Ruhr Valley Railway

railway line running from Düsseldorf-Rath to Warburg
Place railway_line Q1542627
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Ruhr Valley Railway

Summary

Ruhr Valley Railway is a railway line[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of railway_line entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ruhr Valley Railway is located in Düsseldorf[3].
  • Ruhr Valley Railway is located in Essen[4].
  • Ruhr Valley Railway is located in Bochum[5].
  • Ruhr Valley Railway is located in Hattingen[6].
  • Ruhr Valley Railway is in the country of Germany[7].
  • Ruhr Valley Railway's route map is recorded as DB 2400 railway map.png[8].
  • Ruhr Valley Railway's instance of is recorded as railway line[9].
  • Ruhr Valley Railway's founder is recorded as Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company[10].
  • Ruhr Valley Railway's owned by is recorded as Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company[11].
  • Ruhr Valley Railway's followed by is recorded as RuhrtalRadweg[12].
  • Ruhr Valley Railway's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 240560611[13].
  • Ruhr Valley Railway's GND ID is recorded as 4774987-8[14].
  • Ruhr Valley Railway's part of is recorded as Q2169423[15].
  • Ruhr Valley Railway's part of is recorded as Q2169433[16].
  • Ruhr Valley Railway's Commons category is recorded as Ruhrtalbahn[17].
  • +1870-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Ruhr Valley Railway[18].
  • Ruhr Valley Railway's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.40106, 'lon': 7.16938}[19].
  • Ruhr Valley Railway's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0ds141m[20].
  • Ruhr Valley Railway's type of electrification is recorded as 15 kV, 16.7 Hz AC railway electrification[21].
  • Ruhr Valley Railway's track gauge is recorded as standard-gauge railway[22].
  • Ruhr Valley Railway's date of official opening is recorded as +1874-01-01T00:00:00Z[23].
  • Ruhr Valley Railway's route number is recorded as 2400[24].
  • Ruhr Valley Railway's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+80'}[25].
  • Ruhr Valley Railway's speed limit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q180154', 'amount': '+120'}[26].

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Geography

Ruhr Valley Railway is in the country of Germany[7]. Located in include Düsseldorf[3], an urban municipality in Germany[27], in Germany[28]; Essen[4], a college town[29], in Germany[30], headquartered in Essen City Hall[31]; Bochum[5], a major regional center[32], in Germany[33]; and Hattingen[6], a Hanseatic city[34], in Germany[35]. Part of include Q2169423[15] and Q2169433[16].

Physical Characteristics

Ruhr Valley Railway's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+80'}[25].

Designation and Status

Ruhr Valley Railway's instance of is recorded as railway line[9].

History and Context

+1870-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Ruhr Valley Railway[18]. Its owned by is recorded as Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company[11].

Why It Matters

Ruhr Valley Railway ranks in the top 5% of railway_line entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10 views/month).[2] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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