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Balaclava

railway station in Balaclava, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Balaclava

Summary

Balaclava is a railway station[1]. Balaclava ranks in the top 0.98% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (30 views/month, #182 of 18,574).[2]

Key Facts

  • Balaclava is located in Balaclava[3].
  • Balaclava is in the country of Australia[4].
  • Balaclava's transport network is recorded as Melbourne rail network[5].
  • Balaclava's instance of is recorded as railway station[6].
  • Balaclava's instance of is recorded as elevated station[7].
  • Balaclava's connecting line is recorded as Sandringham railway line[8].
  • Balaclava is owned by VicTrack[9].
  • Balaclava is operated by Metro Trains Melbourne[10].
  • Balaclava is named after Balaclava[11].
  • Balaclava's adjacent station is recorded as Windsor[12].
  • Balaclava's adjacent station is recorded as Ripponlea[13].
  • Balaclava's station code is recorded as BCV[14].
  • Balaclava's Commons category is recorded as Balaclava railway station, Melbourne[15].
  • Balaclava's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+10:00[16].
  • Balaclava's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': -37.8695, 'longitude': 144.9934, 'precision': 0.0001}[17].
  • Balaclava's official website is recorded as http://ptv.vic.gov.au/stop/view/19956[18].
  • Balaclava's place served by transport hub is recorded as Balaclava[19].
  • Balaclava's place served by transport hub is recorded as St Kilda[20].
  • Balaclava's place served by transport hub is recorded as St Kilda East[21].
  • Balaclava's connecting service is recorded as Sandringham[22].
  • Balaclava's date of official opening is recorded as December 19, 1859[23].
  • Balaclava's fare zone is recorded as zone 1[24].
  • Balaclava's state of use is recorded as in use[25].

Body

Geography

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

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include railway station[6] and elevated station[7].

History and Context

Balaclava is owned by VicTrack[9]. Balaclava is named after Balaclava[11].

Why It Matters

Balaclava ranks in the top 0.98% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (30 views/month, #182 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. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . 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.
  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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  1. 7d ago · Ikan · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Geonames id → 8829151
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P1566]]: 8829151, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/258789|batch #258789]]"
  2. 12d ago · Brookschofield · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Freebase id → /m/034jnk
    Imported from → —
    Place served by transport hub → Balaclava, St Kilda, St Kilda East
    State of use → in use
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ [[Property:P856]]: http://ptv.vic.gov.au/stop/view/19956, Add Australian English to official website ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/4e2cc155aab|details]])"
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