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rail yard

Summary

rail yard ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (376 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • rail yard is a type of operation point[2].
  • rail yard is a type of railway facility[3].
  • rail yard is a type of train maintenance depot[4].
  • rail yard is part of train maintenance depot[5].
  • rail yard is used for maintenance[6].
  • rail yard's Commons category is recorded as Rail yards[7].
  • rail yard's topic's main category is recorded as Q13345696[8].
  • rail yard's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as railway=yard[9].
  • rail yard's main Wikidata property is recorded as P834[10].
  • rail yard's different from is recorded as metro vehicle maintenance depot[11].
  • rail yard's different from is recorded as rail yard (non-maintenance)[12].
  • rail yard's has list is recorded as list of rail yards[13].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include operation point[2], railway facility[3], and train maintenance depot[4].

Use and Application

rail yard is used for maintenance[6]. It is part of train maintenance depot[5].

Why It Matters

rail yard ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (376 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → train maintenance depot
    Subclass of → operation point, railway facility, train maintenance depot
    Part of → —
    Has list → list of rail yards
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 16082, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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