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Barry railway station

railway station in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK
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Barry railway station

Summary

Barry railway station is a railway station[1]. It ranks in the top 0.95% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (32 views/month, #177 of 18,574).[2]

Key Facts

  • Barry railway station is located in Barry[3].
  • Barry railway station is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Barry railway station's instance of is recorded as railway station[5].
  • Barry railway station is operated by Arriva Trains Wales[6].
  • Barry is named after Barry railway station[7].
  • Barry railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Rhoose Cardiff International Airport railway station[8].
  • Barry railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Barry Island railway station[9].
  • Barry railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Barry Docks railway station[10].
  • Barry railway station's Commons category is recorded as Barry railway station[11].
  • Barry railway station's OS grid reference is recorded as ST107672[12].
  • Barry railway station's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 51.3968, 'longitude': -3.2847, 'precision': 0.00027777777777778}[13].
  • Barry railway station's located on linear feature is recorded as Barry Line[14].
  • Barry railway station's number of platform tracks is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+3'}[15].
  • Barry railway station's heritage designation is recorded as National Monuments of Wales[16].
  • Barry railway station's date of official opening is recorded as February 8, 1889[17].
  • Barry railway station's state of use is recorded as in use[18].
  • Barry railway station's historic county is recorded as Glamorgan[19].

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Geography

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

Designation and Status

Barry railway station's instance of is recorded as railway station[5]. Its heritage designation is recorded as National Monuments of Wales[16].

History and Context

Barry is named after Barry railway station[7].

Why It Matters

Barry railway station ranks in the top 0.95% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (32 views/month, #177 of 18,574).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved . nationalrail.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved . nationalrail.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved . nationalrail.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Railway Codes and Other Data: A (Hopefully) Comprehensive Listing. railwaycodes.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . dataportal.orr.gov.uk. dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Yirba · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Date of official opening → +1889-02-08T00:00:00Z
    Instance of → railway station
    State of use → in use
    Coflein id → 41426
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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