Basingstoke railway station

railway station in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, UK
Place railway_station Q2421375
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Basingstoke railway station

Summary

Basingstoke railway station is a railway station[1]. It ranks in the top 0.76% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (178 views/month, #142 of 18,574).[2]

Key Facts

  • Basingstoke railway station is located in Basingstoke[3].
  • Basingstoke railway station is located in Basingstoke and Deane[4].
  • Basingstoke railway station is in the country of United Kingdom[5].
  • Basingstoke railway station's instance of is recorded as railway station[6].
  • Basingstoke railway station's connecting line is recorded as Reading to Basingstoke railway line[7].
  • Basingstoke railway station's connecting line is recorded as South Western Main Line[8].
  • Basingstoke railway station's connecting line is recorded as West of England line[9].
  • Basingstoke railway station's connecting line is recorded as Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway[10].
  • Basingstoke railway station is owned by Network Rail[11].
  • Basingstoke railway station is operated by South Western Railway[12].
  • Basingstoke is named after Basingstoke railway station[13].
  • Basingstoke railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Hook railway station[14].
  • Basingstoke railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Micheldever railway station[15].
  • Basingstoke railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Overton railway station[16].
  • Basingstoke railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Bramley railway station[17].
  • Basingstoke railway station took place at Basingstoke[18].
  • Basingstoke railway station's Commons category is recorded as Basingstoke railway station[19].
  • Basingstoke railway station's OS grid reference is recorded as SU637525[20].
  • Basingstoke railway station's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.2683, 'lon': -1.0878}[21].
  • Basingstoke railway station's located on linear feature is recorded as Bournemouth Main Line (Waterloo to Weymouth), Waterloo to Northam Short Mile[22].
  • Basingstoke railway station's located on linear feature is recorded as Reading to Basingstoke railway line[23].
  • Basingstoke railway station's official website is recorded as http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/bsk/details.aspx[24].
  • Basingstoke railway station's number of platform tracks is recorded as {'amount': '+5'}[25].
  • Basingstoke railway station's date of official opening is recorded as 1854[26].
  • Basingstoke railway station's state of use is recorded as in use[27].

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Geography

Basingstoke railway station is in the country of United Kingdom[5]. Located in include Basingstoke[3], a town[28], in United Kingdom[29] and Basingstoke and Deane[4], a non-metropolitan district[30], in United Kingdom[31].

Designation and Status

Basingstoke railway station's instance of is recorded as railway station[6].

History and Context

Basingstoke railway station is owned by Network Rail[11]. Basingstoke is named after it[13].

Why It Matters

Basingstoke railway station ranks in the top 0.76% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (178 views/month, #142 of 18,574).[2] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

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  14. [16] . nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved . nationalrail.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Railway Codes and Other Data: A (Hopefully) Comprehensive Listing. railwaycodes.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Railway Codes and Other Data: A (Hopefully) Comprehensive Listing. railwaycodes.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . dataportal.orr.gov.uk. dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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