Jōban Line

railway line in Japan
Place railway_line Q1369263
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Jōban Line

Summary

Jōban Line is a railway line[1]. It ranks in the top 0.63% of railway_line entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (352 views/month, #20 of 3,177).[2]

Key Facts

  • Jōban Line is located in Tokyo[3].
  • Jōban Line is located in Chiba Prefecture[4].
  • Jōban Line is located in Ibaraki Prefecture[5].
  • Jōban Line is located in Fukushima Prefecture[6].
  • Jōban Line is located in Miyagi Prefecture[7].
  • Jōban Line is in the country of Japan[8].
  • Jōban Line's route map is recorded as Jōban-Linie.png[9].
  • Jōban Line's transport network is recorded as local lines network of JR East[10].
  • Jōban Line's transport network is recorded as Q122054146[11].
  • Jōban Line's image is recorded as JRE Series-E531 K416.jpg[12].
  • Jōban Line's instance of is recorded as railway line[13].
  • Jōban Line's instance of is recorded as zairaisen[14].
  • Jōban Line's instance of is recorded as train service[15].
  • Jōban Line's instance of is recorded as JR main line[16].
  • Jōban Line's founder is recorded as Mito Railway[17].
  • Jōban Line's owned by is recorded as East Japan Railway Company[18].
  • Jōban Line's operator is recorded as East Japan Railway Company[19].
  • Jōban Line's operator is recorded as Japan Freight Railway Company[20].
  • Hitachi Province is named after Jōban Line[21].
  • Iwaki Province is named after Jōban Line[22].
  • Jōban Line's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 255580657[23].
  • Jōban Line's locator map image is recorded as JR Joban Line linemap.svg[24].
  • Jōban Line's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00978494[25].
  • Jōban Line's Commons category is recorded as Jōban Line[26].
  • Jōban Line's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 8506269[27].

Body

Geography

Jōban Line is in the country of Japan[8]. Located in include Tokyo[3], a metropolitan prefecture[28], in Japan[29], founded in 1868[30], headquartered in Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building[31]; Chiba Prefecture[4], a prefecture of Japan[32], in Japan[33], founded in 1873[34]; Ibaraki Prefecture[5], a prefecture of Japan[35], in Japan[36]; Fukushima Prefecture[6], a prefecture of Japan[37], in Japan[38], founded in 1876[39]; and Miyagi Prefecture[7], a prefecture of Japan[40], in Japan[41], founded in 1871[42].

Physical Characteristics

Jōban Line's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+350.4'}[43].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include railway line[13], zairaisen[14], train service[15], and JR main line[16].

History and Context

+1898-08-23T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Jōban Line[44]. Its owned by is recorded as East Japan Railway Company[18]. Things named after include Hitachi Province[21], a province of Japan[45], in Japan[46] and Iwaki Province[22], a province of Japan[47], in Japan[48], founded in 1869[49].

Why It Matters

Jōban Line ranks in the top 0.63% of railway_line entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (352 views/month, #20 of 3,177).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]

References

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  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  19. [48] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  20. [49] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [50] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [51] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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