Talk:Zutphen

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Rail

A nice article about a provincial town, but in the Rail section a train maniac has been pouncing at his prey. Zutphen is a nice and old city, but not an important one, and it doesn't have an important railway station. This paragraph should be short and succinct. No need for the infinite details nor for all possible connections to any city in the whole of the Netherlands. Glatisant (talk) 00:07, 29 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I shortened it, but I'm not sure about the usefulness of the general remarks about Nederlandse Spoorwegen and the local railway companies. Glatisant (talk) 09:54, 29 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Important

I'm sure you are, or you once were, a proud citizen of the old town of Zutphen, but why are you so much stressing the importance of its railway station? It is a relatively small station, and less 'important' than nearby Arnhem, Nijmegen, Deventer or Apeldoorn. There's only one main line, Zwolle-Roosendaal, and for the rest there's only a number of 'boemeltjes' or local trains. Glatisant (talk) 14:17, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that is true, and thus it qualifies as an important regional railway center. It doesn't say important national or supraregional or intercity station. It is the door to the Achterhoek. And it is more important than stations such as Ede-Wageningen, Almelo, Leeuwarden, Groningen or Roermond. Would you not call those 'important' regional railway centers? They sure are. Zutphen is no less important, with 12 trains per hour in 5 directions, 8 of which start there. And it is definitely more important than Apeldoorn. Whether it is more equal or more important than Deventer is open for discussion. --Piz d'Es-Cha (talk) 14:25, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It is enough to say that Zutphen station is a regional railway center, no need to add 'important'. That's a point of view, and one that clearly not everybody shares. About the relative importance of the stations you mention is a lot to discuss, but - that's all a question of points of view, and these should remain in talk pages, not in the articles. Glatisant (talk) 15:23, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Zutphen is a more important station for sure, than Apeldoorn and Deventer, because Zutphen has more trains per hour. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.194.218.27 (talk) 23:09, 3 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

sockpuppet - edit comment

Sorry - probably my mistake - 85.. IP similar to one that another editor is using for vandalism. Bob98133 (talk) 17:38, 18 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]