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The Hawthorns railway station

railway station in The Hawthorns, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, UK
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The Hawthorns railway station

Summary

The Hawthorns railway station is a railway station[1]. It ranks in the top 0.97% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (40 views/month, #181 of 18,574).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Hawthorns railway station is located in West Bromwich[3].
  • The Hawthorns railway station is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • The Hawthorns railway station's transport network is recorded as West Midlands Metro[5].
  • The Hawthorns railway station's instance of is recorded as railway station[6].
  • The Hawthorns railway station's instance of is recorded as West Midlands Metro tram stop[7].
  • The Hawthorns railway station's connecting line is recorded as Birmingham to Worcester via Kidderminster Line[8].
  • The Hawthorns railway station's connecting line is recorded as West Midlands Metro Line 1[9].
  • The Hawthorns railway station is owned by Network Rail[10].
  • The Hawthorns railway station is operated by West Midlands Trains[11].
  • The Hawthorns railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Jewellery Quarter railway station[12].
  • The Hawthorns railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Smethwick Galton Bridge railway station[13].
  • The Hawthorns railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Handsworth Booth Street tram stop[14].
  • The Hawthorns railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Kenrick Park tram stop[15].
  • The Hawthorns railway station's Commons category is recorded as The Hawthorns station[16].
  • 1999 marks the founding of The Hawthorns railway station[17].
  • The Hawthorns railway station's OS grid reference is recorded as SP025897[18].
  • The Hawthorns railway station's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 52.505, 'longitude': -1.964, 'precision': 0.00027777777777778}[19].
  • The Hawthorns railway station's located on linear feature is recorded as Didcot and Chester Line[20].
  • The Hawthorns railway station's official website is recorded as https://www.westmidlandsmetro.com/maps/stops/the-hawthorns/[21].
  • The Hawthorns railway station's date of official opening is recorded as 1999[22].
  • The Hawthorns railway station's state of use is recorded as in use[23].
  • The Hawthorns railway station's historic county is recorded as Staffordshire[24].

Body

Geography

The Hawthorns railway station is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. It is located in West Bromwich[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include railway station[6] and West Midlands Metro tram stop[7].

History and Context

1999 marks the founding of The Hawthorns railway station[17]. It is owned by Network Rail[10].

Why It Matters

The Hawthorns railway station ranks in the top 0.97% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (40 views/month, #181 of 18,574).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . westmidlandsmetro.com. Retrieved . westmidlandsmetro.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . westmidlandsmetro.com. Retrieved . westmidlandsmetro.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . westmidlandsmetro.com. Retrieved . westmidlandsmetro.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . westmidlandsmetro.com. Retrieved . westmidlandsmetro.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . westmidlandsmetro.com. Retrieved . westmidlandsmetro.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Railway Codes and Other Data: A (Hopefully) Comprehensive Listing. railwaycodes.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . westmidlandsmetro.com. Retrieved . westmidlandsmetro.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 28d ago · Yirba · 2026-06-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14452 → ['910GHNDSHWT', '940GZZWMHA']
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/34580|batch #34580]]: NaPTAN stop area codes (subject named as)"
  2. 4w ago · Yirba · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1999-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Instance of → railway station, West Midlands Metro tram stop
    State of use → in use
    Transport network → West Midlands Metro
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/33789|batch #33789]]: NaPTAN stop area codes (910)"
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