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elevated railway

rapid transit railway with the tracks above street level
Class type of: railway track, railway line, elevated structure Q1601555

Facts

2 properties
Subclass of
railway track, railway line, elevated structure[1][2][3]
Described by source
Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[4]
🏷️ Also known as
en elevated railway ar قطار معلق da højbane de Hochbahn es ferrovía elevada es tren elevado fi Ilmarata fr ligne ferroviaire aérienne he רכבת עילית hu magasvasút id Rel layang it Ferrovia sopraelevata ja 高架鉄道 nl luchtspoor nl verhoogde spoorlijn pl kolej nadziemna pt linha ferroviária elevada ru эстакадный транспорт sv Högbana uk естакадовий транспорт
🔖 Identifiers · 14
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh85111161
GND ID
4160086-1
ArchINFORM keyword ID
1607
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300008573
Freebase ID
/m/0czbdzs
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
høybane
J9U entity ID
987007560603705171
Lex ID
højbane
Museum-digital tag ID
14944
National Library of Latvia ID
000321261
Topic's main category
Category:Elevated rail transport
Wellcome Collection concept ID
bwx4hjmf
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WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
03285724-n
Yale LUX ID
concept/162696b8-bd4f-4e0e-89f3-fd66dfae1339

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BTS Skytrain, Lima and Callao Subway, Line 2A, Hanoi Metro, Liverpool Overhead Railway, Terminal Link, Line 1
Subclass of 2
railway track, railway line
← Used by 1
elevated station
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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. 7w ago · Hirho · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → railway track, railway line, elevated structure
    "Created claim: Subclass of: elevated structure"
  2. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → railway track, railway line, elevated structure
    Described by source → Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)
    Topic's main category → Category:Elevated rail transport
    "Changed claim qualifiers: J9U entity ID: 987007560603705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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