Burma Railway

WW II Japanese Thai-Burma railway
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Burma Railway

Summary

Burma Railway is a railway line[1]. It ranks in the top 0.13% of railway_line entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,891 views/month, #4 of 3,177).[2]

Key Facts

  • Burma Railway is located in Ban Pong[3].
  • Burma Railway is in the country of Thailand[4].
  • Burma Railway is in the country of Myanmar[5].
  • Burma Railway's instance of is recorded as railway line[6].
  • Burma Railway is part of Pacific War[7].
  • Burma Railway is part of Japanese occupation of Burma[8].
  • Burma Railway's Commons category is recorded as Burma Railway[9].
  • Burma Railway's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 14.040833333333, 'longitude': 99.503055555556}[10].
  • Burma Railway's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Burma Railway[11].
  • Burma Railway's track gauge is recorded as 1000 mm track gauge[12].
  • Burma Railway's date of official opening is recorded as 1942[13].
  • Burma Railway's length is recorded as {'amount': '+415'}[14].
  • Burma Railway's date of official closure is recorded as 2014[15].
  • Burma Railway's state of use is recorded as in use[16].

Body

Geography

Country listings include Thailand[4], a constitutional monarchy[17], founded in 1768[18] and Myanmar[5], a sovereign state[19], in Myanmar[20], founded in 1948[21]. Burma Railway is located in Ban Pong[3]. Part of include Pacific War[7], a theater of war[22], in Japan[23] and Japanese occupation of Burma[8], a military occupation[24], in Myanmar[25].

Physical Characteristics

Burma Railway's length is recorded as {'amount': '+415'}[14].

Designation and Status

Burma Railway's instance of is recorded as railway line[6].

Why It Matters

Burma Railway ranks in the top 0.13% of railway_line entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,891 views/month, #4 of 3,177).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [25] ↑ . 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. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19d ago · Bouzinac · 2026-09-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → Pacific War, Japanese occupation of Burma
    State of use → in use
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/53597|batch #53597]]: probably due to their P402"
  2. 20w ago · Schemathings · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → —
    Date of official closure → +2014-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Coordinate location → {'latitude': 14.040833333333, 'longitude': 99.503055555556}
    Part of → Pacific War, Japanese occupation of Burma
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P361]]: [[Q184425]]"
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