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Alford railway station

railway station in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK (1859-1950 & 1980-) now part of the heritage Alford Valley Railway
Place railway_station Q4722158
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Summary

Alford railway station is a railway station[1]. It ranks in the top 0.97% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month, #181 of 18,574).[2]

Key Facts

  • Alford railway station is located in Aberdeenshire[3].
  • Alford railway station is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Alford railway station's image is recorded as Alford railway station geograph-3926130-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg[5].
  • Alford railway station's instance of is recorded as railway station[6].
  • Alford railway station's operator is recorded as Alford Valley Railway[7].
  • Alford is named after Alford railway station[8].
  • Alford railway station's location is recorded as Alford[9].
  • Alford railway station's Commons category is recorded as Alford railway station[10].
  • Alford railway station's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 57.2317, 'longitude': -2.69892, 'precision': 0.0001}[11].
  • Alford railway station's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04f1nw8[12].
  • Alford railway station's Canmore ID is recorded as 17542[13].
  • Alford railway station's located on linear feature is recorded as Alford Valley Railway[14].
  • Alford railway station's number of platform tracks is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+1'}[15].
  • Alford railway station's date of official opening is recorded as +1859-03-25T00:00:00Z[16].
  • Alford railway station's date of official opening is recorded as +1980-05-00T00:00:00Z[17].
  • Alford railway station's TOID is recorded as 5000005202431973[18].
  • Alford railway station's date of official closure is recorded as +1950-01-02T00:00:00Z[19].
  • Alford railway station's state of use is recorded as in use[20].
  • Alford railway station's state of use is recorded as decommissioned[21].
  • Alford railway station's state of use is recorded as in use[22].
  • Alford railway station's historic county is recorded as Aberdeenshire[23].
  • Alford railway station's GB1900 ID is recorded as 57fff40a2c66dcab3d05d28c[24].
  • Alford railway station's RailScot location ID is recorded as A/Alford[25].

Body

Geography

Alford railway station is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. It is located in Aberdeenshire[3].

Designation and Status

Alford railway station's instance of is recorded as railway station[6].

History and Context

Alford is named after Alford railway station[8].

Why It Matters

Alford railway station ranks in the top 0.97% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month, #181 of 18,574).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Engineer's Line References (ELRs): A (Hopefully) Comprehensive Listing. railwaycodes.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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