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type of railway track
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siding

Summary

siding ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (327 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • siding is a type of railway track[2].
  • siding's Commons category is recorded as Sidings (rail transport)[3].
  • siding's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Railway sidings[4].
  • siding's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as service=siding[5].

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Definition and Type

siding is a type of railway track[2].

Why It Matters

siding ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (327 views/month).[1] siding has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6] siding is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[7]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). siding. Retrieved April 11, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/siding-q10667400
MLA “siding.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 11 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/siding-q10667400.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_siding-q10667400_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{siding}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/siding-q10667400}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-11}}
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  1. 27d ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 → Q4865
    Subclass of → —
    Subclass of → railway track
    Topic's main category → Category:Railway sidings
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48943|batch #48943]]: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM tags"
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