railway line
constructional unit in rail transport, the route or way of rail tracks between defined locations
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railway line
Summary
railway line ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (371 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- railway line is a type of thoroughfare[2].
- railway line is a type of rail infrastructure[3].
- railway line is a type of rail network[4].
- railway line is part of railway network[5].
- railway line is part of railway[6].
- railway line is used for rail transport[7].
- railway line's Commons category is recorded as Railway lines[8].
- railway line comprises railway track[9].
- railway line comprises railway bridge[10].
- railway line's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Railway lines[11].
- railway line's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as route=tracks[12].
- railway line's described by source is recorded as Meyer’s Universum, Dreizehnter Band[13].
- railway line's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox rail line[14].
- railway line's topic has template is recorded as Q25774844[15].
- railway line's has characteristic is recorded as rail direction[16].
- railway line's has characteristic is recorded as right- and left-hand train traffic[17].
- railway line's main Wikidata property is recorded as P81[18].
- railway line's equivalent class is recorded as http://dbpedia.org/ontology/RailwayLine[19].
- railway line's different from is recorded as transport service itinerary[20].
- railway line's different from is recorded as train service[21].
- railway line's different from is recorded as Q25516835[22].
- railway line's different from is recorded as tram line[23].
- railway line's different from is recorded as railway track[24].
- railway line's different from is recorded as rapid transit line[25].
- railway line's properties for this type is recorded as P127[26].
Body
Definition and Type
Recorded subclass of include thoroughfare[2], rail infrastructure[3], and rail network[4].
Use and Application
railway line is used for rail transport[7]. Components include railway track[9] and railway bridge[10], a bridge by mode of traffic or usage[27]. Part of include railway network[5] and railway[6], an ambiguous Wikidata item[28].
Why It Matters
railway line ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (371 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 66 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]