Talk:Geelong–Ballarat railway line

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Why isn't it called just Geelong-Ballarat railway line? I really doubt there are railways outside of Victoria between two similarly named places. Is it a result of some naming convention I'm not aware of? - Bobet 17:20, 24 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I though this was going to be a comment 'why isn't it called the Ballarat-Geelong railway'. ;-)

It is a naming convention, at least a non-official one not really written down anywhere. The same thing applies for railway stations. The only real reason I see for it is that you can link to x railway line, Victoria or y railway station, Victoria without worrying about disambiguating for other locations in other places if you didn't have the state in the title. Wongm (talk) 09:30, 26 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]