Kiryū Station

Summary

Kiryū Station is a railway station^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.98% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month, #182 of 18,574).^[2]

Key Facts

• Kiryū Station is located in Kiryū^[3].
• Kiryū Station is in the country of Japan^[4].
• Kiryū Station's transport network is recorded as local lines network of JR East^[5].
• Kiryū Station's image is recorded as Kiryu-STA Platform3-4.jpg^[6].
• Kiryū Station's instance of is recorded as railway station^[7].
• Kiryū Station's instance of is recorded as elevated station^[8].
• Kiryū Station's instance of is recorded as Q121844395^[9].
• Kiryū Station's instance of is recorded as union station^[10].
• Kiryū Station's instance of is recorded as junction station^[11].
• Kiryū Station's instance of is recorded as last station^[12].
• Kiryū Station's instance of is recorded as interchange station^[13].
• Kiryū Station's instance of is recorded as Q123025722^[14].
• Kiryū Station's connecting line is recorded as Ryōmō Line^[15].
• Kiryū Station's connecting line is recorded as Watarase Keikoku Line^[16].
• Kiryū Station's owned by is recorded as East Japan Railway Company^[17].
• Kiryū Station's owned by is recorded as Watarase Keikoku Railway^[18].
• Kiryū Station's operator is recorded as East Japan Railway Company^[19].
• Kiryū Station's operator is recorded as Watarase Keikoku Railway^[20].
• Kiryū is named after Kiryū Station^[21].
• Kiryū Station's logo image is recorded as Watarase Keikoku Railway station icon 1.svg^[22].
• Kiryū Station's adjacent station is recorded as Iwajuku Station^[23].
• Kiryū Station's adjacent station is recorded as Omata Station^[24].
• Kiryū Station's adjacent station is recorded as Shimo-Shinden Station^[25].
• Kiryū Station's station code is recorded as キリ^[26].
• Kiryū Station's station code is recorded as WK01^[27].

Body

Geography

Kiryū Station is in the country of Japan^[4]. It is located in Kiryū^[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include railway station^[7], elevated station^[8], Q121844395^[9], union station^[10], junction station^[11], and last station^[12].

History and Context

+1888-11-15T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Kiryū Station^[28]. Owners include East Japan Railway Company^[17], a rail company (Japan)^[29], in Japan^[30], founded in 1987^[31], headquartered in JR East Headquarters Building^[32] and Watarase Keikoku Railway^[18], a third sector railways^[33], in Japan^[34], founded in 1988^[35], headquartered in Ōmama Station^[36]. Kiryū is named after it^[21].

Why It Matters

Kiryū Station ranks in the top 0.98% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month, #182 of 18,574).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]