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sleeping car

railway passenger wagon with private sleeping berths
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sleeping car

Summary

sleeping car has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]

Key Facts

  • sleeping car is credited with the discovery of Theodore Tuttle Woodruff[2].
  • sleeping car is a type of passenger railroad car[3].
  • sleeping car is a type of sleeping place[4].
  • sleeping car is part of night train[5].
  • sleeping car's Commons category is recorded as Sleeping cars[6].
  • sleeping car comprises Roomette[7].
  • sleeping car's different from is recorded as couchette car[8].
  • sleeping car's significant person is recorded as George Pullman[9].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include passenger railroad car[3] and sleeping place[4].

Use and Application

sleeping car comprises Roomette[7]. It is part of night train[5].

Why It Matters

sleeping car has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 25d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0306909-luzkove-vozy
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0306909-luzkove-vozy, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
  2. 6w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → —
    Has parts → —
    Subclass of → passenger railroad car, sleeping place
    Part of → night train
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 25512, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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