Essex Road railway station

railway station in Essex Road, London Borough of Islington, England, UK
Place railway_station Q682124
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Essex Road railway station

Summary

Essex Road railway station is a railway station[1]. It ranks in the top 0.59% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (116 views/month, #109 of 18,574).[2]

Key Facts

  • Essex Road railway station is located in Islington[3].
  • Essex Road railway station is located in London[4].
  • Essex Road railway station is located in London Borough of Islington[5].
  • Essex Road railway station is in the country of United Kingdom[6].
  • Essex Road railway station's instance of is recorded as railway station[7].
  • Essex Road railway station's instance of is recorded as underground railway station[8].
  • Essex Road railway station's connecting line is recorded as Northern City Line[9].
  • Essex Road railway station is owned by Network Rail[10].
  • Essex Road railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Highbury & Islington station[11].
  • Essex Road railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Old Street[12].
  • Essex Road railway station's Commons category is recorded as Essex Road railway station[13].
  • Essex Road railway station's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.5406, 'lon': -0.0963}[14].
  • Essex Road railway station's located on linear feature is recorded as Northern City Line[15].
  • Essex Road railway station's number of platform tracks is recorded as {'amount': '+2'}[16].
  • Essex Road railway station's date of official opening is recorded as February 14, 1904[17].
  • Essex Road railway station's fare zone is recorded as London fare zone 2[18].
  • Essex Road railway station's state of use is recorded as in use[19].
  • Essex Road railway station's historic county is recorded as Middlesex[20].

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Geography

Essex Road railway station is in the country of United Kingdom[6]. Located in include Islington[3], an area of London[21], in United Kingdom[22]; London[4], a metropolis[23], in Roman Empire[24], founded in 0047[25]; and London Borough of Islington[5], a London borough[26], in United Kingdom[27], founded in 1965[28].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include railway station[7] and underground railway station[8].

History and Context

Essex Road railway station is owned by Network Rail[10].

Why It Matters

Essex Road railway station ranks in the top 0.59% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (116 views/month, #109 of 18,574).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Railway Codes and Other Data: A (Hopefully) Comprehensive Listing. railwaycodes.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . dataportal.orr.gov.uk. dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Provenance: 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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