Volk’s Electric Railway

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Volk’s Electric Railway is a historic narrow-gauge electric seafront railway in Brighton, England, regarded as the world’s oldest operating electric railway.

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Volk’s Electric Railway canonical 12
Volk's Electric Railway 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf electric railway ⓘ
heritage railway ⓘ
narrow-gauge railway ⓘ
seafront railway ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
city Brighton ⓘ
connects Black Rock area ⓘ
Brighton Palace Pier area ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
electrificationSystem electric third rail ⓘ
follows Brighton seafront ⓘ
founder Magnus Volk ⓘ
gauge 2 ft 8 1⁄2 in ⓘ
825 mm ⓘ
hasRollingStockType electric multiple units ⓘ
heritageDesignation historic railway ⓘ
heritageStatus world’s oldest operating electric railway ⓘ
inception 1883 ⓘ
languageOfOfficialName English ⓘ
lineLength approximately 1 mile ⓘ
approximately 1.6 km ⓘ
locatedIn Brighton ⓘ
Brighton and Hove ⓘ
linked to: Brighton

East Sussex ⓘ
England ⓘ
locatedNear Brighton Marina area ⓘ
linked to: Brighton Marina

Brighton Palace Pier ⓘ
locatedOn south coast of England ⓘ
namedAfter Magnus Volk ⓘ
notableFor being the oldest operating electric railway in the world ⓘ
early use of electric traction for public transport ⓘ
openingDate 1883-08-04 ⓘ
operator Brighton and Hove City Council ⓘ
originalPowerSource electricity generated by Magnus Volk’s own power station ⓘ
owner Brighton and Hove City Council ⓘ
primaryUse heritage operation ⓘ
tourist transport ⓘ
propulsionSystem electric traction ⓘ
publicTransportType light railway ⓘ
region South East England ⓘ
runsParallelTo Brighton beach ⓘ
seasonalOperation yes ⓘ
terminus Aquarium station ⓘ
Black Rock station ⓘ
Halfway station ⓘ
tourismCategory heritage transport attraction ⓘ
trackConfiguration single track with passing loops ⓘ
trackGaugeType narrow gauge ⓘ

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Brighton → hasFeature → Volk’s Electric Railway ⓘ
Brighton, East Sussex, England → hasFeature → Volk’s Electric Railway ⓘ
Brighton, England → hasFeature → Volk’s Electric Railway ⓘ
Brighton seafront → hasLandmark → Volk's Electric Railway ⓘ
linked to: Volk’s Electric Railway
Brighton Beach → hasNearbyAttraction → Volk’s Electric Railway ⓘ
subject linked to: Brighton beach
Magnus Volk → knownFor → Volk's Electric Railway ⓘ
linked to: Volk’s Electric Railway
Magnus Volk → notableWork → Volk's Electric Railway ⓘ
linked to: Volk’s Electric Railway
Magnus Volk → founded → Volk's Electric Railway ⓘ
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Magnus Volk → designed → Volk's Electric Railway ⓘ
linked to: Volk’s Electric Railway
Aquarium station → partOf → Volk’s Electric Railway ⓘ
Aquarium station → terminusFor → Volk’s Electric Railway ⓘ
Aquarium station → line → Volk’s Electric Railway ⓘ
Aquarium station → operator → Volk’s Electric Railway ⓘ
Black Rock station → partOf → Volk’s Electric Railway ⓘ
Black Rock station → railwayLine → Volk’s Electric Railway ⓘ
Black Rock station → operatedBy → Volk’s Electric Railway ⓘ
Black Rock station → category → Volk’s Electric Railway ⓘ