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Oswestry railway station

railway station in Oswestry, Shropshire, England, UK
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Oswestry railway station

Summary

Oswestry railway station is a railway station[1]. It ranks in the top 0.94% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (118 views/month, #174 of 18,574).[2]

Key Facts

  • Oswestry railway station is located in Oswestry[3].
  • Oswestry railway station is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Oswestry railway station's instance of is recorded as railway station[5].
  • Oswestry is named after Oswestry railway station[6].
  • Oswestry railway station's Commons category is recorded as Oswestry railway station[7].
  • Oswestry railway station's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 52.8629, 'longitude': -3.04669, 'precision': 0.0001}[8].
  • Oswestry railway station's located on linear feature is recorded as Gobowen and Nantmawr Quarry Branch, Whitchurch - Buttington Junction[9].
  • Oswestry railway station's date of official opening is recorded as 1860[10].
  • Oswestry railway station's historic county is recorded as Shropshire[11].

Body

Geography

Oswestry railway station is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. It is located in Oswestry[3].

Designation and Status

Oswestry railway station's instance of is recorded as railway station[5].

History and Context

Oswestry is named after Oswestry railway station[6].

Why It Matters

Oswestry railway station ranks in the top 0.94% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (118 views/month, #174 of 18,574).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Engineer's Line References (ELRs): A (Hopefully) Comprehensive Listing. railwaycodes.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . 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. 7w ago · Bouzinac · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Railscot location id → O/Oswestry
    Freebase id → /m/0j27y9s
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Oswestry
    Coordinate location → {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': N
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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