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Rainford railway station

railway station in Rainford, St. Helens, Merseyside, England, UK
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Rainford railway station

Summary

Rainford railway station is a railway station[1]. It ranks in the top 0.97% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25 views/month, #180 of 18,574).[2]

Key Facts

  • Rainford railway station is located in Rainford[3].
  • Rainford railway station is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Rainford railway station's instance of is recorded as railway station[5].
  • Rainford railway station's connecting line is recorded as Kirkby branch line[6].
  • Rainford railway station is owned by Network Rail[7].
  • Rainford railway station is operated by Northern Trains[8].
  • Rainford is named after Rainford railway station[9].
  • Rainford railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Headbolt Lane railway station[10].
  • Rainford railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Upholland railway station[11].
  • Rainford railway station's Commons category is recorded as Rainford railway station[12].
  • Rainford railway station's OS grid reference is recorded as SD478025[13].
  • Rainford railway station's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 53.517, 'longitude': -2.789, 'precision': 0.00027777777777778}[14].
  • Rainford railway station's located on linear feature is recorded as Wigan and Kirkby Line, Pemberton Junction to Kirkby[15].
  • Rainford railway station's number of platform tracks is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+2'}[16].
  • Rainford railway station's date of official opening is recorded as 1858[17].
  • Rainford railway station's state of use is recorded as in use[18].
  • Rainford railway station's historic county is recorded as Lancashire[19].

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Geography

Rainford railway station is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. It is located in Rainford[3].

Designation and Status

Rainford railway station's instance of is recorded as railway station[5].

History and Context

Rainford railway station is owned by Network Rail[7]. Rainford is named after it[9].

Why It Matters

Rainford railway station ranks in the top 0.97% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25 views/month, #180 of 18,574).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Railway Codes and Other Data: A (Hopefully) Comprehensive Listing. railwaycodes.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . dataportal.orr.gov.uk. dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · Yirba · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Date of official opening → +1858-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Instance of → railway station
    State of use → in use
    Adjacent station → Headbolt Lane railway station, Upholland railway station
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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