railway station

Summary

railway station is a type of station^[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of type_of_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,212 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• railway station's instance of is recorded as type of station^[3].
• railway station's instance of is recorded as type of organization^[4].
• railway station is a type of rail transport station^[5].
• railway station is a type of operating control point^[6].
• railway station is a type of public transport stop^[7].
• railway station is a type of railway facility^[8].
• railway station is a type of station^[9].
• railway station is part of rail infrastructure^[10].
• railway station is part of railway^[11].
• railway station's Commons category is recorded as Train stations^[12].
• railway station's said to be the same as is recorded as train station^[13].
• railway station's Unicode character is recorded as 🚉^[14].
• railway station comprises railroad switch^[15].
• railway station comprises railway track^[16].
• railway station comprises cross-platform interchange^[17].
• railway station comprises railway platform^[18].
• railway station comprises Spanish solution^[19].
• railway station comprises station throat^[20].
• railway station comprises Q7284260^[21].
• railway station comprises split platform^[22].
• railway station comprises station building^[23].
• railway station comprises railway catering^[24].
• railway station's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Railway stations^[25].
• railway station's Commons gallery is recorded as Railway station^[26].
• railway station's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as railway=station^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include type of station^[3] and type of organization^[4]. Recorded subclass of include rail transport station^[5], operating control point^[6], public transport stop^[7], railway facility^[8], and station^[9].

Use and Application

Components include railroad switch^[15]; railway track^[16]; cross-platform interchange^[17], a spatial arrangement^[28]; railway platform^[18]; Spanish solution^[19], a spatial arrangement^[29]; and station throat^[20], a rolling stock^[30]. Part of include rail infrastructure^[10] and railway^[11], an ambiguous Wikidata item^[31].

Influence

Things named for railway station include Nádražní^[32], a former entity^[33], in Czech Republic^[34].

Why It Matters

railway station ranks in the top 6% of type_of_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,212 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] It is known by 82 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]

Entities named for it include Nádražní^[32], a former entity^[33], in Czech Republic^[34].