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Handforth railway station

railway station in Cheshire, England, UK
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Handforth railway station

Summary

Handforth railway station is a railway station[1]. It ranks in the top 0.95% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (27 views/month, #176 of 18,574).[2]

Key Facts

  • Handforth railway station is located in Handforth[3].
  • Handforth railway station is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Handforth railway station's instance of is recorded as railway station[5].
  • Handforth railway station is owned by Network Rail[6].
  • Handforth railway station is operated by Northern Trains[7].
  • Handforth is named after Handforth railway station[8].
  • Handforth railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Wilmslow railway station[9].
  • Handforth railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Cheadle Hulme railway station[10].
  • Handforth railway station's Commons category is recorded as Handforth railway station[11].
  • Handforth railway station's OS grid reference is recorded as SJ858833[12].
  • Handforth railway station's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 53.346, 'longitude': -2.213, 'precision': 0.00027777777777778}[13].
  • Handforth railway station's located on linear feature is recorded as Crewe and Manchester Piccadilly Line, Crewe North Junction to Edgeley Junction No 1[14].
  • Handforth railway station's number of platform tracks is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+2'}[15].
  • Handforth railway station's date of official opening is recorded as 1842[16].
  • Handforth railway station's date of official opening is recorded as 1852[17].
  • Handforth railway station's state of use is recorded as in use[18].
  • Handforth railway station's historic county is recorded as Cheshire[19].

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Geography

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

Designation and Status

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

History and Context

Handforth railway station is owned by Network Rail[6]. Handforth is named after it[8].

Why It Matters

Handforth railway station ranks in the top 0.95% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (27 views/month, #176 of 18,574).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Railway Codes and Other Data: A (Hopefully) Comprehensive Listing. railwaycodes.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . dataportal.orr.gov.uk. dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24d ago · Yirba · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Date of official opening → +1842-00-00T00:00:00Z, +1852-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Instance of → railway station
    State of use → in use
    Adjacent station → Wilmslow railway station, Cheadle Hulme railway station
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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