North Shields

metro station in Tyne & Wear, England, UK
Place railway_station Q7056635
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North Shields

Summary

North Shields is a railway station[1]. It ranks in the top 0.97% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (26 views/month, #181 of 18,574).[2]

Key Facts

  • North Shields is located in North Tyneside[3].
  • North Shields is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • North Shields's transport network is recorded as Tyne and Wear Metro[5].
  • North Shields's instance of is recorded as Tyne and Wear Metro station[6].
  • North Shields's instance of is recorded as through station[7].
  • North Shields's instance of is recorded as station located in a cut[8].
  • North Shields's connecting line is recorded as Yellow line[9].
  • North Shields is named after North Shields[10].
  • North Shields's adjacent station is recorded as Meadow Well[11].
  • North Shields's adjacent station is recorded as Tynemouth station[12].
  • North Shields's station code is recorded as NSH[13].
  • North Shields's Commons category is recorded as North Shields Metro station[14].
  • North Shields's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 55.0085, 'longitude': -1.4483, 'precision': 0.015664968145069}[15].
  • North Shields's date of official opening is recorded as June 18, 1839[16].
  • North Shields's date of official opening is recorded as November 14, 1982[17].
  • North Shields's fare zone is recorded as Metro fare zone C[18].
  • North Shields's fare zone is recorded as Network One zone 3[19].
  • North Shields's fare zone is recorded as Transfare Grey Zone[20].
  • North Shields's state of use is recorded as in use[21].
  • North Shields's historic county is recorded as Northumberland[22].

Body

Geography

North Shields is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. It is located in North Tyneside[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include Tyne and Wear Metro station[6], through station[7], and station located in a cut[8].

History and Context

North Shields is named after it[10].

Why It Matters

North Shields ranks in the top 0.97% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (26 views/month, #181 of 18,574).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . nexus.org.uk. nexus.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . nexus.org.uk. nexus.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Yirba · 2026-06-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Coordinate location {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': N
    Connecting line Yellow line
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