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Birchington-on-Sea railway station

railway station in Birchington-on-Sea, Thanet, Kent, England, UK
Place railway_station Q1892812
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Birchington-on-Sea railway station

Summary

Birchington-on-Sea railway station is a railway station[1]. It ranks in the top 0.98% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month, #182 of 18,574).[2]

Key Facts

  • Birchington-on-Sea railway station is located in Thanet[3].
  • Birchington-on-Sea railway station is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Birchington-on-Sea railway station's image is recorded as Birchington-on-Sea railway station 1.jpg[5].
  • Birchington-on-Sea railway station's instance of is recorded as railway station[6].
  • Birchington-on-Sea railway station's owned by is recorded as Network Rail[7].
  • Birchington-on-Sea railway station's operator is recorded as Southeastern[8].
  • Birchington-on-Sea railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Westgate-on-Sea railway station[9].
  • Birchington-on-Sea railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Herne Bay railway station[10].
  • Birchington-on-Sea railway station's Commons category is recorded as Birchington-on-Sea railway station[11].
  • Birchington-on-Sea railway station's OS grid reference is recorded as TR298694[12].
  • Birchington-on-Sea railway station's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 51.377, 'longitude': 1.301, 'precision': 0.00027777777777778}[13].
  • Birchington-on-Sea railway station's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05v1wj[14].
  • Birchington-on-Sea railway station's located on linear feature is recorded as Victoria to Ramsgate (via Herne Hill and Chatham) Line[15].
  • Birchington-on-Sea railway station's number of platform tracks is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+2'}[16].
  • Birchington-on-Sea railway station's GeoNames ID is recorded as 6945251[17].
  • Birchington-on-Sea railway station's date of official opening is recorded as +1863-00-00T00:00:00Z[18].
  • Birchington-on-Sea railway station's TOID is recorded as 4000000073331172[19].
  • Birchington-on-Sea railway station's UK railway station code is recorded as BCH[20].
  • Birchington-on-Sea railway station's state of use is recorded as in use[21].
  • Birchington-on-Sea railway station's historic county is recorded as Kent[22].
  • Birchington-on-Sea railway station's RailScot location ID is recorded as B/Birchington-on-Sea[23].
  • Birchington-on-Sea railway station's TIPLOC code is recorded as BCNGNOS[24].

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Geography

Birchington-on-Sea railway station is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. It is located in Thanet[3].

Designation and Status

Birchington-on-Sea railway station's instance of is recorded as railway station[6].

History and Context

Birchington-on-Sea railway station's owned by is recorded as Network Rail[7].

Why It Matters

Birchington-on-Sea railway station ranks in the top 0.98% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month, #182 of 18,574).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . 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] ↑ . Railway Codes and Other Data: A (Hopefully) Comprehensive Listing. railwaycodes.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . dataportal.orr.gov.uk. dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Network Rail FoI response 27 January 2016: Geographical Information on TIPLOCs. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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