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Broughty Ferry railway station

railway station in Broughty Ferry, Dundee City, Scotland, UK
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Broughty Ferry railway station

Summary

Broughty Ferry railway station is a railway station[1]. It ranks in the top 0.92% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (34 views/month, #171 of 18,574).[2]

Key Facts

  • Broughty Ferry railway station is located in Dundee City[3].
  • Broughty Ferry railway station is located in Dundee[4].
  • Broughty Ferry railway station is in the country of United Kingdom[5].
  • Broughty Ferry railway station's instance of is recorded as railway station[6].
  • Broughty Ferry railway station's connecting line is recorded as Edinburgh to Aberdeen Line[7].
  • Broughty Ferry railway station is operated by Abellio ScotRail (2015-2022)[8].
  • Broughty Ferry railway station is operated by Dundee and Arbroath Railway[9].
  • Broughty Ferry railway station is operated by Scottish North Eastern Railway[10].
  • Broughty Ferry is named after Broughty Ferry railway station[11].
  • Broughty Ferry railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Balmossie railway station[12].
  • Broughty Ferry railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Dundee railway station[13].
  • Broughty Ferry railway station took place at Dundee[14].
  • Broughty Ferry railway station's Commons category is recorded as Broughty Ferry railway station[15].
  • Broughty Ferry railway station's OS grid reference is recorded as NO462309[16].
  • Broughty Ferry railway station's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 56.4674275019656, 'lon': -2.8732720020976}[17].
  • Broughty Ferry railway station's located on linear feature is recorded as East Coast (Northern) Line (Edinburgh to Aberdeen), Camperdown Junction to St Vigean's Junction[18].
  • Broughty Ferry railway station's heritage designation is recorded as category A listed building[19].
  • Broughty Ferry railway station's date of official opening is recorded as October 6, 1838[20].
  • Broughty Ferry railway station's state of use is recorded as in use[21].
  • Broughty Ferry railway station's associated electoral district is recorded as Arbroath and Broughty Ferry[22].
  • Broughty Ferry railway station's historic county is recorded as Angus[23].

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Geography

Broughty Ferry railway station is in the country of United Kingdom[5]. Located in include Dundee City[3], a council area[24], in United Kingdom[25], founded in 1996[26] and Dundee[4], a civil parish[27], in United Kingdom[28].

Designation and Status

Broughty Ferry railway station's instance of is recorded as railway station[6]. Its heritage designation is recorded as category A listed building[19].

History and Context

Broughty Ferry is named after Broughty Ferry railway station[11].

Why It Matters

Broughty Ferry railway station ranks in the top 0.92% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (34 views/month, #171 of 18,574).[2] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Railway Codes and Other Data: A (Hopefully) Comprehensive Listing. railwaycodes.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. 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.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [28] ↑ . 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. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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