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Dumfries railway station

railway station in Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
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Dumfries railway station

Summary

Dumfries railway station is a railway station[1]. It ranks in the top 0.93% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (39 views/month, #172 of 18,574).[2]

Key Facts

  • Dumfries railway station is located in Dumfries and Galloway[3].
  • Dumfries railway station is located in Dumfries[4].
  • Dumfries railway station is in the country of United Kingdom[5].
  • Dumfries railway station's instance of is recorded as railway station[6].
  • Dumfries railway station is owned by Network Rail[7].
  • Dumfries railway station is operated by ScotRail Trains (2022-)[8].
  • Dumfries railway station is operated by Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway[9].
  • Dumfries railway station is operated by Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway[10].
  • Dumfries railway station is operated by Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway[11].
  • Dumfries is named after Dumfries railway station[12].
  • Dumfries railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Annan railway station[13].
  • Dumfries railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Locharbriggs railway station[14].
  • The location of Dumfries railway station was Dumfries[15].
  • Dumfries railway station's Commons category is recorded as Dumfries railway station[16].
  • Dumfries railway station comprises Footbridge, Dumfries Station[17].
  • Dumfries railway station comprises Chargemans Hut, Dumfries Station[18].
  • Dumfries railway station comprises East Platform Range, Dumfries Station[19].
  • Dumfries railway station's OS grid reference is recorded as NX976765[20].
  • Dumfries railway station's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 55.0722, 'longitude': -3.6044, 'precision': 1e-06}[21].
  • Dumfries railway station's located on linear feature is recorded as Glasgow and South Western Line[22].
  • Dumfries railway station's official website is recorded as http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/DMF/details.html[23].
  • Dumfries railway station's heritage designation is recorded as category B listed building[24].
  • Dumfries railway station's date of official opening is recorded as 1848[25].
  • Dumfries railway station's state of use is recorded as in use[26].
  • Dumfries railway station's associated electoral district is recorded as Dumfries and Galloway[27].

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Geography

Dumfries railway station is in the country of United Kingdom[5]. Located in include Dumfries and Galloway[3], a council area[28], in United Kingdom[29], founded in 1975[30] and Dumfries[4], a civil parish[31], in United Kingdom[32].

Designation and Status

Dumfries railway station's instance of is recorded as railway station[6]. Its heritage designation is recorded as category B listed building[24].

History and Context

Dumfries railway station is owned by Network Rail[7]. Dumfries is named after it[12].

Why It Matters

Dumfries railway station ranks in the top 0.93% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (39 views/month, #172 of 18,574).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Railway Codes and Other Data: A (Hopefully) Comprehensive Listing. railwaycodes.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . dataportal.orr.gov.uk. dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Yirba · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Date of official opening → +1848-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Instance of → railway station
    State of use → in use
    Adjacent station → Annan railway station, Locharbriggs railway station
    + 28 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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