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Carnforth railway station

railway station that serves the town of Carnforth, England
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Carnforth railway station

Summary

Carnforth railway station is a railway station[1]. It ranks in the top 0.91% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (24 views/month, #169 of 18,574).[2]

Key Facts

  • Carnforth railway station is located in Carnforth[3].
  • Carnforth railway station is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Carnforth railway station's image is recorded as Carnforth station entrance geograph-3099842-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg[5].
  • Carnforth railway station's instance of is recorded as railway station[6].
  • Carnforth railway station's operator is recorded as Arriva Rail North[7].
  • Carnforth railway station's operator is recorded as Northern Trains[8].
  • Carnforth is named after Carnforth railway station[9].
  • Carnforth railway station's Commons category is recorded as Carnforth railway station[10].
  • Carnforth railway station's OS grid reference is recorded as SD496706[11].
  • Carnforth railway station's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 54.13, 'longitude': -2.771, 'precision': 0.00027777777777778}[12].
  • Carnforth railway station's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05r7gk[13].
  • Carnforth railway station's located on linear feature is recorded as Carnforth Barrow and Carlisle Line, Carnforth North Junction to Whitehaven[14].
  • Carnforth railway station's number of platform tracks is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+2'}[15].
  • Carnforth railway station's GeoNames ID is recorded as 6952242[16].
  • Carnforth railway station's date of official opening is recorded as +1880-00-00T00:00:00Z[17].
  • Carnforth railway station's date of official opening is recorded as +1867-00-00T00:00:00Z[18].
  • Carnforth railway station's date of official opening is recorded as +1846-00-00T00:00:00Z[19].
  • Carnforth railway station's TOID is recorded as 4000000073309319[20].
  • Carnforth railway station's UK Parliament thesaurus ID is recorded as 512078[21].
  • Carnforth railway station's UK railway station code is recorded as CNF[22].
  • Carnforth railway station's state of use is recorded as in use[23].
  • Carnforth railway station's Atlas Obscura place ID is recorded as carnforth-railway-station[24].
  • Carnforth railway station's historic county is recorded as Lancashire[25].
  • Carnforth railway station's RailScot location ID is recorded as C/Carnforth[26].
  • Carnforth railway station's TIPLOC code is recorded as CRNF[27].

Body

Geography

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

Designation and Status

Carnforth railway station's instance of is recorded as railway station[6].

History and Context

Carnforth is named after Carnforth railway station[9].

Why It Matters

Carnforth railway station ranks in the top 0.91% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (24 views/month, #169 of 18,574).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . 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] ↑ . Railway Codes and Other Data: A (Hopefully) Comprehensive Listing. railwaycodes.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . dataportal.orr.gov.uk. dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Railway Codes and Other Data: A (Hopefully) Comprehensive Listing. railwaycodes.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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