Charing Cross railway station

Summary

Charing Cross railway station is a station building^[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of station_building entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (857 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Charing Cross railway station is located in City of Westminster^[3].
• Charing Cross railway station is located in Charing Cross^[4].
• Charing Cross railway station is in the country of United Kingdom^[5].
• Charing Cross railway station's instance of is recorded as station building^[6].
• Charing Cross railway station's instance of is recorded as railway station^[7].
• Charing Cross railway station's instance of is recorded as dead-end railway station^[8].
• Charing Cross railway station's instance of is recorded as station located on surface^[9].
• Charing Cross railway station's connecting line is recorded as South Eastern main line^[10].
• Charing Cross railway station is owned by Network Rail^[11].
• Charing Cross railway station is operated by Network Rail^[12].
• Charing Cross is named after Charing Cross railway station^[13].
• Charing Cross railway station's adjacent station is recorded as London Waterloo East railway station^[14].
• Charing Cross railway station is part of London station group^[15].
• Charing Cross railway station's Commons category is recorded as Charing Cross railway station^[16].
• Charing Cross railway station comprises Charing Cross tube station^[17].
• Charing Cross railway station comprises The Arches Shopping, Charing Cross^[18].
• Charing Cross railway station's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.5075, 'lon': -0.12361111111111}^[19].
• Charing Cross railway station's located on linear feature is recorded as South Eastern main line^[20].
• Charing Cross railway station's interchange station is recorded as Charing Cross tube station^[21].
• Charing Cross railway station's interchange station is recorded as Embankment tube station^[22].
• Charing Cross railway station's interchange station is recorded as Embankment Pier^[23].
• Charing Cross railway station's official website is recorded as https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations_destinations/CHX.aspx^[24].
• Charing Cross railway station's place served by transport hub is recorded as London^[25].
• Charing Cross railway station's number of platform tracks is recorded as {'amount': '+6'}^[26].
• Charing Cross railway station's date of official opening is recorded as January 1, 1864^[27].

Body

Geography

Charing Cross railway station is in the country of United Kingdom^[5]. Located in include City of Westminster^[3], a London borough^[28], in United Kingdom^[29], founded in 1965^[30] and Charing Cross^[4], a monument^[31], in United Kingdom^[32]. It is part of London station group^[15].

Physical Characteristics

Charing Cross railway station sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+27'}^[33].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include station building^[6], railway station^[7], dead-end railway station^[8], and station located on surface^[9].

History and Context

Charing Cross railway station is owned by Network Rail^[11]. Charing Cross is named after it^[13].

Why It Matters

Charing Cross railway station ranks in the top 10% of station_building entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (857 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[35]