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Kolkata Metro

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Kolkata Metro

Summary

Kolkata Metro is a rapid transit[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of rapid_transit entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,072 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kolkata Metro is located in Kolkata Metropolitan Area[3].
  • Kolkata Metro is in the country of India[4].
  • Kolkata Metro's image is recorded as Kolkata Metro.jpg[5].
  • Kolkata Metro's instance of is recorded as rapid transit[6].
  • Kolkata Metro's operator is recorded as Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation[7].
  • Kolkata Metro's operator is recorded as Metro Railway, Kolkata[8].
  • Kolkata Metro's logo image is recorded as Kolkata Metro System Logo.svg[9].
  • Kolkata Metro's part of is recorded as rail network of Kolkata[10].
  • Kolkata Metro's Commons category is recorded as Kolkata Metro[11].
  • Kolkata Metro's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 13994939[12].
  • Kolkata Metro's has part is recorded as Blue Line[13].
  • Kolkata Metro's has part is recorded as Green Line[14].
  • Kolkata Metro's has part is recorded as Purple Line[15].
  • Kolkata Metro's has part is recorded as Yellow Line[16].
  • Kolkata Metro's has part is recorded as Pink Line[17].
  • Kolkata Metro's has part is recorded as Orange Line[18].
  • +1984-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Kolkata Metro[19].
  • Kolkata Metro's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 22.541111111, 'lon': 88.337777777}[20].
  • Kolkata Metro's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06jt11[21].
  • Kolkata Metro's official website is recorded as http://www.kmrc.in/[22].
  • Kolkata Metro's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Kolkata Metro[23].
  • Kolkata Metro's track gauge is recorded as 1676 mm track gauge[24].
  • Kolkata Metro's date of official opening is recorded as +1984-10-24T00:00:00Z[25].
  • Kolkata Metro's detail map is recorded as Kolkata Metro map.svg[26].
  • Kolkata Metro's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'bn', 'text': 'কলকাতা মেট্রো'}[27].

Why It Matters

Kolkata Metro ranks in the top 3% of rapid_transit entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,072 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

India

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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