West Somerset Railway

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': 'Q253276', 'amount': '+22.75'}^[22].
• West Somerset Railway's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q253276', '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]