railway track
rail infrastructure
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Summary
railway track ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,209 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- Made from material: steel[2], prestressed concrete[3], girder[4]
- Subclass of: rail infrastructure[5], way[6]
- Part of: rail infrastructure[7], railway[8], permanent way[9], steel roller coaster[10], railway station[11], railway line[12]
- Has use: rail transport[13]
- Commons category: Rail tracks[14]
- Said to be the same as: rail track[15]
- Unicode character: 🛤[16]
- Topic's main category: Category:Rail tracks[17]
- OpenStreetMap tag: railway=rail[18]
- Described by source: Arkeologisen kulttuuriperinnön opas[19]
- Different from: college[20], railway line[21]
- Has part(s) of the class: rail[22], formation[23], railroad tie[24]
- Maintenance method: track maintenance[25]
- P14692: Colombian Championship 1992[26]
- P14864: raide[27]
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Influence
Things named for railway track include Amtrak[28], a railway company[29], in United States[30], founded in 1971[31], headquartered in Washington Union Station[32].
Why It Matters
railway track has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 93 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]
Entities named for it include Amtrak[28], a railway company[29], in United States[30], founded in 1971[31], headquartered in Washington Union Station[32].