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Gillingham railway station

railway station in Gillingham, Dorset, England, UK
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Gillingham railway station

Summary

Gillingham railway station is a railway station[1]. It ranks in the top 0.94% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (60 views/month, #175 of 18,574).[2]

Key Facts

  • Gillingham railway station is located in Gillingham[3].
  • Gillingham railway station is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Gillingham railway station's instance of is recorded as railway station[5].
  • Gillingham railway station is operated by South Western Railway[6].
  • Gillingham is named after Gillingham railway station[7].
  • Gillingham railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Tisbury railway station[8].
  • Gillingham railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Templecombe railway station[9].
  • Gillingham railway station's Commons category is recorded as Gillingham (Dorset) railway station[10].
  • Gillingham railway station's OS grid reference is recorded as ST809261[11].
  • Gillingham railway station's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.034, 'lon': -2.273}[12].
  • Gillingham railway station's located on linear feature is recorded as Basingstoke and Exeter Line, Fisherton Short Mile to Exeter St Davids[13].
  • Gillingham railway station's number of platform tracks is recorded as {'amount': '+2'}[14].
  • Gillingham railway station's date of official opening is recorded as 1860[15].
  • Gillingham railway station's different from is recorded as Gillingham railway station[16].
  • Gillingham railway station's state of use is recorded as in use[17].
  • Gillingham railway station's historic county is recorded as Dorset[18].

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Geography

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

Designation and Status

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

History and Context

Gillingham is named after Gillingham railway station[7].

Why It Matters

Gillingham railway station ranks in the top 0.94% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (60 views/month, #175 of 18,574).[2] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

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] ↑ . nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved . nationalrail.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . assets.nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved . assets.nationalrail.co.uk. Provenance: 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] ↑ . dataportal.orr.gov.uk. dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . 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. 26d ago · Edward · 2026-07-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → railway station
    Operator → —
    Operator → South Western Railway
    Located on linear feature → Basingstoke and Exeter Line, Fisherton Short Mile to Exeter St Davids
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P11693]]: 6011304342, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/262248|batch #262248]]"
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