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Midland Railway

British pre-grouping railway company (1844–1922)
Organization railway_company Q1932006
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Midland Railway

Summary

Midland Railway is a railway company[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of railway_company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (217 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Midland Railway is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • Midland Railway's image is recorded as Midland crest.jpg[4].
  • Midland Railway's instance of is recorded as railway company[5].
  • Midland Railway's coat of arms image is recorded as Midland arms.jpg[6].
  • Midland Railway's logo image is recorded as Midland Railway.svg[7].
  • Midland Railway's headquarters location is recorded as Derby[8].
  • Midland Railway's Commons category is recorded as Midland Railway[9].
  • +1844-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Midland Railway[10].
  • Midland Railway was dissolved in +1922-00-00T00:00:00Z[11].
  • Midland Railway's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/019slf[12].
  • Midland Railway's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Midland Railway[13].
  • Midland Railway's described by source is recorded as Signalling Record Society line data[14].
  • Midland Railway's replaces is recorded as Midland Counties Railway[15].
  • Midland Railway's replaces is recorded as North Midland Railway[16].
  • Midland Railway's replaces is recorded as Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway[17].
  • Midland Railway's replaces is recorded as North Western Railway[18].
  • Midland Railway's replaces is recorded as London, Tilbury and Southend Railway[19].
  • Midland Railway's replaces is recorded as Birmingham and Bristol Railway[20].
  • Midland Railway's replaces is recorded as Birmingham and Gloucester Railway[21].
  • Midland Railway's replaces is recorded as Bristol and Gloucester Railway[22].
  • Midland Railway's replaces is recorded as Hereford, Hay and Brecon Railway[23].
  • Midland Railway's replaces is recorded as Leeds and Bradford Railway[24].
  • Midland Railway's replaces is recorded as Leicester and Swannington Railway[25].
  • Midland Railway's replaces is recorded as Sheffield and Rotherham Railway[26].
  • Midland Railway's replaces is recorded as Swansea Vale Railway[27].

Body

Founding

+1844-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Midland Railway[10].

Identity

Midland Railway's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'MR'}[28].

Operations

Midland Railway's headquarters location is recorded as Derby[8].

Dissolution

Midland Railway was dissolved in +1922-00-00T00:00:00Z[11].

Why It Matters

Midland Railway ranks in the top 6% of railway_company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (217 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  10. [12] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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