Border Counties Railway

railway in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
Place railway_line Q4944547
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Border Counties Railway

Summary

Border Counties Railway is a railway line[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of railway_line entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Border Counties Railway is located in Northumberland[3].
  • Border Counties Railway is located in Scottish Borders[4].
  • Border Counties Railway is in the country of United Kingdom[5].
  • Border Counties Railway's image is recorded as Converted remains of Humshaugh station, 1981 (geograph 5130668).jpg[6].
  • Border Counties Railway's instance of is recorded as railway line[7].
  • Border Counties Railway's instance of is recorded as ELR railway line section[8].
  • Border Counties Railway's operator is recorded as North British Railway[9].
  • Border Counties Railway's operator is recorded as London and North Eastern Railway[10].
  • Border Counties Railway's Commons category is recorded as Border Counties Railway[11].
  • Border Counties Railway's terminus is recorded as Border Counties Junction[12].
  • Border Counties Railway's terminus is recorded as Riccarton Junction[13].
  • +1854-07-31T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Border Counties Railway[14].
  • Border Counties Railway's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03mdhkc[15].
  • Border Counties Railway's described by source is recorded as Engineer's Line References (ELRs): A (Hopefully) Comprehensive Listing[16].
  • Border Counties Railway's described by source is recorded as Signalling Record Society line data[17].
  • Border Counties Railway's described by source is recorded as GeoFurlong[18].
  • Border Counties Railway's date of official opening is recorded as +1858-04-02T00:00:00Z[19].
  • Border Counties Railway's length is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q253276', 'amount': '+40.775'}[20].
  • Border Counties Railway's Grace's Guide ID is recorded as Border_Counties_Railway[21].
  • Border Counties Railway's Science Museum people ID is recorded as cp83536[22].
  • Border Counties Railway's merged into is recorded as North British Railway[23].
  • Border Counties Railway's Engineer's Line Reference is recorded as BDC[24].
  • Border Counties Railway's RailScot line or company ID is recorded as B/Border_Counties_Railway/[25].

Body

Geography

Border Counties Railway is in the country of United Kingdom[5]. Located in include Northumberland[3], a ceremonial county of England[26], in United Kingdom[27] and Scottish Borders[4], a council area[28], in United Kingdom[29], founded in 1975[30].

Physical Characteristics

Border Counties Railway's length is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q253276', 'amount': '+40.775'}[20].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include railway line[7] and ELR railway line section[8].

History and Context

+1854-07-31T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Border Counties Railway[14].

Why It Matters

Border Counties Railway ranks in the top 5% of railway_line entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Signalling Record Society line data. s-r-s.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Engineer's Line References (ELRs): A (Hopefully) Comprehensive Listing. railwaycodes.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Engineer's Line References (ELRs): A (Hopefully) Comprehensive Listing. railwaycodes.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Engineer's Line References (ELRs): A (Hopefully) Comprehensive Listing. railwaycodes.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Engineer's Line References (ELRs): A (Hopefully) Comprehensive Listing. railwaycodes.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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