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Dakar station

railway station in Senegal
Place railway_station Q3096341
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Summary

Dakar station is a railway station[1]. It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Dakar[3], Plateau/Gorée Arrondissement[4]
  • Country: Senegal[5]
  • Transport network: Train Express Régional de Dakar[6], Dakar–Niger Railway[7]
  • Instance of: dead-end railway station[8], terminus[9]
  • Connecting line: Dakar–Niger Railway[10]
  • Owned by: Chemins de fer du Sénégal[11]
  • Adjacent station: Colobane station[12]
  • Commons category: Gare de Dakar[13]
  • Number of platform tracks: 5[14]
  • Connecting service: Train Express Régional de Dakar[15]
  • Heritage designation: monument historique in Senegal[16]
  • Date of official opening: 1885[17]
  • Number of platform faces: 5[18]
  • State of use: in use[19]

Related Entities

Senegal

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . terdakar.sn. terdakar.sn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . digital map. wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . OpenStreetMap. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Q133864594. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. 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. 16d ago · Bouzinac · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['commons', 'de', 'fr', 'it', 'no']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|2 */ Adjacent station: Colobane station"
  2. 23w ago · Ds2320 · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → railway station, dead-end railway station, terminus
    Number of platform faces → {'amount': '+5'}
    Country → —
    State of use → in use
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Located in the administrative territorial entity: Plateau/Gorée Arrondissement"
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