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Castleton railway station

railway station in Castleton, Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England, UK
Place railway_station Q3341196
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Summary

Castleton railway station is a railway station[1]. It ranks in the top 0.95% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (31 views/month, #176 of 18,574).[2]

Key Facts

  • Castleton railway station is located in Rochdale[3].
  • Castleton railway station is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Castleton railway station's instance of is recorded as railway station[5].
  • Castleton railway station is operated by Northern Trains[6].
  • Castleton is named after Castleton railway station[7].
  • Castleton railway station's Commons category is recorded as Castleton (Rochdale) railway station[8].
  • Castleton railway station's OS grid reference is recorded as SD883106[9].
  • Castleton railway station's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 53.5919, 'longitude': -2.1783, 'precision': 0.00027777777777778}[10].
  • Castleton railway station's located on linear feature is recorded as Manchester Victoria and Normanton Line, Thorpes Bridge Junction to Normanton[11].
  • Castleton railway station's number of platform tracks is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+2'}[12].
  • Castleton railway station's date of official opening is recorded as 1875[13].
  • Castleton railway station's state of use is recorded as in use[14].
  • Castleton railway station's historic county is recorded as Lancashire[15].

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Geography

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

Designation and Status

Castleton railway station's instance of is recorded as railway station[5].

History and Context

Castleton is named after Castleton railway station[7].

Why It Matters

Castleton railway station ranks in the top 0.95% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (31 views/month, #176 of 18,574).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

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] ↑ . dataportal.orr.gov.uk. dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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. 12w ago · Edward · 2026-07-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Openstreetmap node id → 4978929124
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Openstreetmap node id: 4978929124, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/262248|batch #262248]]"
  2. 21w ago · Yirba · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Date of official opening → +1875-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Instance of → railway station
    State of use → in use
    Located on linear feature → Manchester Victoria and Normanton Line, Thorpes Bridge Junction to Normanton
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/33789|batch #33789]]: NaPTAN stop area codes (910)"
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