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Palestine Railways

government-owned railway company which ran all public railways in the League of Nations mandate territory of Palestine from 1920 until 1948
Organization railway_company Q2047733
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Palestine Railways

Summary

Palestine Railways is a railway company[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of railway_company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (68 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Palestine Railways is located in Mandatory Palestine[3].
  • Palestine Railways is in the country of Mandatory Palestine[4].
  • Palestine Railways's image is recorded as AwmB00283.Samakh.jpg[5].
  • Palestine Railways's instance of is recorded as railway company[6].
  • Palestine Railways's headquarters location is recorded as Haifa East railway station[7].
  • Palestine Railways's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 149470975[8].
  • Palestine Railways's GND ID is recorded as 124959-9[9].
  • Palestine Railways's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2010151235[10].
  • Palestine Railways's Commons category is recorded as Palestine Railways[11].
  • +1920-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Palestine Railways[12].
  • Palestine Railways was dissolved in +1948-04-00T00:00:00Z[13].
  • Palestine Railways's start time is recorded as +1920-00-00T00:00:00Z[14].
  • Palestine Railways's end time is recorded as +1948-00-00T00:00:00Z[15].
  • Palestine Railways's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05_5z3x[16].
  • Palestine Railways's National Library of Israel ID is recorded as 000102853[17].
  • Palestine Railways's track gauge is recorded as 1050 mm track gauge[18].
  • Palestine Railways's track gauge is recorded as standard-gauge railway[19].
  • Palestine Railways's replaces is recorded as British military railways in Palestine[20].
  • Palestine Railways's date of official closure is recorded as +1948-00-00T00:00:00Z[21].
  • Palestine Railways's Science Museum people ID is recorded as cp114049[22].
  • Palestine Railways's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007266091505171[23].

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Founding

+1920-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Palestine Railways[12].

Operations

Palestine Railways's headquarters location is recorded as Haifa East railway station[7].

Dissolution

Palestine Railways was dissolved in +1948-04-00T00:00:00Z[13].

Why It Matters

Palestine Railways ranks in the top 10% of railway_company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (68 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  14. [16] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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