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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 has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[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 instance of is recorded as railway station[5].
  • Carnforth railway station is operated by Northern Trains[6].
  • Carnforth is named after Carnforth railway station[7].
  • Carnforth railway station's Commons category is recorded as Carnforth railway station[8].
  • Carnforth railway station's OS grid reference is recorded as SD496706[9].
  • 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}[10].
  • Carnforth railway station's located on linear feature is recorded as Carnforth Barrow and Carlisle Line, Carnforth North Junction to Whitehaven[11].
  • Carnforth railway station's number of platform tracks is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+2'}[12].
  • Carnforth railway station's date of official opening is recorded as 1880[13].
  • Carnforth railway station's date of official opening is recorded as 1867[14].
  • Carnforth railway station's date of official opening is recorded as 1846[15].
  • Carnforth railway station's state of use is recorded as in use[16].
  • Carnforth railway station's historic county is recorded as Lancashire[17].

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[5].

History and Context

Carnforth is named after Carnforth railway station[7].

Why It Matters

Carnforth railway station has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Railway Codes and Other Data: A (Hopefully) Comprehensive Listing. railwaycodes.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . dataportal.orr.gov.uk. dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 24d ago · Edward · 2026-07-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Openstreetmap node id → 29496107
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P11693]]: 29496107, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/262248|batch #262248]]"
  2. 10w ago · Peter James · 2026-06-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Geonames id → 6952242
    Number of platform tracks → {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+2'}
    Commons category → Carnforth railway station
    P14452 → 910GCRNF
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P4117]]: 498430"
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