Altona

railway station in Altona, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Place railway_station Q4736939
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Altona

Summary

Altona is a railway station[1]. Altona ranks in the top 0.96% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (42 views/month, #179 of 18,574).[2]

Key Facts

  • Altona is located in Altona[3].
  • Altona is in the country of Australia[4].
  • Altona's transport network is recorded as Melbourne rail network[5].
  • Altona's instance of is recorded as railway station[6].
  • Altona's instance of is recorded as station located on surface[7].
  • Altona is owned by VicTrack[8].
  • Altona is operated by Metro Trains Melbourne[9].
  • Altona is named after Altona[10].
  • Altona's adjacent station is recorded as Westona[11].
  • Altona's adjacent station is recorded as Seaholme[12].
  • Altona's station code is recorded as ALT[13].
  • Altona's Commons category is recorded as Altona railway station, Melbourne[14].
  • Altona's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+10:00[15].
  • Altona's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': -37.8672, 'longitude': 144.8301, 'precision': 0.0001}[16].
  • Altona's official website is recorded as http://ptv.vic.gov.au/stop/view/19926[17].
  • Altona's place served by transport hub is recorded as Altona[18].
  • Altona's connecting service is recorded as Werribee[19].
  • Altona's date of official opening is recorded as December 1, 1917[20].
  • Altona's fare zone is recorded as zone 2[21].
  • Altona's state of use is recorded as in use[22].

Body

Geography

Altona is in the country of Australia[4]. Altona is located in Altona[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include railway station[6] and station located on surface[7].

History and Context

Altona is owned by VicTrack[8]. Altona is named after Altona[10].

Why It Matters

Altona ranks in the top 0.96% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (42 views/month, #179 of 18,574).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8d ago · Ikan · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Geonames id 8826559
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P1566]]: 8826559, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/258789|batch #258789]]"
  2. 13d ago · Brookschofield · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Freebase id /m/034kwg
    Imported from
    Place served by transport hub Altona
    State of use in use
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ [[Property:P856]]: http://ptv.vic.gov.au/stop/view/19926, Add Australian English to official website ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/4e2cc155aab|details]])"
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