Sanquhar railway station

railway station in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK (1850-1965 & 1994-)
Place railway_station Q736849
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Sanquhar railway station

Summary

Sanquhar railway station is a railway station[1]. It ranks in the top 0.96% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (44 views/month, #178 of 18,574).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sanquhar railway station is located in Dumfries and Galloway[3].
  • Sanquhar railway station is located in Sanquhar[4].
  • Sanquhar railway station is in the country of United Kingdom[5].
  • Sanquhar railway station's instance of is recorded as railway station[6].
  • Sanquhar railway station is owned by Network Rail[7].
  • Sanquhar railway station is operated by ScotRail Trains (2022-)[8].
  • Sanquhar railway station is operated by Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway[9].
  • Sanquhar is named after Sanquhar railway station[10].
  • Sanquhar railway station took place at Sanquhar[11].
  • Sanquhar railway station's Commons category is recorded as Sanquhar railway station[12].
  • October 28, 1850 marks the founding of Sanquhar railway station[13].
  • June 27, 1994 marks the founding of Sanquhar railway station[14].
  • Sanquhar railway station's OS grid reference is recorded as NS780102[15].
  • Sanquhar railway station's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 55.370525, 'longitude': -3.924584, 'precision': 1e-06}[16].
  • Sanquhar railway station's located on linear feature is recorded as Glasgow and South Western Line[17].
  • Sanquhar railway station's heritage designation is recorded as category C listed building[18].
  • Sanquhar railway station's date of official opening is recorded as 1850[19].
  • Sanquhar railway station's date of official opening is recorded as 1994[20].
  • Sanquhar railway station's state of use is recorded as in use[21].
  • Sanquhar railway station's associated electoral district is recorded as Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale[22].
  • Sanquhar railway station's historic county is recorded as Dumfriesshire[23].

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Geography

Sanquhar railway station is in the country of United Kingdom[5]. Located in include Dumfries and Galloway[3], a council area[24], in United Kingdom[25], founded in 1975[26] and Sanquhar[4], a civil parish[27], in United Kingdom[28].

Designation and Status

Sanquhar railway station's instance of is recorded as railway station[6]. Its heritage designation is recorded as category C listed building[18].

History and Context

Recorded inception include October 28, 1850[13] and June 27, 1994[14]. Sanquhar railway station is owned by Network Rail[7]. Sanquhar is named after it[10].

Why It Matters

Sanquhar railway station ranks in the top 0.96% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (44 views/month, #178 of 18,574).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . portal.historicenvironment.scot. portal.historicenvironment.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . Historic Environment Scotland ID. 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] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . portal.historicenvironment.scot. portal.historicenvironment.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Railway Codes and Other Data: A (Hopefully) Comprehensive Listing. railwaycodes.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . portal.historicenvironment.scot. portal.historicenvironment.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 26d ago · Yirba · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Date of official opening +1850-00-00T00:00:00Z, +1994-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Inception +1850-10-28T00:00:00Z, +1994-06-27T00:00:00Z
    Instance of railway station
    State of use in use, decommissioned, in use
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