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It has been proposed in this section that Harz Railway be renamed and moved to Trans-Harz Railway.

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Harz Railway → Trans-Harz Railway – Logic:

The current name is not an accurate translation and is confusing, because this is only one of several Harz railways.
"Trans-Harz Railway" is an accurate translation ("trans-" = "across").
It follows the common English convention for naming such railways (e.g. Trans-Siberian Railway, Trans-Andean railways and Trans-Australian Railway)
It is used by many sources including railway specialists (e.g. railwatch and railfaneurope), Harz organisations (e.g. thisisharz) and the English-speaking press (Los Angeles Times).

Support - proposer's vote, for reasons stated above. Bermicourt (talk) 11:56, 3 July 2012 (UTC)Reply
Oppose - I've never heard of it refered to in this way in English. The official name in German is Harzer Schmalspurbahnen [1], which translates as Harz Narrow Gauge Railways. An optimist on the run! 12:22, 3 July 2012 (UTC)Reply