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Longfield railway station

railway station in Longfield, Dartford, Kent, England, UK
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Summary

Longfield railway station is a railway station[1]. It ranks in the top 0.97% of railway station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (80 views/month, #180 of 18,574).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Longfield[3]
  • Country: United Kingdom[4]
  • Operator: Southeastern[5]
  • Named after: Longfield[6]
  • Adjacent station: Farningham Road railway station[7], Meopham railway station[8]
  • Commons category: Longfield railway station[9]
  • OS grid reference: TQ601688[10]
  • Located on linear feature: Victoria to Ramsgate (via Herne Hill and Chatham) Line[11]
  • Number of platform tracks: 2[12]
  • Date of official opening: June 1872[13]
  • State of use: in use[14]
  • Historic county: Kent[15]
  • P14452: 910GLGFD[16]

Why It Matters

Longfield railway station has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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. 13w ago · Edward · 2026-07-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Openstreetmap node id → 6689800285
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Openstreetmap node id: 6689800285, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/262248|batch #262248]]"
  2. 21w ago · Yirba · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Date of official opening → +1872-06-00T00:00:00Z
    Instance of → railway station
    State of use → in use
    Adjacent station → Farningham Road railway station, Meopham railway station
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/33789|batch #33789]]: NaPTAN stop area codes (910)"
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