Gwangju Metro

E162970

metro system public transport system rapid transit system

Gwangju Metro is the urban rapid transit system serving the city of Gwangju in South Korea.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Gwangju Metro Line 1	2
Gwangju Metro canonical	1
Gwangju Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1337190 — 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: Gwangju Metro
Context triple: [Gwangju, hasSubwaySystem, Gwangju Metro]

A. Daejeon Metro
Daejeon Metro is the urban rapid transit system serving the city of Daejeon in South Korea.
B. Daegu Metro
Daegu Metro is the urban rapid transit system serving the city of Daegu in South Korea, providing high-capacity rail transportation across the metropolitan area.
C. Busan Metro
Busan Metro is the rapid transit system serving the city of Busan, South Korea, providing extensive urban and suburban rail transportation across the metropolitan area.
D. Incheon Subway
Incheon Subway is the urban rapid transit system serving the city of Incheon, South Korea, connecting major districts and linking with the Seoul Metropolitan Subway network.
E. Seoul Metropolitan Subway
The Seoul Metropolitan Subway is an extensive rapid transit network serving Seoul and its surrounding metropolitan area, known for its high efficiency, cleanliness, and technological sophistication.
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: Gwangju Metro
Target entity description: Gwangju Metro is the urban rapid transit system serving the city of Gwangju in South Korea.

A. Daejeon Metro
Daejeon Metro is the urban rapid transit system serving the city of Daejeon in South Korea.
B. Daegu Metro
Daegu Metro is the urban rapid transit system serving the city of Daegu in South Korea, providing high-capacity rail transportation across the metropolitan area.
C. Busan Metro
Busan Metro is the rapid transit system serving the city of Busan, South Korea, providing extensive urban and suburban rail transportation across the metropolitan area.
D. Incheon Subway
Incheon Subway is the urban rapid transit system serving the city of Incheon, South Korea, connecting major districts and linking with the Seoul Metropolitan Subway network.
E. Seoul Metropolitan Subway
The Seoul Metropolitan Subway is an extensive rapid transit network serving Seoul and its surrounding metropolitan area, known for its high efficiency, cleanliness, and technological sophistication.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	metro system ⓘ public transport system ⓘ rapid transit system ⓘ
abbreviation	GMRTC ⓘ
beganOperation	2004 ⓘ
character	partly elevated ⓘ underground ⓘ
connects	Gwangju Songjeong station ⓘ surface form: Gwangju Songjeong Station downtown Gwangju ⓘ northern Gwangju ⓘ southern Gwangju ⓘ
country	South Korea ⓘ
electrification	overhead line ⓘ
electrificationVoltage	1500 V DC ⓘ
farePayment	contactless smart card ⓘ single-journey ticket ⓘ
fareSystem	integrated with Gwangju city buses ⓘ
fareZoneSystem	flat fare ⓘ
hasColorForLine1	green ⓘ
hasLine	Gwangju Metro self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Gwangju Metro Line 1
hasMapType	schematic transit map ⓘ
hasRollingStock	electric multiple units ⓘ
hasScriptOnSignage	Hangul ⓘ Latin alphabet ⓘ
hasStation	Airport Station (Gwangju) ⓘ Geumnamno 4-ga Station ⓘ Geumnamno 4-ga Station ⓘ surface form: Geumnamno 5-ga Station Gwangju Songjeong station ⓘ surface form: Gwangju Songjeong Station Kim Daejung Convention Center Station ⓘ Nokdong Station ⓘ Sangmu Station ⓘ Sotae Station NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.gwangjusubway.co.kr ⓘ
locatedIn	Gwangju ⓘ Honam region ⓘ South Jeolla region ⓘ surface form: South Jeolla Province
numberOfLines	1 ⓘ
numberOfStations	20 ⓘ
openingDate	2004-04-28 ⓘ
operator	Gwangju Metro self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Gwangju Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation
owner	Gwangju ⓘ surface form: Gwangju Metropolitan City
primaryLanguage	Korean ⓘ
regionServed	Gwangju ⓘ surface form: Gwangju metropolitan area
safetySystem	automatic train control ⓘ automatic train protection ⓘ
serves	Gwangju ⓘ
systemLength	approximately 20 km ⓘ
trackGauge	standard gauge ⓘ
transitType	heavy rail ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gwangju → hasSubwaySystem → Gwangju Metro ⓘ

Gwangju Songjeong station → hasConnection → Gwangju Metro ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gwangju Metro Line 1

Gwangju Metro → operator → Gwangju Metro self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gwangju Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation

Gwangju Metro → hasLine → Gwangju Metro self-linksurface differs ⓘ