Pontefract Tanshelf railway station

railway station in West Yorkshire, England, UK
Place railway_station Q3043294
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Pontefract Tanshelf railway station

Summary

Pontefract Tanshelf railway station is a railway station[1]. It ranks in the top 0.93% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19 views/month, #173 of 18,574).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pontefract Tanshelf railway station is located in Wakefield[3].
  • Pontefract Tanshelf railway station is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Pontefract Tanshelf railway station's image is recorded as Pontefract Tanshelf stn.jpg[5].
  • Pontefract Tanshelf railway station's instance of is recorded as railway station[6].
  • Pontefract Tanshelf railway station's owned by is recorded as Northern Rail[7].
  • Pontefract Tanshelf railway station's operator is recorded as Northern Trains[8].
  • Pontefract Tanshelf railway station's Commons category is recorded as Pontefract Tanshelf railway station[9].
  • +1992-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Pontefract Tanshelf railway station[10].
  • Pontefract Tanshelf railway station's OS grid reference is recorded as SE450221[11].
  • Pontefract Tanshelf railway station's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 53.694, 'lon': -1.319}[12].
  • Pontefract Tanshelf railway station's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/081zlz[13].
  • Pontefract Tanshelf railway station's located on linear feature is recorded as Wakefield and Goole Line, Wakefield to Engine Shed Junction[14].
  • Pontefract Tanshelf railway station's number of platform tracks is recorded as {'amount': '+2'}[15].
  • Pontefract Tanshelf railway station's GeoNames ID is recorded as 6953358[16].
  • Pontefract Tanshelf railway station's date of official opening is recorded as +1992-00-00T00:00:00Z[17].
  • Pontefract Tanshelf railway station's date of official opening is recorded as +1871-00-00T00:00:00Z[18].
  • Pontefract Tanshelf railway station's TOID is recorded as 4000000073318681[19].
  • Pontefract Tanshelf railway station's UK railway station code is recorded as POT[20].
  • Pontefract Tanshelf railway station's state of use is recorded as in use[21].
  • Pontefract Tanshelf railway station's historic county is recorded as Yorkshire[22].
  • Pontefract Tanshelf railway station's RailScot location ID is recorded as P/Pontefract_Tanshelf[23].
  • Pontefract Tanshelf railway station's TIPLOC code is recorded as PTFTTSF[24].

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Geography

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

Designation and Status

Pontefract Tanshelf railway station's instance of is recorded as railway station[6].

History and Context

+1992-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Pontefract Tanshelf railway station[10]. Its owned by is recorded as Northern Rail[7].

Why It Matters

Pontefract Tanshelf railway station ranks in the top 0.93% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19 views/month, #173 of 18,574).[2] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Railway Codes and Other Data: A (Hopefully) Comprehensive Listing. railwaycodes.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . dataportal.orr.gov.uk. dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Railway Codes and Other Data: A (Hopefully) Comprehensive Listing. railwaycodes.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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