Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Geneseo_station References

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The result was delete. Malcolmxl5 ( talk) 03:34, 13 April 2018 (UTC) reply

Geneseo station

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Proposed railway station with no significant sources. "Little other information is known" says to me non-notable. Note only source says line "was" meant to be completed 2015 Night fury 11:14, 4 April 2018 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. Night fury 11:14, 4 April 2018 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Illinois-related deletion discussions. Night fury 11:14, 4 April 2018 (UTC) reply

Delete A search doesn't give any sources other than that given, which is irrelevant as noted - it clearly isn't acting as a reliable source. Notability most definitely not provided. Nosebagbear ( talk) 14:47, 4 April 2018 (UTC) reply
Redirect to Quad Cities (train) (if that's even notable) or Delete — WP:CRYSTAL and WP:JUNK. It's only 4 sentences, and the last 3 are misstatements. No idea what "construction expectations ... have commenced" means in the article. Both sources used for the location of the station actually say that the public does not yet know which site has been picked for the train station. I've looked for substantial sources online, and as far as I can tell, there isn't even that much about the old train station in town, let alone the new one. What little news there is about the proposed station just repeats that plans are being made and sites are being decided: You can swap the years on the articles and not know the difference. Here's what I've found about the stations: "Cochran family gives mini depot to Geneseo Historical Museum" (2016-09-07) says "The depot, located on First Street, was built in 1899. After passenger trains ceased service to Geneseo, the depot was converted into office and business space." It shows, at the Geneseo Historical Museum, the last-generation Rock Island Railroad station sign and a model of the station shown at Old Geneseo Train Station in 2014. "Geneseo knows where it wants Amtrak station" (2012-11-13) has contradictory statements that IDOT "wants to put the new Amtrak station just to the east of the old railroad station in Geneseo. ... they're looking at a couple of different places for where they could put the new train station. The only one the department is currently disclosing is the one near the old train station though." It also says "IDOT and the city say they'll have a site picked out for the train station by the fall of 2013. Construction will then start on the station in 2014" which was right when Illinois' state finances went sour, which means it's probably postponed for years again. When someone uploads a photo of a 21st-century Amtrak ticket for Geneseo, let me know. -- Closeapple ( talk) 09:11, 5 April 2018 (UTC) reply
Comment: see also Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Belvidere station, a whole series of not-stations on the similarly-not-restarted Black Hawk (Amtrak train). -- Closeapple ( talk) 10:35, 5 April 2018 (UTC) reply
Delete as WP:CRYSTAL and traincruftery. -- RoySmith (talk) 17:05, 12 April 2018 (UTC) reply

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