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Showgrounds

railway station in Flemington, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Place railway_station Q7503253
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Showgrounds

Summary

Showgrounds is a railway station[1]. Showgrounds ranks in the top 0.93% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (35 views/month, #173 of 18,574).[2]

Key Facts

  • Showgrounds is located in Flemington[3].
  • Showgrounds is in the country of Australia[4].
  • Showgrounds's transport network is recorded as Melbourne rail network[5].
  • Showgrounds's instance of is recorded as railway station[6].
  • Showgrounds's instance of is recorded as station located on surface[7].
  • Showgrounds's connecting line is recorded as Flemington Racecourse railway line[8].
  • Showgrounds is owned by VicTrack[9].
  • Showgrounds is operated by Metro Trains Melbourne[10].
  • Melbourne Showgrounds is named after Showgrounds[11].
  • Showgrounds's adjacent station is recorded as Newmarket[12].
  • Showgrounds's adjacent station is recorded as Flemington Racecourse[13].
  • Showgrounds's adjacent station is recorded as North Melbourne[14].
  • Showgrounds's station code is recorded as SGS[15].
  • Showgrounds's Commons category is recorded as Showgrounds railway station, Melbourne[16].
  • Showgrounds's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+10:00[17].
  • Showgrounds's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': -37.7834, 'longitude': 144.9149, 'precision': 0.0001}[18].
  • Showgrounds's official website is recorded as http://ptv.vic.gov.au/stop/view/20028[19].
  • Showgrounds's place served by transport hub is recorded as Flemington[20].
  • Showgrounds's place served by transport hub is recorded as Ascot Vale[21].
  • Showgrounds's connecting service is recorded as Flemington Racecourse[22].
  • Showgrounds's date of official opening is recorded as November 7, 1883[23].
  • Showgrounds's fare zone is recorded as zone 1[24].
  • Showgrounds's state of use is recorded as in partial operation[25].

Body

Geography

Showgrounds is in the country of Australia[4]. Showgrounds is located in Flemington[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include railway station[6] and station located on surface[7].

History and Context

Showgrounds is owned by VicTrack[9]. Melbourne Showgrounds is named after Showgrounds[11].

Why It Matters

Showgrounds ranks in the top 0.93% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (35 views/month, #173 of 18,574).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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  1. 14d ago · Brookschofield · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Freebase id → /m/034k76
    Imported from → —
    Place served by transport hub → Flemington, Ascot Vale
    State of use → in partial operation
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ [[Property:P856]]: http://ptv.vic.gov.au/stop/view/20028, Add Australian English to official website ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/4e2cc155aab|details]])"
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