Metropolitan Railway

Summary

Metropolitan Railway is a railway company^[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of railway_company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (314 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Metropolitan Railway is in the country of United Kingdom^[3].
• Metropolitan Railway's image is recorded as Metropolitan Underground Railway stations.jpg^[4].
• Metropolitan Railway's coat of arms image is recorded as Metropolitan Line Heraldry white bg.JPG^[5].
• Metropolitan Railway's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 133769241^[6].
• Metropolitan Railway's GND ID is recorded as 1086777603^[7].
• Metropolitan Railway's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n85381809^[8].
• Metropolitan Railway's Commons category is recorded as Metropolitan Railway^[9].
• Metropolitan Railway's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/034dkd^[10].
• Metropolitan Railway's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Metropolitan Railway^[11].
• Metropolitan Railway's Commons gallery is recorded as Metropolitan Railway^[12].
• Metropolitan Railway's described by source is recorded as Signalling Record Society line data^[13].
• Metropolitan Railway's replaced by is recorded as London Passenger Transport Board^[14].
• Metropolitan Railway's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Metropolitan-Railway^[15].
• Metropolitan Railway's Open Plaques subject ID is recorded as 7645^[16].
• Metropolitan Railway's date of official opening is recorded as +1863-01-10T00:00:00Z^[17].
• Metropolitan Railway's British Museum person or institution ID is recorded as 95083^[18].
• Metropolitan Railway's National Library of Wales Authority ID is recorded as metropolitan-railway^[19].
• Metropolitan Railway's Grace's Guide ID is recorded as Metropolitan_Railway^[20].
• Metropolitan Railway's Grace's Guide ID is recorded as North_Metropolitan_Railway^[21].
• Metropolitan Railway's route diagram template is recorded as Template:Metropolitan Extension RDT^[22].
• Metropolitan Railway's date of official closure is recorded as +1933-07-01T00:00:00Z^[23].
• Metropolitan Railway's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Metropolitan_Railway^[24].
• Metropolitan Railway's Science Museum people ID is recorded as cp91960^[25].
• Metropolitan Railway's Science Museum people ID is recorded as cp26438^[26].
• Metropolitan Railway's RailScot line or company ID is recorded as M/Metropolitan_Railway/^[27].

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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Metropolitan Railway include Metropolitan line^[28], a rapid transit line^[29], in United Kingdom^[30].

Why It Matters

Metropolitan Railway ranks in the top 3% of railway_company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (314 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]

Entities named for it include Metropolitan line^[28], a rapid transit line^[29], in United Kingdom^[30].