Lens railway station

railway station in Lens, France
Place railway_station Q3096875
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Lens railway station

Summary

Lens railway station is a railway station[1]. It ranks in the top 0.97% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month, #181 of 18,574).[2]

Key Facts

  • Lens railway station is located in Lens[3].
  • Lens railway station is in the country of France[4].
  • Lens railway station's transport network is recorded as TER Hauts-de-France[5].
  • Lens railway station's transport network is recorded as TER Nord-Pas-de-Calais[6].
  • Lens railway station's image is recorded as Lens - Gare de Lens (13).JPG[7].
  • Lens railway station's instance of is recorded as railway station[8].
  • Lens railway station's connecting line is recorded as Arras–Dunkirk railway[9].
  • Lens railway station's architect is recorded as Urbain Cassan[10].
  • Lens railway station's owned by is recorded as Société nationale des chemins de fer français[11].
  • Lens railway station's movement is recorded as Art Deco[12].
  • Lens railway station's operator is recorded as Société nationale des chemins de fer français[13].
  • Lens railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Arras railway station[14].
  • Lens railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Gare de Liévin[15].
  • Lens railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Gare de Loos-en-Gohelle[16].
  • Lens railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Gare de Pont-de-Sallaumines[17].
  • Lens railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Gare de Sallaumines[18].
  • Lens railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Gare de Billy-Montigny[19].
  • Lens railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Gare d'Avion[20].
  • Lens railway station's postal code is recorded as 62300[21].
  • Lens railway station's part of is recorded as northern French coal mining region[22].
  • Lens railway station's Commons category is recorded as Gare de Lens[23].
  • Lens railway station's Mérimée ID is recorded as PA00108328[24].
  • Lens railway station's located in time zone is recorded as Central European Time[25].
  • +1927-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Lens railway station[26].
  • Lens railway station's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 50.426651, 'lon': 2.82786}[27].

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Geography

Lens railway station is in the country of France[4]. It is located in Lens[3]. Its part of is recorded as northern French coal mining region[22].

Physical Characteristics

Lens railway station's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+0.2468'}[28]. Its elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+34'}[29].

Designation and Status

Lens railway station's instance of is recorded as railway station[8]. Heritage statuses include monument historique inscrit[30] and part of UNESCO World Heritage Site[31].

History and Context

+1927-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Lens railway station[26]. Its owned by is recorded as Société nationale des chemins de fer français[11].

Why It Matters

Lens railway station ranks in the top 0.97% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month, #181 of 18,574).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . mmt.vsct.fr. mmt.vsct.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . Base Mérimée. wikidata.org.
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  9. [3] . Base Mérimée. wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] . Base Mérimée. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [30] . Base Mérimée. wikidata.org.
  27. [31] . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] . wikidata.org.
  29. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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