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Blacon railway station

railway station in Cheshire West and Chester, England, UK
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Blacon railway station

Summary

Blacon railway station is a railway station[1]. It ranks in the top 0.97% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10 views/month, #181 of 18,574).[2]

Key Facts

  • Blacon railway station is located in Cheshire West and Chester[3].
  • Blacon railway station is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Blacon railway station's instance of is recorded as railway station[5].
  • Blacon is named after Blacon railway station[6].
  • Blacon railway station's Commons category is recorded as Blacon railway station[7].
  • Blacon railway station's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 53.2064, 'longitude': -2.9252, 'precision': 0.0001}[8].
  • Blacon railway station's located on linear feature is recorded as Chester and Connah's Quay Curve (Dee Marsh), Chester East Junction to Dee Marsh East Junction[9].
  • Blacon railway station's heritage designation is recorded as National Monuments of Wales[10].
  • Blacon railway station's date of official opening is recorded as 1890[11].
  • Blacon railway station's date of official closure is recorded as 1968[12].
  • Blacon railway station's state of use is recorded as decommissioned[13].
  • Blacon railway station's historic county is recorded as Cheshire[14].

Body

Geography

Blacon railway station is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. It is located in Cheshire West and Chester[3].

Designation and Status

Blacon railway station's instance of is recorded as railway station[5]. Its heritage designation is recorded as National Monuments of Wales[10].

History and Context

Blacon is named after Blacon railway station[6].

Why It Matters

Blacon railway station ranks in the top 0.97% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10 views/month, #181 of 18,574).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Engineer's Line References (ELRs): A (Hopefully) Comprehensive Listing. railwaycodes.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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  1. 17w ago · JhealdBatch · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': N
    Date of official opening → +1890-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Heritage designation → National Monuments of Wales
    Named after → Blacon
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32659|batch #32659]]: better qualifier for unparished areas (3): Change P131 qualifier"
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