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Great North Eastern Railway

former UK Train Operator
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Great North Eastern Railway

Summary

Great North Eastern Railway is a train operating company[1]. It draws 128 Wikipedia views per month (train_operating_company category, ranking #25 of 55).[2]

Key Facts

  • Great North Eastern Railway is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • Great North Eastern Railway's image is recorded as Class 91 At York Railway Station.jpg[4].
  • Great North Eastern Railway's instance of is recorded as train operating company[5].
  • Great North Eastern Railway's headquarters location is recorded as York[6].
  • Great North Eastern Railway's Commons category is recorded as Great North Eastern Railway[7].
  • Great North Eastern Railway's industry is recorded as rail transport[8].
  • +1996-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Great North Eastern Railway[9].
  • Great North Eastern Railway was dissolved in +2007-00-00T00:00:00Z[10].
  • Great North Eastern Railway's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01rm0g[11].
  • Great North Eastern Railway's parent organization or unit is recorded as Sea Containers[12].
  • Great North Eastern Railway's replaces is recorded as British Rail[13].
  • Great North Eastern Railway's replaced by is recorded as National Express East Coast[14].
  • Great North Eastern Railway's route diagram template is recorded as Template:GNER route[15].
  • Great North Eastern Railway's Science Museum people ID is recorded as cp17759[16].
  • Great North Eastern Railway's UK Parliament thesaurus ID is recorded as 36967[17].

Body

Founding

+1996-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Great North Eastern Railway[9].

Operations

Great North Eastern Railway's headquarters location is recorded as York[6]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as Sea Containers[12].

Industry

Great North Eastern Railway's industry is recorded as rail transport[8].

Dissolution

Great North Eastern Railway was dissolved in +2007-00-00T00:00:00Z[10].

Why It Matters

Great North Eastern Railway draws 128 Wikipedia views per month (train_operating_company category, ranking #25 of 55).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . 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 sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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