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Congleton railway station

railway station in Cheshire, England, UK
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Congleton railway station

Summary

Congleton railway station is a railway station[1]. It ranks in the top 0.96% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (88 views/month, #179 of 18,574).[2]

Key Facts

  • Congleton railway station is located in Congleton[3].
  • Congleton railway station is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Congleton railway station's instance of is recorded as railway station[5].
  • Congleton railway station is owned by Network Rail[6].
  • Congleton railway station is operated by Northern Trains[7].
  • Congleton is named after Congleton railway station[8].
  • Congleton railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Kidsgrove railway station[9].
  • Congleton railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Macclesfield railway station[10].
  • Congleton railway station's Commons category is recorded as Congleton railway station[11].
  • Congleton railway station's OS grid reference is recorded as SJ872623[12].
  • Congleton railway station's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 53.158, 'longitude': -2.193, 'precision': 0.00027777777777778}[13].
  • Congleton railway station's located on linear feature is recorded as Colwich Junction to Macclesfield Line, Macclesfield to Harecastle[14].
  • Congleton railway station's number of platform tracks is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+2'}[15].
  • Congleton railway station's date of official opening is recorded as October 9, 1848[16].
  • Congleton railway station's state of use is recorded as in use[17].
  • Congleton railway station's historic county is recorded as Cheshire[18].

Body

Geography

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

Designation and Status

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

History and Context

Congleton railway station is owned by Network Rail[6]. Congleton is named after it[8].

Why It Matters

Congleton railway station ranks in the top 0.96% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (88 views/month, #179 of 18,574).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19]

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . dataportal.orr.gov.uk. dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · Voldesade · 2026-06-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Congleton Station - geograph.org.uk - 1824470.jpg
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P18]]: Congleton Railway Station - geograph.org.uk - 8319010.jpg"
  2. 27d ago · Yirba · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Date of official opening → +1848-10-09T00:00:00Z
    Instance of → railway station
    State of use → in use
    Adjacent station → Kidsgrove railway station, Macclesfield railway station
    + 21 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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