Aston railway station

railway station in Aston, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK
Place railway_station Q1978485
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Aston railway station

Summary

Aston railway station is a railway station[1]. It ranks in the top 0.95% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (120 views/month, #176 of 18,574).[2]

Key Facts

  • Aston railway station is located in Birmingham[3].
  • Aston railway station is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Aston railway station's instance of is recorded as railway station[5].
  • Aston railway station's connecting line is recorded as Chase Line[6].
  • Aston railway station's connecting line is recorded as Birmingham Cross-City Line[7].
  • Aston railway station is owned by Network Rail[8].
  • Aston railway station is operated by West Midlands Trains[9].
  • Aston is named after Aston railway station[10].
  • Aston railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Witton railway station[11].
  • Aston railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Duddeston railway station[12].
  • Aston railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Duddeston railway station[13].
  • Aston railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Gravelly Hill railway station[14].
  • Aston railway station's Commons category is recorded as Aston railway station[15].
  • Aston railway station's OS grid reference is recorded as SP087896[16].
  • Aston railway station's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 52.504, 'longitude': -1.872, 'precision': 0.00027777777777778}[17].
  • Aston railway station's located on linear feature is recorded as Proof House Junction and Bushbury Junction Line[18].
  • Aston railway station's number of platform tracks is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+2'}[19].
  • Aston railway station's date of official opening is recorded as 1854[20].
  • Aston railway station's number of platform faces is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+2'}[21].
  • Aston railway station's state of use is recorded as in use[22].
  • Aston railway station's historic county is recorded as Warwickshire[23].

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Geography

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

Designation and Status

Aston railway station's instance of is recorded as railway station[5].

History and Context

Aston railway station is owned by Network Rail[8]. Aston is named after it[10].

Why It Matters

Aston railway station ranks in the top 0.95% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (120 views/month, #176 of 18,574).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . 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] . Railway Codes and Other Data: A (Hopefully) Comprehensive Listing. railwaycodes.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . dataportal.orr.gov.uk. dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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  1. 8d ago · Yirba · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Date of official opening +1854-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Instance of railway station
    State of use in use
    Adjacent station Witton railway station, Duddeston railway station, Duddeston railway station +1
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/33789|batch #33789]]: NaPTAN stop area codes (910)"
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