Great Northern Railway

British pre-grouping railway company
Organization railway_company Q181811
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Great Northern Railway

Summary

Great Northern Railway is a railway company[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of railway_company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (227 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Great Northern Railway is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • Great Northern Railway's image is recorded as 4-2-2 GNR 1001.jpg[4].
  • Great Northern Railway's instance of is recorded as railway company[5].
  • Great Northern Railway's follows is recorded as East Lincolnshire Railway[6].
  • Great Northern Railway's followed by is recorded as London and North Eastern Railway[7].
  • Great Northern Railway's headquarters location is recorded as London[8].
  • Great Northern Railway's Commons category is recorded as Great Northern Railway (Great Britain)[9].
  • +1846-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Great Northern Railway[10].
  • Great Northern Railway was dissolved in +1923-01-01T00:00:00Z[11].
  • Great Northern Railway's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01brjt[12].
  • Great Northern Railway's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Great Northern Railway (Great Britain)[13].
  • Great Northern Railway's described by source is recorded as Signalling Record Society line data[14].
  • Great Northern Railway's replaced by is recorded as London and North Eastern Railway[15].
  • Great Northern Railway's BBC Things ID is recorded as e994c221-7050-430e-b8c8-9645ec68b0c0[16].
  • Great Northern Railway's date of official opening is recorded as +1850-00-00T00:00:00Z[17].
  • Great Northern Railway's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'GNR'}[18].
  • Great Northern Railway's owner of is recorded as Friar Gate Bridge[19].
  • Great Northern Railway's BabelNet ID is recorded as 01224679n[20].
  • Great Northern Railway's Grace's Guide ID is recorded as Great_Northern_Railway[21].
  • Great Northern Railway's Quora topic ID is recorded as Great-Northern-Railway[22].
  • Great Northern Railway's Historic England research records ID is recorded as 1364309[23].
  • Great Northern Railway's Science Museum people ID is recorded as cp6644[24].
  • Great Northern Railway's BBC News topic ID is recorded as c4e88x2d4vyt[25].
  • Great Northern Railway's RailScot line or company ID is recorded as G/Great_Northern_Railway/[26].

Body

Founding

+1846-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Great Northern Railway[10].

Identity

Great Northern Railway's follows is recorded as East Lincolnshire Railway[6]. Its followed by is recorded as London and North Eastern Railway[7]. Its short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'GNR'}[18].

Operations

Great Northern Railway's headquarters location is recorded as London[8].

Dissolution

Great Northern Railway was dissolved in +1923-01-01T00:00:00Z[11].

Why It Matters

Great Northern Railway ranks in the top 5% of railway_company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (227 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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