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A fact from North Cheam tube station appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 8 May 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that the Northern line, which already served the southernmost station on the London Underground, was proposed to be extended southward to North Cheam in 1946?
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... that the Northern line, already containing the southernmost station on the London Underground, was proposed in 1946 to be extended to North Cheam? Source: Report to the Ministry of War Transport. Railway (London Plan) Committee. 1946.
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Overall: I'd perhaps tweak the hook to read "... that in 1946, the Northern Line, already containing the southernmost station on the London Underground, was proposed to be extended to North Cheam?" However, the proposed hook sounds perfectly fine itself. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 05:52, 31 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I would comment that whilst this station was one of many proposed in the 1946 Report, none of those proposed were built or even taken to the first step of doing so, which is to submit a bill to parliament. Over the history of the London Underground there were literally dozens of lines and hundreds of stations proposed that never went any further than lines and dots on plans. Because of this, WikiProject London Transport, whose scope this article falls under, has a policy of only creating articles for stations that actually went through the parliamentary approvals process and received the permission to be constructed. The distinction between this and the station discussed at Cheam tube station is that it did have parliamentary approval, but was later dropped. For stations that were built and are still served by the London Underground there is a featured list at List of London Underground stations; for those that were permitted and then not built there is a featured list at List of former and unopened London Underground stations. This article wouldn't fit into either of these lists. The information might be better to merge this into the article on Cheam. The proposed extension from Morden to North Cheam is mentioned in the Morden tube station. DavidCane (talk) 18:55, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Personally I thought this met WP:GNG myself, but if you're worried then I suggest taking it to AfD. If it survives, then I would propose the following hook:
It has come to my attention that the Northern line was proposed to be extended further to Epsom railway station via North Cheam, with a stop at Castle Parade in Ewell. I'll be writing an article about that station when Epsom library reopens. Therefore, if - and only if - this is still open then, I will be proposing the following hook:
I'd perhaps tweak the hook to read "... that in 1946, the Northern Line, already containing the southernmost station on the London Underground, was proposed to be extended to North Cheam?" However, the proposed hook sounds perfectly fine itself. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 05:52, 31 March 2020 (UTC)