Simplon railway

Summary

Simplon railway is a railway line^[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of railway_line entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Simplon railway is located in Canton of Vaud^[3].
• Simplon railway is located in Canton of Valais^[4].
• Simplon railway is in the country of Switzerland^[5].
• Simplon railway's image is recorded as Simplon tunnel D.jpg^[6].
• Simplon railway's image is recorded as Simplon railway tunnel entrance switzerland.jpg^[7].
• Simplon railway's image is recorded as Simplon railway advertisement -1900.jpg^[8].
• Simplon railway's image is recorded as Simplon rail schedule 1906.jpg^[9].
• Simplon railway's image is recorded as SBB Historic A 3-5 705.jpg^[10].
• Simplon railway's image is recorded as Simplon tunnel F.jpg^[11].
• Simplon railway's instance of is recorded as railway line^[12].
• Simplon railway's owned by is recorded as Swiss Federal Railways^[13].
• Simplon railway's operator is recorded as Swiss Federal Railways^[14].
• Simplon Pass is named after Simplon railway^[15].
• Simplon railway's Commons category is recorded as Lausanne-Domodossola railway^[16].
• Simplon railway's has part is recorded as Lausanne–Brig railway^[17].
• Simplon railway's has part is recorded as Brig–Domodossola railway^[18].
• Simplon railway's has part is recorded as Simplon Tunnel^[19].
• Simplon railway's terminus is recorded as Lausanne railway station^[20].
• Simplon railway's terminus is recorded as Domodossola railway station (RFI)^[21].
• Simplon railway's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0w5vt37^[22].
• Simplon railway's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lausanne-Domodossola railway^[23].
• Simplon railway's type of electrification is recorded as 15 kV, 16.7 Hz AC railway electrification^[24].
• Simplon railway's track gauge is recorded as standard-gauge railway^[25].
• Simplon railway's date of official opening is recorded as +1859-00-00T00:00:00Z^[26].
• Simplon railway's route number is recorded as 100^[27].

Body

Geography

Simplon railway is in the country of Switzerland^[5]. Located in include Canton of Vaud^[3], a canton of Switzerland^[28], in Switzerland^[29], founded in 1803^[30] and Canton of Valais^[4], a canton of Switzerland^[31], in Switzerland^[32], founded in 1815^[33].

Physical Characteristics

Simplon railway's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+232.5'}^[34].

Designation and Status

Simplon railway's instance of is recorded as railway line^[12].

History and Context

Simplon railway's owned by is recorded as Swiss Federal Railways^[13]. Simplon Pass is named after it^[15].

Why It Matters

Simplon railway ranks in the top 5% of railway_line entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]