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Durham railway station

railway station in Durham, England
Place railway_station Q2407800
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Summary

Durham railway station is a railway station[1]. It ranks in the top 0.8% of railway station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (158 views/month, #149 of 18,574).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Durham[3]
  • Country: United Kingdom[4]
  • Connecting line: East Coast Main Line[5], Cross Country Route[6], Tees Valley Line[7]
  • Owned by: Network Rail[8]
  • Named after: Durham[9]
  • Adjacent station: Darlington railway station[10], Chester-le-Street railway station[11]
  • Commons category: Durham railway station[12]
  • OS grid reference: NZ269428[13]
  • Located on linear feature: East Coast Main Line, York Station to Newcastle West Junction[14]
  • Number of platform tracks: 2[15]
  • Date of official opening: 1857[16]
  • Class of station: Category C1 railway station[17]
  • State of use: in use[18]
  • Historic county: County Durham[19]
  • P14452: 910GDRHM[20]

Why It Matters

Durham railway station is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

Durham United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . dataportal.orr.gov.uk. dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Benjism89 · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 7
    Image → Durham - Railway station - 1.jpg
    Wikipedia languages → ['commons', 'cy', 'en', 'it', 'nl', 'ur', 'zh']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Image: Durham - Railway station - 1.jpg"
  2. 11w ago · Edward · 2026-07-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Openstreetmap node id → 7167810363
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  3. 19w ago · Yirba · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinates → —
    Country → —
    Instance of → railway station
    State of use → in use
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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