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railway platform

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railway platform

Summary

railway platform ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,706 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • railway platform is a type of rail infrastructure[2].
  • railway platform is a type of operation point[3].
  • railway platform is a type of platform[4].
  • railway platform is a type of Q141503865[5].
  • railway platform is part of railway stop[6].
  • railway platform is part of railway station[7].
  • railway platform's Commons category is recorded as Train station platforms[8].
  • railway platform's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Railway platforms[9].
  • railway platform's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as railway=platform[10].
  • railway platform's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[11].
  • railway platform's main Wikidata property is recorded as P5595[12].
  • railway platform's different from is recorded as platform[13].
  • railway platform's activity policy in this place is recorded as smoking ban[14].
  • railway platform's P14692 is recorded as 136 BC[15].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include rail infrastructure[2], operation point[3], platform[4], and Q141503865[5].

Use and Application

Part of include railway stop[6], a type of station[16] and railway station[7], a type of station[17].

Why It Matters

railway platform ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,706 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 64 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_railway-platform_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{railway platform}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/railway-platform}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-03}}
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Edit History

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. 14d ago · Hirho · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → rail infrastructure, operation point, platform +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q141503865]]"
  2. 6w ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → railway stop, railway station
    Subclass of → —
    Different from → platform
    Part of → —
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48943|batch #48943]]: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM tags"
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