Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Canadian stations)
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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
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.
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
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. 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) |