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Lancing railway station

railway station in Lancing, West Sussex, England, UK
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Lancing railway station

Summary

Lancing railway station is a railway station[1]. It ranks in the top 0.98% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (36 views/month, #182 of 18,574).[2]

Key Facts

  • Lancing railway station is located in Lancing[3].
  • Lancing railway station is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Lancing railway station's instance of is recorded as railway station[5].
  • Lancing railway station is owned by Network Rail[6].
  • Lancing is named after Lancing railway station[7].
  • Lancing railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Shoreham-by-Sea railway station[8].
  • Lancing railway station's adjacent station is recorded as East Worthing railway station[9].
  • Lancing railway station's Commons category is recorded as Lancing railway station[10].
  • Lancing railway station's OS grid reference is recorded as TQ181043[11].
  • Lancing railway station's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 50.826944444444, 'longitude': -0.32333333333333, 'precision': 0.00027777777777778}[12].
  • Lancing railway station's located on linear feature is recorded as Brighton to Littlehampton Line, Brighton to Littlehampton Junction[13].
  • Lancing railway station's number of platform tracks is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+2'}[14].
  • Lancing railway station's date of official opening is recorded as November 24, 1845[15].
  • Lancing railway station's state of use is recorded as in use[16].
  • Lancing railway station's historic county is recorded as Sussex[17].

Body

Geography

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

Designation and Status

Lancing railway station's instance of is recorded as railway station[5].

History and Context

Lancing railway station is owned by Network Rail[6]. Lancing is named after it[7].

Why It Matters

Lancing railway station ranks in the top 0.98% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (36 views/month, #182 of 18,574).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Railway Codes and Other Data: A (Hopefully) Comprehensive Listing. railwaycodes.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . dataportal.orr.gov.uk. dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 26d ago · Edward · 2026-07-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → railway station
    Owned by → Network Rail
    Located on linear feature → Brighton to Littlehampton Line, Brighton to Littlehampton Junction
    Openstreetmap node id → 50485546
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P11693]]: 50485546, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/262248|batch #262248]]"
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