Garforth railway station

railway station in West Yorkshire, England, UK
Place railway_station Q2324929
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Garforth railway station

Summary

Garforth railway station is a railway station[1]. It ranks in the top 0.94% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (33 views/month, #175 of 18,574).[2]

Key Facts

  • Garforth railway station is located in Leeds[3].
  • Garforth railway station is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Garforth railway station's instance of is recorded as railway station[5].
  • Garforth railway station is owned by Northern Rail[6].
  • Garforth railway station is operated by Northern Trains[7].
  • Garforth is named after Garforth railway station[8].
  • Garforth railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Cross Gates railway station[9].
  • Garforth railway station's Commons category is recorded as Garforth railway station[10].
  • Garforth railway station's OS grid reference is recorded as SE407335[11].
  • Garforth railway station's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 53.7966, 'lon': -1.3824}[12].
  • Garforth railway station's located on linear feature is recorded as Hull Line (Leeds to Hull), Micklefield to Leeds City Station[13].
  • Garforth railway station's number of platform tracks is recorded as {'amount': '+2'}[14].
  • Garforth railway station's date of official opening is recorded as 1834[15].
  • Garforth railway station's state of use is recorded as in use[16].
  • Garforth railway station's historic county is recorded as Yorkshire[17].

Body

Geography

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

Designation and Status

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

History and Context

Garforth railway station is owned by Northern Rail[6]. Garforth is named after it[8].

Why It Matters

Garforth railway station ranks in the top 0.94% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (33 views/month, #175 of 18,574).[2] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . 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] . dataportal.orr.gov.uk. dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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