train

form of rail transport consisting of a series of connected vehicles
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Summary

train is a mode of transport[1]. train ranks in the top 3% of mode of transport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,920 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: type of vehicle[3]
  • Subclass of: wheeled vehicle[4], rolling stock[5], rail and rope guided transport[6], land transport[7], group of physical objects[8], assembly[9], means of transport[10]
  • Part of: railway system[11], public transport network[12]
  • Has use: rail transport[13], rail and rope guided transport[14], freight transport[15], passenger transport[16], public transport[17], international freight transport[18]
  • Commons category: Trains[19]
  • Unicode character: πŸš†[20]
  • Has part(s): locomotive[21], bogie[22], wheelset[23], railway coupler[24], brake system[25], pantograph[26]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Trains[27]
  • Described by source: Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[28], EncyclopΓ¦dia Britannica 11th edition[29]
  • Topic has template: Template:Infobox train[30], Ε ablona:Infobox - vlakovΓ½ spoj[31]
  • Has characteristic: energy efficiency[32], friction[33], transport capacity[34], tool way[35], schedule[36]
  • Native label: train[37]
  • Equivalent class: http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Train[38]
  • Different from: train service[39], pod[40]
  • Properties for this type: P516[41]
  • Uses: railway track[42]
  • Has part(s) of the class: railroad car[43]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[44], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[45]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Trains[46], WikiProject Transport[47]
  • WordLift URL: http://data.thenextweb.com/tnw/entity/train[48]

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Influence

Things named for train include Gautrain[49], an urban rail transit[50], in South Africa[51], founded in 2012[52] and ØresundstΓ₯g[53], a public transport network[54], in Denmark[55].

Why It Matters

train has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] train is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]

Entities named for train include Gautrain[49], an urban rail transit[50], in South Africa[51], founded in 2012[52] and ØresundstΓ₯g[53], a public transport network[54], in Denmark[55].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org. β†’ on this site
  2. [53] ↑ . wikidata.org. β†’ on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [50] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. β†’ on this site
  2. [51] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. β†’ on this site
  3. [52] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. β†’ on this site
  4. [54] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. β†’ on this site
  5. [55] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. β†’ on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [56] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [57] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 29d ago Β· Ksn.kenny Β· 2026-09-14 view diff on Wikidata β†—
    National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0) β†’ XX527139
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0): XX527139"
  2. 7w ago Β· Lucidieaux Β· 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata β†—
    P14692 β†’ snake
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48942|batch #48942]]: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM keys"
  3. 11w ago Β· Kirilloparma Β· 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata β†—
    P14470 β†’ Objects/Train
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14470: Objects/Train, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
  4. 14w ago Β· AHIOH Β· 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata β†—
    Has part(s) β†’ locomotive, bogie, wheelset +3
    Subclass of β†’ wheeled vehicle, rolling stock, rail and rope guided transport +4
    Has part(s) of the class β†’ railroad car
    Properties for this type β†’ P516
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||2 */ Moving Has part(s) to Has part(s) of the class"
  5. 14w ago Β· AHIOH Β· 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata β†—
    Instance of β†’ mode of transport, type of vehicle
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: type of vehicle"
  6. 17w ago Β· Susmuffin Β· 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata β†—
    Harper's tag β†’ trains
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: trains, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289971970|trains (#289971970)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'mat"
  7. 17w ago Β· JindΕ™ich RubeΕ‘ Β· 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata β†—
    Svkkl authority id β†’ h0001798-vlaky
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0001798-vlaky, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
  8. 20w ago Β· Twofivesixbot bot Β· 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata β†—
    On focus list of wikimedia project β†’ Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have, Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Has characteristic β†’ energy efficiency, friction, transport capacity +2
    Subclass of β†’ wheeled vehicle, rolling stock, rail and rope guided transport +4
    Instance of β†’ mode of transport, type of vehicle
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|10 */ Yso id: 5483, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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