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Widnes railway station

railway station in Widnes, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK
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Widnes railway station

Summary

Widnes railway station is a railway station[1]. It ranks in the top 0.87% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (72 views/month, #161 of 18,574).[2]

Key Facts

  • Widnes railway station is located in Halton[3].
  • Widnes railway station is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Widnes railway station's instance of is recorded as railway station[5].
  • Widnes railway station is owned by Network Rail[6].
  • Widnes railway station is operated by Northern Trains[7].
  • Widnes is named after Widnes railway station[8].
  • Widnes railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Warrington Central railway station[9].
  • Widnes railway station's Commons category is recorded as Widnes railway station[10].
  • Widnes railway station's OS grid reference is recorded as SJ512871[11].
  • Widnes railway station's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 53.378669444444, 'lon': -2.7337388888889}[12].
  • Widnes railway station's located on linear feature is recorded as Manchester and Allerton Junction Line[13].
  • Widnes railway station's number of platform tracks is recorded as {'amount': '+2'}[14].
  • Widnes railway station's heritage designation is recorded as Grade II listed building[15].
  • Widnes railway station's date of official opening is recorded as 1873[16].
  • Widnes railway station's state of use is recorded as in use[17].
  • Widnes railway station's historic county is recorded as Lancashire[18].

Body

Geography

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

Designation and Status

Widnes railway station's instance of is recorded as railway station[5]. Its heritage designation is recorded as Grade II listed building[15].

History and Context

Widnes railway station is owned by Network Rail[6]. Widnes is named after it[8].

Why It Matters

Widnes railway station ranks in the top 0.87% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (72 views/month, #161 of 18,574).[2] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Railway Codes and Other Data: A (Hopefully) Comprehensive Listing. railwaycodes.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . dataportal.orr.gov.uk. dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . 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. 5d ago · Yirba · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14452 → 910GWIDNES
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/33789|batch #33789]]: NaPTAN stop area codes (910)"
  2. 13d ago · JhealdBatch · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 53.378669444444, 'lon': -2.7337388888889}
    Heritage designation → Grade II listed building
    Named after → Widnes
    Adjacent station → Warrington Central railway station
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32659|batch #32659]]: better qualifier for unparished areas (3): Change P131 qualifier"
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