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motive power depot

building (having any form) where locomotives are housed, washed, serviced
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motive power depot

Summary

motive power depot ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,280 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • motive power depot is a type of vehicle depot[2].
  • motive power depot is a type of railway facility[3].
  • motive power depot is a type of railway building[4].
  • motive power depot is a type of maintenance facility[5].
  • motive power depot is used for preventive maintenance[6].
  • motive power depot is used for planned maintenance[7].
  • motive power depot's Commons category is recorded as Railway depots[8].
  • motive power depot's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Railway depots[9].
  • motive power depot's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as railway=depot[10].
  • motive power depot's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox railway depot[11].
  • motive power depot's main Wikidata property is recorded as P834[12].
  • motive power depot's different from is recorded as bus garage[13].
  • motive power depot's different from is recorded as engine house[14].
  • motive power depot's different from is recorded as tram depot[15].
  • motive power depot's different from is recorded as locomotive depot[16].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include vehicle depot[2], railway facility[3], railway building[4], and maintenance facility[5].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include preventive maintenance[6] and planned maintenance[7].

Why It Matters

motive power depot ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,280 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 60 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Different from → bus garage, engine house, tram depot +1
    P14692 → Q18118
    Topic has template → Template:Infobox railway depot
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48943|batch #48943]]: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM tags"
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