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Blackburn railway station

railway station in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK
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Blackburn railway station

Summary

Blackburn railway station is a railway station[1]. It ranks in the top 0.9% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (44 views/month, #168 of 18,574).[2]

Key Facts

  • Blackburn railway station is located in Blackburn with Darwen[3].
  • Blackburn railway station is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Blackburn railway station's instance of is recorded as railway station[5].
  • Blackburn railway station's connecting line is recorded as East Lancashire Line[6].
  • Blackburn railway station's connecting line is recorded as Calder Valley Line[7].
  • Blackburn railway station's connecting line is recorded as Ribble Valley Line[8].
  • Blackburn railway station is operated by Northern Trains[9].
  • Blackburn is named after Blackburn railway station[10].
  • The location of Blackburn railway station was Blackburn[11].
  • Blackburn railway station's Commons category is recorded as Blackburn railway station[12].
  • Blackburn railway station's OS grid reference is recorded as SD684279[13].
  • Blackburn railway station's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 53.746397222222, 'lon': -2.4790833333333}[14].
  • Blackburn railway station's located on linear feature is recorded as Farington Curve Junction and Hall Royd (Burnley) Junction Line, Bamber Bridge Junction to Blackburn[15].
  • Blackburn railway station's heritage designation is recorded as Grade II listed building[16].
  • Blackburn railway station's date of official opening is recorded as 1846[17].
  • Blackburn railway station's different from is recorded as Blackburn[18].
  • Blackburn railway station's state of use is recorded as in use[19].
  • Blackburn railway station's historic county is recorded as Lancashire[20].

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Geography

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

Designation and Status

Blackburn railway station's instance of is recorded as railway station[5]. Its heritage designation is recorded as Grade II listed building[16].

History and Context

Blackburn is named after Blackburn railway station[10].

Why It Matters

Blackburn railway station ranks in the top 0.9% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (44 views/month, #168 of 18,574).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

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. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . Retrieved . 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] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . dataportal.orr.gov.uk. dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19d ago · JhealdBatch · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Connecting line → East Lancashire Line, Calder Valley Line, Ribble Valley Line
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 53.746397222222, 'lon': -2.4790833333333}
    Heritage designation → Grade II listed building
    Named after → Blackburn
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32658|batch #32658]]: better qualifier for unparished areas (2): Change P131 qualifier"
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