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Ballan

railway station in Ballan, Victoria, Australia
Place railway_station Q4851423
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Ballan

Summary

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

Key Facts

  • Ballan is located in Ballan[3].
  • Ballan is in the country of Australia[4].
  • Ballan's transport network is recorded as V/Line network[5].
  • Ballan's instance of is recorded as railway station[6].
  • Ballan's instance of is recorded as station located on surface[7].
  • Ballan is owned by VicTrack[8].
  • Ballan is operated by V/Line[9].
  • Ballan is named after Ballan[10].
  • Ballan's adjacent station is recorded as Ballarat[11].
  • Ballan's adjacent station is recorded as Bacchus Marsh[12].
  • Ballan's adjacent station is recorded as Ballarat[13].
  • Ballan's station code is recorded as BLN[14].
  • Ballan's Commons category is recorded as Ballan railway station, Victoria[15].
  • Ballan's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+10:00[16].
  • Ballan's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': -37.6041, 'longitude': 144.2254, 'precision': 0.0001}[17].
  • Ballan's official website is recorded as https://www.vline.com.au/Maps-stations-stops/Stations-stops/Station-stop?id=68[18].
  • Ballan's place served by transport hub is recorded as Ballan[19].
  • Ballan's connecting service is recorded as Ararat[20].
  • Ballan's connecting service is recorded as Ballarat[21].
  • Ballan's date of official opening is recorded as December 22, 1886[22].
  • Ballan's fare zone is recorded as zone 4[23].
  • Ballan's fare zone is recorded as zone 5[24].
  • Ballan's state of use is recorded as in use[25].

Body

Geography

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

Designation and Status

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

History and Context

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

Why It Matters

Ballan ranks in the top 0.95% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18 views/month, #176 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.
  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. 8d ago · Ikan · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Geonames id → 8828425
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P1566]]: 8828425, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/258789|batch #258789]]"
  2. 13d ago · Brookschofield · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Freebase id → /m/0f_kyf
    Imported from → —
    Place served by transport hub → Ballan
    Transport network → V/Line network
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ [[Property:P856]]: https://www.vline.com.au/Maps-stations-stops/Stations-stops/Station-stop?id=68, Add Australian English to official website ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/O"
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