiple systems (e.g. [[Waterfront station (Vancouver)]]).
-!Service||Current||Example||Proposed||Comment
+*'''System''': This is especially helpful if there is more than one station/stop of the same name in the same locale (e.g. [[Ahuntsic station (Exo)]] and [[Ahuntsic station (Via Rail)]], both in Montreal's [[Ahuntsic-Cartierville]] borough). It is also a good option if the system is more recognizable for readers than the city, as when a major city's railway system serves outlying communities, such as greater Montreal's [[Montreal Metro|Metro]], [[Réseau électrique métropolitain|REM]], and [[Exo (public transit)|Exo]] systems, and [[Vancouver]]'s [[SkyTrain (Vancouver)|SkyTrain]] and [[West Coast Express]]. For example, Vancouver's SkyTrain is more recognizable than the suburban city of [[Burnaby]] in distinguishing [[Edmonds station (SkyTrain)]].
+===Examples===
+{|class="wikitable"
+!Disambiguation!!Title
 |-
+|None||[[Baseline station]], [[Bonnie Doon stop]], [[Burrard station]]
-|Official Title || All first letters capitalised ||[[Pacific Central Station]]<br>[[Hamilton GO Centre]] ||no change ||proper name
 |-
+|[[WP:NATURALDIS|Natural disambiguation]]||[[Montreal Central Station]], [[Strathcona Canadian Pacific Railway Station]]
-|[[Main line (railway)|Mainline]] railway station<br>([[Via Rail]], CNR, CPR, etc.)||X railway station||[[Belleville railway station]] ||no change || "railway station"
 |-
+|Province||[[Hinton station (Alberta)]], [[Niagara Falls station (Ontario)]]
-|Vancouver [[West Coast Express]] ||X railway station ||[[Port Moody railway station]] ||no change ||CPR main railway line
 |-
+|City||[[University station (Calgary)]], [[Waterfront station (Vancouver)]]
-|Vancouver [[SkyTrain (Vancouver)|SkyTrain]] || X station||[[Burrard station]] ||no change || generic "station"
-|-
-|Calgary [[CTrain]] || X (CTrain) || [[City Hall (CTrain)]] ||X LRT station || generic LRT
-|-
-|Edmonton [[Edmonton Light Rail Transit|LRT]] || X LRT Station || [[Churchill LRT Station]] ||X LRT station || lower case "s"
-|-
-|Waterloo [[Ion rapid transit|Ion]] || under construction ||none ||X LRT station || generic LRT
-|-
-|[[GO Transit]] ||X GO Station||[[Pickering GO Station]] ||no change ||proper name
-|-
-|[[Mississauga Transitway]] || X station ||[[Cawthra station]] ||no change ||generic "station"
-|-
-|rowspan=3| [[Toronto Transit Commission]]
-| Subway = X (TTC) ||[[King (TTC)]] ||X subway station ||'''New!'''
-|-
-| SRT = X (TTC) ||[[McCowan (TTC)]] ||X station ||generic "station"
-|-
-| LRT = X LRT station ||[[Leaside LRT station]] ||no change ||generic LRT
-|-
-|[[Ottawa Transitway]] ||X station  ||[[Bayshore station]] ||no change ||generic "station"
-|-
-|Ottawa [[O-Train]] ||X station ||[[Carling station]] ||X LRT station ||add specific LRT?
-|-
-|rowspan=3| Montreal
-| [[Agence métropolitaine de transport|AMT]] "gare" = X (AMT) ||[[Sauvé (AMT)]] || X railway station ||former CNR and CPR lines
-|-
-| AMT bus stations ||[[Terminus Henri-Bourassa]] ||no change ||proper name
-|-
-| X ([[Montreal Metro]]) ||[[Sauvé (Montreal Metro)]]<br>[[Henri-Bourassa (Montreal Metro)]] || X metro station ||'''New!'''
-|-
-|Use parenthetical disambiguation<br>with the name of the appropriate<br>province, city or system appended ||Town railway station (Province)<br>Proper Name (City)<br>X station (System) ||[[Hinton railway station (Alberta)]]<br>[[Union Station (Toronto)]]<br>[[Gateway station (TransLink)]] ||no change ||only if needed
 |-
+|System||[[Edmonds station (SkyTrain)]], [[Union station (TTC)]]
 |}
 ==See also==
-[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Canada-related articles]]
+*[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Canada-related articles]]
+*[[Wikipedia:Naming conventions (stations in Poland)]]
+*[[Wikipedia:Naming conventions (US stations)]]
+*[[Wikipedia:Naming conventions (UK stations)]]
 [[Category:Canada Wikipedia administration|stations]]
 [[Category:Wikipedia naming conventions|Canadian stations]]
+[[Category:Wikipedia naming conventions (transportation)|C]]