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railroad police

Summary

railroad police ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (744 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • railroad police is a type of police[2].
  • railroad police is a type of specialist law enforcement agency[3].
  • railroad police is a type of transit police[4].
  • railroad police's Commons category is recorded as Public transport security[5].
  • railroad police's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Railroad police departments of the United States[6].
  • railroad police's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as railway system[7].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include police[2], specialist law enforcement agency[3], and transit police[4].

Why It Matters

railroad police ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (744 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Applies to jurisdiction → railway system
    Subclass of → —
    Subclass of → police, specialist law enforcement agency, transit police
    Topic's main category → Category:Railroad police departments of the United States
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007560725205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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