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Markinch railway station

railway station in Markinch, Fife, Scotland, UK
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Markinch railway station

Summary

Markinch railway station is a railway station[1]. It ranks in the top 0.96% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (38 views/month, #179 of 18,574).[2]

Key Facts

  • Markinch railway station is located in Fife[3].
  • Markinch railway station is located in Markinch[4].
  • Markinch railway station is in the country of United Kingdom[5].
  • Markinch railway station's instance of is recorded as railway station[6].
  • Markinch railway station's connecting line is recorded as Edinburgh to Aberdeen Line[7].
  • Markinch railway station is operated by ScotRail Trains (2022-)[8].
  • Markinch railway station is operated by Edinburgh and Northern Railway[9].
  • Markinch is named after Markinch railway station[10].
  • Markinch railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Ladybank railway station[11].
  • Markinch railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Kirkcaldy railway station[12].
  • Markinch railway station took place at Markinch[13].
  • Markinch railway station's Commons category is recorded as Markinch railway station[14].
  • Markinch railway station's OS grid reference is recorded as NO299015[15].
  • Markinch railway station's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 56.201, 'longitude': -3.13082, 'precision': 1e-06}[16].
  • Markinch railway station's located on linear feature is recorded as East Coast (Northern) Line (Edinburgh to Aberdeen), Edinburgh to Camperdown Junction[17].
  • Markinch railway station's number of platform tracks is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+2'}[18].
  • Markinch railway station's heritage designation is recorded as category B listed building[19].
  • Markinch railway station's official name is recorded as Marc-Innis[20].
  • Markinch railway station's official name is recorded as Markinch[21].
  • Markinch railway station's date of official opening is recorded as 1847[22].
  • Markinch railway station's state of use is recorded as in use[23].
  • Markinch railway station's associated electoral district is recorded as Glenrothes and Mid Fife[24].
  • Markinch railway station's historic county is recorded as Fife[25].

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Geography

Markinch railway station is in the country of United Kingdom[5]. Located in include Fife[3], a council area[26], in United Kingdom[27] and Markinch[4], a civil parish[28], in United Kingdom[29].

Designation and Status

Markinch railway station's instance of is recorded as railway station[6]. Its heritage designation is recorded as category B listed building[19].

History and Context

Markinch is named after Markinch railway station[10].

Why It Matters

Markinch railway station ranks in the top 0.96% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (38 views/month, #179 of 18,574).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Canmore. canmore.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. portal.historicenvironment.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. 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] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Railway Codes and Other Data: A (Hopefully) Comprehensive Listing. railwaycodes.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . dataportal.orr.gov.uk. dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 22d ago · Yirba · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Date of official opening → +1847-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Instance of → railway station
    State of use → in use
    Official name → Marc-Innis, Markinch
    + 29 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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