railway junction

place at which two or more rail routes converge or diverge
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railway junction

Summary

railway junction ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (88 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • railway junction's image is recorded as Stazione di Bornato Calino bivio paderno rovato 2008.jpg[2].
  • railway junction's subclass of is recorded as operation point[3].
  • railway junction's subclass of is recorded as junction[4].
  • railway junction's subclass of is recorded as entry point[5].
  • railway junction's part of is recorded as railway[6].
  • railway junction's part of is recorded as railway line[7].
  • railway junction's Commons category is recorded as Rail junctions[8].
  • railway junction's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Rail junctions[9].
  • railway junction's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as railway=junction[10].
  • railway junction's different from is recorded as railway node[11].
  • railway junction's GeoNames feature code is recorded as R.RJCT[12].
  • railway junction's has part is recorded as railroad switch[13].
  • railway junction's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/12135zl0[14].
  • railway junction's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/1230_5td[15].
  • railway junction's Interlingual Index ID is recorded as i57933[16].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for railway junction include Empalme Olmos[17], a human settlement[18], in Uruguay[19].

Why It Matters

railway junction ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (88 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Entities named for it include Empalme Olmos[17], a human settlement[18], in Uruguay[19].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [17] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). railway junction. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/railway-junction
MLA “railway junction.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/railway-junction.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_railway-junction_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{railway junction}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/railway-junction}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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