Galashiels railway station

railway station in Galashiels, Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
Place railway_station Q5517997
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Summary

Galashiels railway station is a railway station[1]. It ranks in the top 0.95% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15 views/month, #176 of 18,574).[2]

Key Facts

  • Galashiels railway station is located in Scottish Borders[3].
  • Galashiels railway station is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Galashiels railway station's instance of is recorded as railway station[5].
  • Galashiels railway station is operated by ScotRail Trains (2022-)[6].
  • Galashiels railway station is operated by Peebles Railway[7].
  • Galashiels is named after Galashiels railway station[8].
  • Galashiels railway station took place at Galashiels[9].
  • Galashiels railway station's Commons category is recorded as Galashiels railway station[10].
  • Galashiels railway station's OS grid reference is recorded as NT493361[11].
  • Galashiels railway station's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 55.6175, 'longitude': -2.805, 'precision': 0.0001}[12].
  • Galashiels railway station's located on linear feature is recorded as Scottish Borders Rail Link[13].
  • Galashiels railway station's number of platform tracks is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+1'}[14].
  • Galashiels railway station's date of official opening is recorded as 2015[15].
  • Galashiels railway station's date of official opening is recorded as 1849[16].
  • Galashiels railway station's date of official closure is recorded as January 5, 1969[17].
  • Galashiels railway station's state of use is recorded as in use[18].
  • Galashiels railway station's historic county is recorded as Roxburghshire[19].

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Geography

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

Designation and Status

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

History and Context

Galashiels is named after Galashiels railway station[8].

Why It Matters

Galashiels railway station ranks in the top 0.95% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15 views/month, #176 of 18,574).[2] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Railway Codes and Other Data: A (Hopefully) Comprehensive Listing. railwaycodes.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · Bouzinac · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Date of official opening → +2015-00-00T00:00:00Z, +1849-00-00T00:00:00Z
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Date of official closure: no value"
  2. 10w ago · Edward · 2026-07-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Openstreetmap node id → 3623809200
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Openstreetmap node id: 3623809200, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/262248|batch #262248]]"
  3. 19w ago · Yirba · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14452 → 910GGALASLS
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/33789|batch #33789]]: NaPTAN stop area codes (910)"
  4. 21w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    State of use → in use
    Tiploc code → GALASLS
    Imported from → —
    Commons category → Galashiels railway station
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:ur:گالاشیلز ریلوے اسٹیشن]]"
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