Digby and Sowton railway station
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Digby and Sowton railway station is a suburban rail stop serving the eastern outskirts of Exeter and the nearby Sowton industrial and residential areas in Devon, England.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Digby and Sowton railway station canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13418514 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Digby and Sowton railway station Context triple: [Exeter to Exmouth line, hasStation, Digby and Sowton railway station]
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A.
Mottisfont & Dunbridge railway station
Mottisfont & Dunbridge railway station is a small rural stop in Hampshire, England, serving the villages of Mottisfont and Dunbridge on the Wessex Main Line.
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B.
Godstone railway station
Godstone railway station is a small rural railway stop in Surrey, England, serving the village of Godstone and surrounding areas on the Oxted line.
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C.
Holywood railway station
Holywood railway station is a local rail stop in the town of Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland, providing commuter services between Bangor and Belfast.
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D.
Lostock railway station
Lostock railway station is a suburban rail stop in Greater Manchester, England, serving the Lostock area with local and regional train services.
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E.
Dorridge railway station
Dorridge railway station is a suburban rail station in the West Midlands, England, serving the village of Dorridge with regional services toward Birmingham and beyond.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Digby and Sowton railway station Target entity description: Digby and Sowton railway station is a suburban rail stop serving the eastern outskirts of Exeter and the nearby Sowton industrial and residential areas in Devon, England.
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A.
Mottisfont & Dunbridge railway station
Mottisfont & Dunbridge railway station is a small rural stop in Hampshire, England, serving the villages of Mottisfont and Dunbridge on the Wessex Main Line.
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B.
Godstone railway station
Godstone railway station is a small rural railway stop in Surrey, England, serving the village of Godstone and surrounding areas on the Oxted line.
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C.
Holywood railway station
Holywood railway station is a local rail stop in the town of Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland, providing commuter services between Bangor and Belfast.
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D.
Lostock railway station
Lostock railway station is a suburban rail stop in Greater Manchester, England, serving the Lostock area with local and regional train services.
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E.
Dorridge railway station
Dorridge railway station is a suburban rail station in the West Midlands, England, serving the village of Dorridge with regional services toward Birmingham and beyond.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
railway station
ⓘ
suburban railway station ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| electrification | not electrified ⓘ |
| fareZone | Exeter suburban area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAccess | step-free access to both platforms ⓘ |
| hasBorough | Exeter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCategory | DfT category F2 station ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
CCTV
ⓘ
customer information screens ⓘ shelters ⓘ |
| hasServiceFrequency | approximately half-hourly off-peak ⓘ |
| hasServiceTo |
Barnstaple branch line via Exeter
ⓘ
Barnstaple railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ Crediton railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ Exeter Central railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ Exeter St Davids railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ Exmouth railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ Lympstone Commando railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ Lympstone Village railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ Newcourt railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ Paignton railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ Pinhoe railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ Polsloe Bridge railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ Topsham railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStationCode | DIG NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTicketing | ticket machines ⓘ |
| isUnstaffed | true ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Devon
ⓘ
Exeter NERFINISHED ⓘ southwest England ⓘ
surface form:
South West England
|
| locatedNear |
Digby housing development
ⓘ
Exeter Chiefs rugby stadium NERFINISHED ⓘ M5 motorway ⓘ Sowton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Avocet Line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managedBy | Great Western Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openedInYear | 1995 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1995-10-16 ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Great Western Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Network Rail ⓘ |
| platformCount | 2 ⓘ |
| purpose | to serve new housing and business developments in eastern Exeter ⓘ |
| railwayLine | Exeter–Exmouth line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | England, United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serves |
Sowton industrial area
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Sowton residential area ⓘ eastern outskirts of Exeter ⓘ |
| trackGauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Digby and Sowton railway station Description of subject: Digby and Sowton railway station is a suburban rail stop serving the eastern outskirts of Exeter and the nearby Sowton industrial and residential areas in Devon, England.
Referenced by (1)
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