Watford Junction railway station

railway station that serves Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Place railway_station Q10698
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Watford Junction railway station

Summary

Watford Junction railway station is a railway station[1]. It ranks in the top 0.43% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (567 views/month, #80 of 18,574).[2]

Key Facts

  • Watford Junction railway station is located in Watford[3].
  • Watford Junction railway station is located in Hertfordshire[4].
  • Watford Junction railway station is in the country of United Kingdom[5].
  • Watford Junction railway station's transport network is recorded as London Overground[6].
  • Watford Junction railway station's instance of is recorded as railway station[7].
  • Watford Junction railway station's instance of is recorded as last station[8].
  • Watford Junction railway station's connecting line is recorded as Watford DC Line[9].
  • Watford Junction railway station's connecting line is recorded as Abbey Line[10].
  • Watford Junction railway station's connecting line is recorded as West Coast Main Line[11].
  • Watford Junction railway station's architect is recorded as John William Livock[12].
  • Watford Junction railway station is owned by Network Rail[13].
  • Watford Junction railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Watford North railway station[14].
  • Watford Junction railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Kings Langley railway station[15].
  • Watford Junction railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Bushey railway station[16].
  • Watford Junction railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Watford High Street railway station[17].
  • Watford Junction railway station's Commons category is recorded as Watford Junction railway station[18].
  • Watford Junction railway station's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.6635, 'lon': -0.3958}[19].
  • Watford Junction railway station's located on linear feature is recorded as London Euston to Crewe Line, London Euston to Rugby Trent Valley Junction[20].
  • Watford Junction railway station's located on linear feature is recorded as Camden to Watford Junction Line (DC Electric Lines)[21].
  • Watford Junction railway station's located on linear feature is recorded as Abbey Line[22].
  • Watford Junction railway station's official website is recorded as http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations_destinations/WFJ.aspx[23].
  • Watford Junction railway station's number of platform tracks is recorded as {'amount': '+10'}[24].
  • Watford Junction railway station's connecting service is recorded as Caledonian Sleeper[25].
  • Watford Junction railway station's connecting service is recorded as Watford Junction to London Euston[26].
  • Watford Junction railway station's date of official opening is recorded as July 20, 1837[27].

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Geography

Watford Junction railway station is in the country of United Kingdom[5]. Located in include Watford[3], a town[28], in United Kingdom[29] and Hertfordshire[4], a ceremonial county of England[30], in United Kingdom[31].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include railway station[7] and last station[8].

History and Context

Watford Junction railway station is owned by Network Rail[13].

Why It Matters

Watford Junction railway station ranks in the top 0.43% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (567 views/month, #80 of 18,574).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] . wikidata.org.
  11. [4] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . content.tfl.gov.uk. content.tfl.gov.uk. Provenance: 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] . Railway Codes and Other Data: A (Hopefully) Comprehensive Listing. railwaycodes.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Railway Codes and Other Data: A (Hopefully) Comprehensive Listing. railwaycodes.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Category:Railway stations served by Caledonian Sleeper. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . 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. 14d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-06-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Connecting service Caledonian Sleeper, Watford Junction to London Euston
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  2. 23d ago · Yirba · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14452 ['910GWATFJDC', '910GWATFDJ']
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14452]]: 910GWATFDJ, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/291318793|Watford Junction Rail Station (#291318793)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/794"
  3. 24d ago · Yirba · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinates
    Country
    Instance of railway station, last station
    State of use in use
    + 21 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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