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Macclesfield railway station

railway station in Macclesfield, UK
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Macclesfield railway station

Summary

Macclesfield railway station is a railway station[1]. It ranks in the top 0.96% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (92 views/month, #178 of 18,574).[2]

Key Facts

  • Macclesfield railway station is located in Macclesfield[3].
  • Macclesfield railway station is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Macclesfield railway station's instance of is recorded as railway station[5].
  • Macclesfield railway station is operated by Virgin Trains[6].
  • Macclesfield is named after Macclesfield railway station[7].
  • Macclesfield railway station's architectural style is recorded as brutalist architecture[8].
  • Macclesfield railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Congleton railway station[9].
  • Macclesfield railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Prestbury railway station[10].
  • Macclesfield railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Stoke-on-Trent railway station[11].
  • Macclesfield railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Stockport railway station[12].
  • Macclesfield railway station's Commons category is recorded as Macclesfield railway station[13].
  • Macclesfield railway station's OS grid reference is recorded as SJ919735[14].
  • Macclesfield railway station's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 53.2595, 'longitude': -2.1217, 'precision': 0.00027777777777778}[15].
  • Macclesfield railway station's located on linear feature is recorded as Colwich Junction to Macclesfield Line, Macclesfield to Harecastle[16].
  • Macclesfield railway station's date of official opening is recorded as July 1, 1873[17].
  • Macclesfield railway station's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Architourist Guide[18].
  • Macclesfield railway station's state of use is recorded as in use[19].
  • Macclesfield railway station's historic county is recorded as Cheshire[20].

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Geography

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

Designation and Status

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

History and Context

Macclesfield is named after Macclesfield railway station[7].

Why It Matters

Macclesfield railway station ranks in the top 0.96% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (92 views/month, #178 of 18,574).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Railway Codes and Other Data: A (Hopefully) Comprehensive Listing. railwaycodes.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . dataportal.orr.gov.uk. dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14d ago · Voldesade · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Historic england research records id → 497474
    Uk parliament thesaurus id → 582334
    Imported from → —
    Date of official opening → +1873-07-01T00:00:00Z
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P18]]: Macclesfield Railway Station - geograph.org.uk - 8315292.jpg"
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