Rawtenstall railway station

Northern teminus of the East Lancashire heritage railway in England
Place railway_station Q15272020
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Summary

Rawtenstall railway station is a railway station[1]. It ranks in the top 0.95% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (63 views/month, #177 of 18,574).[2]

Key Facts

  • Rawtenstall railway station is located in Lancashire[3].
  • Rawtenstall railway station is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Rawtenstall railway station's instance of is recorded as railway station[5].
  • Rawtenstall is named after Rawtenstall railway station[6].
  • Rawtenstall railway station's Commons category is recorded as Rawtenstall railway station[7].
  • 1991 marks the founding of Rawtenstall railway station[8].
  • Rawtenstall railway station's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 53.69883, 'longitude': -2.29228, 'precision': 2.77777777778e-06}[9].
  • Rawtenstall railway station's located on linear feature is recorded as Bacup Branch[10].
  • Rawtenstall railway station's date of official opening is recorded as 1846[11].
  • Rawtenstall railway station's state of use is recorded as decommissioned[12].
  • Rawtenstall railway station's historic county is recorded as Lancashire[13].

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Geography

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

Designation and Status

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

History and Context

1991 marks the founding of Rawtenstall railway station[8]. Rawtenstall is named after it[6].

Why It Matters

Rawtenstall railway station ranks in the top 0.95% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (63 views/month, #177 of 18,574).[2] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Engineer's Line References (ELRs): A (Hopefully) Comprehensive Listing. railwaycodes.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19w ago · Peter James · 2026-06-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Location → Q2201943
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Lancashire
    Historic england research records id → 498883
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Located in the administrative territorial entity: Rossendale"
  2. 20w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14452 → 940GZZELRAW
    Located on linear feature → Bacup Branch
    Commons category → Rawtenstall railway station
    Coordinate location → {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': N
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/34580|batch #34580]]: NaPTAN stop area codes (subject named as)"
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