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Karachi Circular Railway

defunct regional public transit system in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, which served the Karachi metropolitan area between 1969 and 1999
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Karachi Circular Railway

Summary

Karachi Circular Railway is a railway line[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of railway_line entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (223 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Karachi Circular Railway is located in Karachi[3].
  • Karachi Circular Railway is in the country of Pakistan[4].
  • Karachi Circular Railway's instance of is recorded as railway line[5].
  • Karachi Circular Railway's instance of is recorded as commuter rail network[6].
  • Karachi Circular Railway is owned by Karachi Urban Transport Corporation[7].
  • Karachi Circular Railway's Commons category is recorded as Karachi Circular Railway[8].
  • Karachi Circular Railway's track gauge is recorded as 1676 mm track gauge[9].
  • Karachi Circular Railway's date of official opening is recorded as 1969[10].
  • Karachi Circular Railway's date of official opening is recorded as November 2020[11].
  • Karachi Circular Railway's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+44'}[12].
  • Karachi Circular Railway's route diagram template is recorded as Template:Karachi Circular Railway RDT[13].
  • Karachi Circular Railway's state of use is recorded as decommissioned[14].

Body

Geography

Karachi Circular Railway is in the country of Pakistan[4]. It is located in Karachi[3].

Physical Characteristics

Karachi Circular Railway's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+44'}[12].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include railway line[5] and commuter rail network[6].

History and Context

Karachi Circular Railway is owned by Karachi Urban Transport Corporation[7].

Why It Matters

Karachi Circular Railway ranks in the top 4% of railway_line entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (223 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

Pakistan

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Bouzinac · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → —
    Date of official closure → +1999-00-00T00:00:00Z
    State of use → decommissioned
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Karachi
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||fr */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/33506|batch #33506]]: trad2"
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