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Liverpool and Manchester Railway

railway opened on 15 September 1830 between the Lancashire towns of Liverpool and Manchester
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Liverpool and Manchester Railway
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Liverpool and Manchester Railway

Summary

Liverpool and Manchester Railway is a railway company[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of railway_company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (191 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Liverpool and Manchester Railway is located in Lancashire[3].
  • Liverpool and Manchester Railway is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Liverpool and Manchester Railway's image is recorded as Opening Liverpool and Manchester Railway.jpg[5].
  • Liverpool and Manchester Railway's instance of is recorded as railway company[6].
  • Liverpool and Manchester Railway's instance of is recorded as railway line[7].
  • Liverpool and Manchester Railway's headquarters location is recorded as Liverpool[8].
  • Liverpool and Manchester Railway's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 143035157[9].
  • Liverpool and Manchester Railway's GND ID is recorded as 1087434653[10].
  • Liverpool and Manchester Railway's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n50049490[11].
  • Liverpool and Manchester Railway's Commons category is recorded as Liverpool and Manchester Railway[12].
  • +1823-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Liverpool and Manchester Railway[13].
  • Liverpool and Manchester Railway's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/019kqj[14].
  • Liverpool and Manchester Railway's location of formation is recorded as Liverpool[15].
  • Liverpool and Manchester Railway's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Liverpool and Manchester Railway[16].
  • Liverpool and Manchester Railway's track gauge is recorded as standard-gauge railway[17].
  • Liverpool and Manchester Railway's replaces is recorded as Bolton and Leigh Railway[18].
  • Liverpool and Manchester Railway's replaced by is recorded as Grand Junction Railway[19].
  • Liverpool and Manchester Railway's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Liverpool-and-Manchester-Railway[20].
  • Liverpool and Manchester Railway's heritage designation is recorded as Historic Civil Engineering Landmark[21].
  • Liverpool and Manchester Railway's date of official opening is recorded as +1830-09-15T00:00:00Z[22].
  • Liverpool and Manchester Railway's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+50'}[23].
  • Liverpool and Manchester Railway's Grace's Guide ID is recorded as Liverpool_and_Manchester_Railway[24].
  • Liverpool and Manchester Railway's speed limit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q180154', 'amount': '+30'}[25].
  • Liverpool and Manchester Railway's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as chemin-de-fer-ligne-liverpool-manchester[26].
  • Liverpool and Manchester Railway's date of official closure is recorded as +1845-00-00T00:00:00Z[27].

Body

Founding

+1823-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Liverpool and Manchester Railway[13]. Its location of formation is recorded as Liverpool[15].

Operations

Liverpool and Manchester Railway's headquarters location is recorded as Liverpool[8].

Why It Matters

Liverpool and Manchester Railway ranks in the top 5% of railway_company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (191 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Liverpool United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  12. [14] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  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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