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goods station

railway station where, either exclusively or predominantly, goods (or freight), are loaded onto or unloaded off
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goods station

Summary

goods station is a type of station[1]. It draws 130 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_station category, ranking #7 of 17).[2]

Key Facts

  • goods station's instance of is recorded as type of station[3].
  • goods station is a type of railway station[4].
  • goods station is a type of railway facility[5].
  • goods station is a type of freight terminal[6].
  • goods station's Commons category is recorded as Freight yards[7].
  • goods station is the opposite of passenger railway station[8].
  • goods station's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Railway freight terminals[9].
  • goods station's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as railway=yard[10].
  • goods station's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as landuse=railway[11].

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Definition and Type

goods station's instance of is recorded as type of station[3]. Recorded subclass of include railway station[4], railway facility[5], and freight terminal[6]. It is the opposite of passenger railway station[8].

Why It Matters

goods station draws 130 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_station category, ranking #7 of 17).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wiki.openstreetmap.org. wiki.openstreetmap.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wiki.openstreetmap.org. wiki.openstreetmap.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). goods station. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/goods-station
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_goods-station_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{goods station}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/goods-station}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 10d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Instance of → —
    Instance of → type of station
    Topic's main category → Category:Railway freight terminals
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007560712105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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