East Coast

former British railway company
Organization train_operating_company Q1277782
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East Coast

Summary

East Coast is a train operating company[1]. It draws 82 Wikipedia views per month (train_operating_company category, ranking #30 of 55).[2]

Key Facts

  • East Coast is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • East Coast's image is recorded as 43251 Eaton Lane.jpg[4].
  • East Coast's instance of is recorded as train operating company[5].
  • East Coast's instance of is recorded as Operator of last resort[6].
  • East Coast's headquarters location is recorded as London[7].
  • East Coast's Commons category is recorded as East Coast Main Line Company[8].
  • +2009-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of East Coast[9].
  • East Coast was dissolved in +2015-02-28T00:00:00Z[10].
  • East Coast's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09gjbkh[11].
  • East Coast's parent organization or unit is recorded as Department for Transport[12].
  • East Coast's parent organization or unit is recorded as Directly Operated Railways[13].
  • East Coast's official website is recorded as http://www.eastcoast.co.uk/[14].
  • East Coast's replaces is recorded as National Express East Coast[15].
  • East Coast's replaced by is recorded as Virgin Trains East Coast[16].
  • East Coast's BBC Things ID is recorded as 997a0668-d73d-48e2-94b0-ae63194e4c1c[17].
  • East Coast's Science Museum people ID is recorded as cp128305[18].
  • East Coast's UK Parliament thesaurus ID is recorded as 32874[19].
  • East Coast's WhatDoTheyKnow organisation ID is recorded as virgin_trains_east_coast[20].

Body

Founding

+2009-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of East Coast[9].

Operations

East Coast's headquarters location is recorded as London[7]. Parent organizations include Department for Transport[12], a department of the United Kingdom Government[21], in United Kingdom[22], founded in 2002[23], headquartered in London[24] and Directly Operated Railways[13], a business[25], in United Kingdom[26], founded in 2009[27], headquartered in London[28].

Dissolution

East Coast was dissolved in +2015-02-28T00:00:00Z[10].

Why It Matters

East Coast draws 82 Wikipedia views per month (train_operating_company category, ranking #30 of 55).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [28] . 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. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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