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West Somerset Railway

heritage railway in Somerset, England
Organization heritage_railway Q12072724
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Summary

West Somerset Railway is a heritage railway[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of heritage_railway entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (393 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • West Somerset Railway is located in Somerset[3].
  • West Somerset Railway is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • West Somerset Railway's instance of is recorded as heritage railway[5].
  • West Somerset Railway's instance of is recorded as ELR railway line section[6].
  • West Somerset Railway's commissioned by is recorded as West Somerset Railway Company[7].
  • West Somerset Railway is owned by Somerset Council[8].
  • West Somerset Railway is operated by West Somerset Railway plc[9].
  • West Somerset Railway's postal code is recorded as TA24 5BG[10].
  • West Somerset Railway's Commons category is recorded as West Somerset Railway[11].
  • West Somerset Railway's terminus is recorded as Norton Fitzwarren Junction[12].
  • West Somerset Railway began on 1862[13].
  • West Somerset Railway began on 1874[14].
  • West Somerset Railway's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.2053, 'lon': -3.466}[15].
  • West Somerset Railway's official website is recorded as https://www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk/[16].
  • West Somerset Railway's topic's main category is recorded as Category:West Somerset Railway[17].
  • West Somerset Railway's track gauge is recorded as standard-gauge railway[18].
  • West Somerset Railway's described by source is recorded as Engineer's Line References (ELRs): A (Hopefully) Comprehensive Listing[19].
  • West Somerset Railway's described by source is recorded as Signalling Record Society line data[20].
  • West Somerset Railway's described by source is recorded as GeoFurlong[21].
  • West Somerset Railway's length is recorded as {'unit': 'mile', 'amount': '+22.75'}[22].
  • West Somerset Railway's length is recorded as {'unit': 'mile', 'amount': '+23.2'}[23].
  • West Somerset Railway's date of official closure is recorded as 1973[24].
  • West Somerset Railway's street address is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Railway Station, Minehead TA24 5BG'}[25].
  • West Somerset Railway's historic county is recorded as Somerset[26].
  • West Somerset Railway's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+12063'}[27].

Body

Operations

West Somerset Railway is operated by it plc[9].

Ownership

West Somerset Railway is owned by Somerset Council[8].

Why It Matters

West Somerset Railway ranks in the top 1% of heritage_railway entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (393 views/month).[2] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Related Entities

Engineer's Line References (ELRs): A (Hopefully) Comprehensive Listing United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Engineer's Line References (ELRs): A (Hopefully) Comprehensive Listing. railwaycodes.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Engineer's Line References (ELRs): A (Hopefully) Comprehensive Listing. railwaycodes.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Mapping Museums. museweb.dcs.bbk.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18w ago · Bouzinac · 2026-06-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 22w ago · Libanp · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Official website → https://www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk/
    Start time → +1862-00-00T00:00:00Z, +1874-00-00T00:00:00Z
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