Balerno line

former short loop railway in Scotland
Place railway_line Q4850714
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Summary

Balerno line is a railway line[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of railway_line entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Balerno line is located in Scotland[3].
  • Balerno line is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Balerno line's route map is recorded as Balerno Rly.gif[5].
  • Balerno line's image is recorded as Freight train on Balerno line.jpg[6].
  • Balerno line's image is recorded as Balerno.JPG[7].
  • Balerno line's instance of is recorded as railway line[8].
  • Balerno line's instance of is recorded as ELR railway line section[9].
  • Balerno line's commissioned by is recorded as Caledonian Railway[10].
  • Balerno line's operator is recorded as Caledonian Railway[11].
  • Balerno line's operator is recorded as London, Midland and Scottish Railway[12].
  • Balerno line's terminus is recorded as Edinburgh and Carstairs Line, Carstairs East Junction to Slateford Junction[13].
  • Balerno line's terminus is recorded as Edinburgh and Carstairs Line, Carstairs East Junction to Slateford Junction[14].
  • Balerno line's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 55.88958, 'longitude': -3.33769, 'precision': 1e-05}[15].
  • Balerno line's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0j652hl[16].
  • Balerno line's described by source is recorded as Engineer's Line References (ELRs): A (Hopefully) Comprehensive Listing[17].
  • Balerno line's described by source is recorded as Signalling Record Society line data[18].
  • Balerno line's date of official opening is recorded as +1874-00-00T00:00:00Z[19].
  • Balerno line's length is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q253276', 'amount': '+6.025'}[20].
  • Balerno line's date of official closure is recorded as +1968-00-00T00:00:00Z[21].
  • Balerno line's state of use is recorded as decommissioned[22].
  • Balerno line's historic county is recorded as Midlothian[23].
  • Balerno line's Engineer's Line Reference is recorded as BNO[24].
  • Balerno line's RailScot line or company ID is recorded as B/Balerno_Branch_Caledonian_Railway/[25].

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Geography

Balerno line is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. It is located in Scotland[3].

Physical Characteristics

Balerno line's length is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q253276', 'amount': '+6.025'}[20].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include railway line[8] and ELR railway line section[9].

Why It Matters

Balerno line ranks in the top 5% of railway_line entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Signalling Record Society line data. s-r-s.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Engineer's Line References (ELRs): A (Hopefully) Comprehensive Listing. railwaycodes.org.uk. Provenance: 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.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Engineer's Line References (ELRs): A (Hopefully) Comprehensive Listing. railwaycodes.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Engineer's Line References (ELRs): A (Hopefully) Comprehensive Listing. railwaycodes.org.uk. Provenance: 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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