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Ely railway station

railway station in Cambridgeshire, England, UK
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Ely railway station

Summary

Ely railway station is a railway station[1]. It ranks in the top 0.76% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (182 views/month, #142 of 18,574).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ely railway station is located in Ely[3].
  • Ely railway station is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Ely railway station's instance of is recorded as railway station[5].
  • Ely railway station's connecting line is recorded as Breckland Line[6].
  • Ely railway station's connecting line is recorded as Fen line[7].
  • Ely railway station's connecting line is recorded as Ely–Peterborough line[8].
  • Ely railway station is owned by Greater Anglia[9].
  • Ely railway station is operated by Greater Anglia[10].
  • Ely is named after Ely railway station[11].
  • Ely railway station's adjacent station is recorded as March railway station[12].
  • Ely railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Waterbeach railway station[13].
  • Ely railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Kennett railway station[14].
  • Ely railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Littleport railway station[15].
  • Ely railway station's Commons category is recorded as Ely railway station[16].
  • 1845 marks the founding of Ely railway station[17].
  • Ely railway station's OS grid reference is recorded as TL542793[18].
  • Ely railway station's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 52.390277777778, 'lon': 0.26638888888889}[19].
  • Ely railway station's located on linear feature is recorded as Bethnal Green and King's Lynn Line[20].
  • Ely railway station's official website is recorded as http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations_destinations/ELY.aspx[21].
  • Ely railway station's number of platform tracks is recorded as {'amount': '+3'}[22].
  • Ely railway station's date of official opening is recorded as 1845[23].
  • Ely railway station's state of use is recorded as in use[24].
  • Ely railway station's historic county is recorded as Cambridgeshire[25].

Body

Geography

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

Designation and Status

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

History and Context

1845 marks the founding of Ely railway station[17]. It is owned by Greater Anglia[9]. Ely is named after it[11].

Why It Matters

Ely railway station ranks in the top 0.76% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (182 views/month, #142 of 18,574).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

Related Entities

Ely 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. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . 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] ↑ . Railway Codes and Other Data: A (Hopefully) Comprehensive Listing. railwaycodes.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Yirba · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Inception → +1845-00-00T00:00:00Z
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