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Gornergrat railway

Swiss rack railway, from Zermatt to the summit of the Gornergrat
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Gornergrat railway

Summary

Gornergrat railway is a rack railway[1]. It draws 84 Wikipedia views per month (rack_railway category, ranking #3 of 19).[2]

Key Facts

  • Gornergrat railway is located in Zermatt[3].
  • Gornergrat railway is in the country of Switzerland[4].
  • Gornergrat railway's route map is recorded as Map Gornergratbahn.png[5].
  • Gornergrat railway's image is recorded as Gornergrat Railway with Matterhorn view.jpg[6].
  • Gornergrat railway's instance of is recorded as rack railway[7].
  • Gornergrat railway's instance of is recorded as railway line[8].
  • Gornergrat railway's owned by is recorded as Gornergrat Railway[9].
  • Gornergrat railway's logo image is recorded as Logo Gornergrat Bahn.svg[10].
  • Gornergrat railway's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 239939594[11].
  • Gornergrat railway's GND ID is recorded as 4127836-7[12].
  • Gornergrat railway's part of is recorded as list of cultural properties in Zermatt[13].
  • Gornergrat railway's Commons category is recorded as Gornergratbahn[14].
  • Gornergrat railway's PCP reference number is recorded as 17036[15].
  • Gornergrat railway's terminus is recorded as Gornergrat railway station[16].
  • Gornergrat railway's terminus is recorded as Zermatt GGB station[17].
  • +1898-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Gornergrat railway[18].
  • Gornergrat railway's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 46.02361111, 'lon': 7.74972222}[19].
  • Gornergrat railway's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0c61nj[20].
  • Gornergrat railway's official website is recorded as https://www.gornergrat.ch[21].
  • Gornergrat railway's type of electrification is recorded as three-phase AC railway electrification[22].
  • Gornergrat railway's page banner is recorded as Wv Ferrovia del Gornergrat banner.jpg[23].
  • Gornergrat railway's track gauge is recorded as 1000 mm track gauge[24].
  • Gornergrat railway's heritage designation is recorded as class B Swiss cultural property of regional significance[25].
  • Gornergrat railway's date of official opening is recorded as +1898-00-00T00:00:00Z[26].
  • Gornergrat railway's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+9.34'}[27].

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Geography

Gornergrat railway is in the country of Switzerland[4]. It is located in Zermatt[3]. Its part of is recorded as list of cultural properties in Zermatt[13].

Physical Characteristics

Gornergrat railway's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+9.34'}[27].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include rack railway[7] and railway line[8]. Gornergrat railway's heritage designation is recorded as class B Swiss cultural property of regional significance[25].

History and Context

+1898-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Gornergrat railway[18]. Its owned by is recorded as Gornergrat Railway[9].

Why It Matters

Gornergrat railway draws 84 Wikipedia views per month (rack_railway category, ranking #3 of 19).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Switzerland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Swiss PCP Inventory 2021. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Swiss PCP Inventory 2021. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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