Blackfriars station

railway station in the City of London, England, UK
Place railway_station Q284195
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Blackfriars station

Summary

Blackfriars station is a railway station[1]. It ranks in the top 0.34% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (168 views/month, #63 of 18,574).[2]

Key Facts

  • Blackfriars station is located in City of London[3].
  • Blackfriars station is located in Blackfriars[4].
  • Blackfriars station is in the country of United Kingdom[5].
  • Blackfriars station's transport network is recorded as Thameslink[6].
  • Blackfriars station's image is recorded as Blackfriars tube stn and Thameslink northern entrance 2012.JPG[7].
  • Blackfriars station's instance of is recorded as railway station[8].
  • Blackfriars station's instance of is recorded as through station[9].
  • Blackfriars station's connecting line is recorded as Holborn Viaduct–Herne Hill line[10].
  • Blackfriars station's owned by is recorded as Network Rail[11].
  • Blackfriars station's operator is recorded as Govia Thameslink Railway[12].
  • Blackfriars station's adjacent station is recorded as City Thameslink railway station[13].
  • Blackfriars station's adjacent station is recorded as London Bridge station[14].
  • Blackfriars station's adjacent station is recorded as Elephant & Castle railway station[15].
  • Blackfriars station's part of is recorded as London station group[16].
  • Blackfriars station's Commons category is recorded as Blackfriars station[17].
  • Blackfriars station's Structurae structure ID is recorded as 20053787[18].
  • Blackfriars station's has part is recorded as Blackfriars tube station[19].
  • Blackfriars station's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.511667, 'lon': -0.103056}[20].
  • Blackfriars station's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/020msw[21].
  • Blackfriars station's located on linear feature is recorded as Holborn Viaduct–Herne Hill line[22].
  • Blackfriars station's interchange station is recorded as Blackfriars Millennium Pier[23].
  • Blackfriars station's interchange station is recorded as Southwark tube station[24].
  • Blackfriars station's interchange station is recorded as Blackfriars tube station[25].
  • Blackfriars station's official website is recorded as https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations_destinations/BFR.aspx[26].
  • Blackfriars station's number of platform tracks is recorded as {'amount': '+4'}[27].

Body

Geography

Blackfriars station is in the country of United Kingdom[5]. Located in include City of London[3], a city[28], in United Kingdom[29] and Blackfriars[4], an area of London[30], in United Kingdom[31], founded in 1276[32]. Its part of is recorded as London station group[16].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include railway station[8] and through station[9].

History and Context

Blackfriars station's owned by is recorded as Network Rail[11].

Why It Matters

Blackfriars station ranks in the top 0.34% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (168 views/month, #63 of 18,574).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Railway Codes and Other Data: A (Hopefully) Comprehensive Listing. railwaycodes.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . oyster-rail.org.uk. oyster-rail.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . oyster-rail.org.uk. oyster-rail.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . oyster-rail.org.uk. oyster-rail.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . 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
  5. [32] . 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. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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