Whitby railway station

railway station in Whitby, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Place railway_station Q2225295
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Whitby railway station

Summary

Whitby railway station is a railway station[1]. It ranks in the top 0.9% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (578 views/month, #168 of 18,574).[2]

Key Facts

  • Whitby railway station is located in Whitby[3].
  • Whitby railway station is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Whitby railway station's instance of is recorded as railway station[5].
  • Whitby railway station's instance of is recorded as dead-end railway station[6].
  • Whitby railway station's connecting line is recorded as North Yorkshire Moors Railway[7].
  • Whitby railway station is owned by Network Rail[8].
  • Whitby railway station is operated by Northern Trains[9].
  • Whitby is named after Whitby railway station[10].
  • Whitby railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Ruswarp railway station[11].
  • Whitby railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Grosmont railway station[12].
  • Whitby railway station's Commons category is recorded as Whitby railway station[13].
  • Whitby railway station's OS grid reference is recorded as NZ898108[14].
  • Whitby railway station's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 54.484934, 'longitude': -0.615284}[15].
  • Whitby railway station's located on linear feature is recorded as Middlesbrough and Whitby Line, Grosmont Junction to Whitby[16].
  • Whitby railway station's number of platform tracks is recorded as {'amount': '+2'}[17].
  • Whitby railway station's heritage designation is recorded as Grade II listed building[18].
  • Whitby railway station's date of official opening is recorded as 1847[19].
  • Whitby railway station's number of platform faces is recorded as {'amount': '+2'}[20].
  • Whitby railway station's state of use is recorded as in use[21].
  • Whitby railway station's historic county is recorded as Yorkshire[22].
  • Whitby railway station's P14452 is recorded as 910GWTBY[23].

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Geography

Whitby railway station is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. It is located in Whitby[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include railway station[5] and dead-end railway station[6]. Whitby railway station's heritage designation is recorded as Grade II listed building[18].

History and Context

Whitby railway station is owned by Network Rail[8]. Whitby is named after it[10].

Why It Matters

Whitby railway station ranks in the top 0.9% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (578 views/month, #168 of 18,574).[2] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15d ago · GCarty · 2026-09-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → railway station, dead-end railway station
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q55485]]"
  2. 9w ago · Edward · 2026-07-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Openstreetmap node id → 3720115321
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P11693]]: 3720115321, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/262248|batch #262248]]"
  3. 18w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14452 → 910GWTBY
    Located on linear feature → Middlesbrough and Whitby Line, Grosmont Junction to Whitby
    Located in → —
    Instance of → —
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/34580|batch #34580]]: NaPTAN stop area codes (subject named as)"
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