Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway

railway line in the UK
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Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway

Summary

Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway is a railway line[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of railway_line entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway is located in Basingstoke[3].
  • Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway's image is recorded as Basingstoke-and-Alton-Light-Railway-track-section.jpg[5].
  • Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway's instance of is recorded as railway line[6].
  • Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway's instance of is recorded as ELR railway line section[7].
  • Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway's owned by is recorded as London and South Western Railway[8].
  • Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway's operator is recorded as London and South Western Railway[9].
  • Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway's operator is recorded as Southern Railway[10].
  • Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway's Commons category is recorded as Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway[11].
  • Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway's terminus is recorded as Bournemouth Main Line (Waterloo to Weymouth), Waterloo to Northam Short Mile[12].
  • Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway's terminus is recorded as Watercress Line[13].
  • Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway's terminus is recorded as Butts Junction[14].
  • Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 51.2691, 'longitude': -1.08796, 'precision': 0.0001}[15].
  • Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02r3j9b[16].
  • Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway's track gauge is recorded as standard-gauge railway[17].
  • Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway's described by source is recorded as Engineer's Line References (ELRs): A (Hopefully) Comprehensive Listing[18].
  • Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway's described by source is recorded as Signalling Record Society line data[19].
  • Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway's date of official opening is recorded as +1901-00-00T00:00:00Z[20].
  • Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway's length is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q253276', 'amount': '+12.3125'}[21].
  • Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway's Grace's Guide ID is recorded as Basingstoke_and_Alton_Light_Railway[22].
  • Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway's date of official closure is recorded as +1932-09-12T00:00:00Z[23].
  • Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway's state of use is recorded as decommissioned[24].
  • Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway's Atlas Obscura place ID is recorded as basingstoke-and-alton-light-railway[25].
  • Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway's historic county is recorded as Hampshire[26].
  • Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway's Engineer's Line Reference is recorded as BAA[27].

Body

Geography

Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. It is located in Basingstoke[3].

Physical Characteristics

Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway's length is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q253276', 'amount': '+12.3125'}[21].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include railway line[6] and ELR railway line section[7].

History and Context

Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway's owned by is recorded as London and South Western Railway[8].

Why It Matters

Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway ranks in the top 5% of railway_line entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Signalling Record Society line data. s-r-s.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Engineer's Line References (ELRs): A (Hopefully) Comprehensive Listing. railwaycodes.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Engineer's Line References (ELRs): A (Hopefully) Comprehensive Listing. railwaycodes.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Engineer's Line References (ELRs): A (Hopefully) Comprehensive Listing. railwaycodes.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Engineer's Line References (ELRs): A (Hopefully) Comprehensive Listing. railwaycodes.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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