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Improvements and expansion checklist

Here is a non-exhaustive list of tasks to improve this article (I will work through these myself gradually, but of course anyone is welcome to help):

A history section
More detail on types of trains (locomotive hauled vs multiple units), as well as local vs. express trains
Rapid transit may need to be condensed or entirely removed, depending on what we decide the scope of this article is (most of this article was split from Train)
More information on passenger train scheduling
Changes in passenger trains over time (streamliners, wood vs. steel passenger cars, etc)
Information on passenger train operations, such as employees and equipment
Potentially a section about cultural impact
Benefits and drawbacks of passenger trains as opposed to other modes of transport
A section giving an overview of passenger trains in different parts of the world
In general, more references throughout the article Trainsandotherthings (talk) 22:59, 7 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

A lot of these topics are already covered in Passenger rail terminology, so maybe this article will need to summarize that article. Hanif Al Husaini (talk) 13:14, 22 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I concur, this article should cover the aspects of passenger rail in summary style, while Passenger rail terminology goes more in-depth. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 17:01, 22 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]