railway line
constructional unit in rail transport, the route or way of rail tracks between defined locations
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Summary
railway line ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,927 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: thoroughfare[2], rail infrastructure[3], rail network[4]
- Part of: railway network[5], railway[6]
- Has use: rail transport[7]
- Commons category: Railway lines[8]
- Has part(s): railway track[9], railway bridge[10]
- Topic's main category: Category:Railway lines[11]
- OpenStreetMap tag: route=tracks[12]
- Described by source: Meyer’s Universum, Dreizehnter Band[13]
- Topic has template: Template:Infobox rail line[14], Q25774844[15]
- Has characteristic: rail direction[16], right- and left-hand train traffic[17]
- Main Wikidata property: P81[18]
- Equivalent class: http://dbpedia.org/ontology/RailwayLine[19]
- Different from: transport service itinerary[20], train service[21], Q25516835[22], tram line[23], railway track[24], rapid transit line[25]
- Properties for this type: P127[26], P131[27], P17[28], P137[29], P1064[30], P1619[31], P3019[32], P465[33], P5817[34], P930[35]
- Has list: list of railway lines in Latvia[36]
- Name: railroad line[37], railway line[38], железнодорожная линия[39], raudteeliin[40], Eisenbahnstrecke[41]
- Category for the view from the item: Q141773838[42]
- P14692: Ramesses VI[43]
Why It Matters
railway line has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] It is known by 66 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]