Genève-Eaux-Vives railway station

railway station in Switzerland
Place railway_station Q3098155
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Summary

Genève-Eaux-Vives railway station is a railway station[1]. It ranks in the top 0.98% of railway station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (162 views/month, #182 of 18,574).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Eaux-Vives[3]
  • Country: Switzerland[4]
  • Transport network: Léman Express[5]
  • Instance of: underground station[6]
  • Connecting line: railway extension Geneva-Annemasse[7]
  • Architect: Jean Nouvel[8]
  • Owned by: Swiss Federal Railways[9]
  • Operator: Swiss Federal Railways[10]
  • Adjacent station: Genève-Champel railway station[11], Chêne-Bourg railway station[12]
  • Station code: GEV[13]
  • Commons category: Genève-Eaux-Vives railway station[14]
  • Significant event: inauguration[15], demolition[16]
  • Interchange station: Tram and bus stops at Genève Eaux-Vives Station[17]
  • Number of platform tracks: 2[18]
  • Connecting service: RE 33[19], Léman Express Line 1[20], Léman Express Line 2[21], Léman Express Line 3[22], Léman Express Line 4[23]
  • Official name: Genève-Eaux-Vives[24]
  • Date of official opening: May 27, 1888[25]
  • Elevation above sea level: 385 m[26]
  • Number of platform faces: 2[27]
  • State of use: in use[28]
  • P14976: 6C9D522E-7171-4302-9731-CEA84DC02E0C[29]

Why It Matters

Genève-Eaux-Vives railway station has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . lemanexpress.com. lemanexpress.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . 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] ↑ . lemanexpress.com. lemanexpress.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . lemanexpress.com. lemanexpress.com. Provenance: 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . lemanexpress.com. lemanexpress.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . lemanexpress.com. lemanexpress.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . lemanexpress.com. lemanexpress.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Q141593662. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . data.sbb.ch. Retrieved . data.sbb.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Q141593662. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14976 → 6C9D522E-7171-4302-9731-CEA84DC02E0C
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 4d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['commons', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'fr', 'it', 'ko', 'pt']
    Sitelink count → 8
    Official name → {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Genève-Eaux-Vives'}
    Claims rich → —
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  3. 6w ago · VIGNERON · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Gare de Genève Eaux-Vives.JPG, Gare des eaux-vives dec 2020 (2).jpg
    Significant event → inauguration, demolition, architectural reconstruction
    Connecting service → RE 33, Léman Express Line 1, Léman Express Line 2 +2
    Instance of → —
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/51993|batch #51993]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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