Kirkby railway station

Summary

Kirkby railway station is a railway station^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.87% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (35 views/month, #161 of 18,574).^[2]

Key Facts

• Kirkby railway station is located in Knowsley^[3].
• Kirkby railway station is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Kirkby railway station's transport network is recorded as Merseyrail network^[5].
• Kirkby railway station's image is recorded as Kirkby Station - geograph.org.uk - 747868.jpg^[6].
• Kirkby railway station's instance of is recorded as railway station^[7].
• Kirkby railway station's operator is recorded as Merseyrail^[8].
• Kirkby is named after Kirkby railway station^[9].
• Kirkby railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Headbolt Lane railway station^[10].
• Kirkby railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Fazakerley railway station^[11].
• Kirkby railway station's location is recorded as Kirkby^[12].
• Kirkby railway station's Commons category is recorded as Kirkby railway station^[13].
• Kirkby railway station's OS grid reference is recorded as SJ402992^[14].
• Kirkby railway station's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 53.4864, 'lon': -2.9025}^[15].
• Kirkby railway station's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08p4y7^[16].
• Kirkby railway station's located on linear feature is recorded as Wigan and Kirkby Line, Pemberton Junction to Kirkby^[17].
• Kirkby railway station's located on linear feature is recorded as Walton Junction and Kirkby Branch^[18].
• Kirkby railway station's number of platform tracks is recorded as {'amount': '+2'}^[19].
• Kirkby railway station's connecting service is recorded as Liverpool Central // Headbolt Lane^[20].
• Kirkby railway station's GeoNames ID is recorded as 6952932^[21].
• Kirkby railway station's date of official opening is recorded as +1848-00-00T00:00:00Z^[22].
• Kirkby railway station's TOID is recorded as 4000000073302625^[23].
• Kirkby railway station's UK railway station code is recorded as KIR^[24].
• Kirkby railway station's state of use is recorded as in use^[25].
• Kirkby railway station's historic county is recorded as Lancashire^[26].
• Kirkby railway station's TIPLOC code is recorded as KKBY^[27].

Body

Geography

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

Designation and Status

Kirkby railway station's instance of is recorded as railway station^[7].

History and Context

Kirkby is named after Kirkby railway station^[9].

Why It Matters

Kirkby railway station ranks in the top 0.87% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (35 views/month, #161 of 18,574).^[2] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]