Reading Company commuter service
E168801
Reading Company commuter service was the network of suburban passenger rail operations once run by the Reading Company in the Philadelphia region before being succeeded by lines such as the West Trenton Line.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Reading Company West Trenton Branch | 1 |
| Reading Company commuter rail network | 1 |
| Reading Company commuter service canonical | 1 |
| Reading Company network | 1 |
| Reading Company passenger trains | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1475064 — 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.
Target entity: Reading Company commuter service Context triple: [West Trenton Line, predecessor, Reading Company commuter service]
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A.
Bee-Line Bus System
The Bee-Line Bus System is a public transit network operating local and express bus routes throughout Westchester County, New York, and into parts of New York City.
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B.
Philadelphia Transportation Company
The Philadelphia Transportation Company was the private transit operator that managed Philadelphia’s streetcars, buses, and subways for much of the mid-20th century before being succeeded by SEPTA.
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C.
Baltimore Transit Company
The Baltimore Transit Company was a private operator that ran streetcar and bus services in Baltimore, Maryland, before public transit was taken over by the state-run Maryland Transit Administration.
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D.
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company was a major early 20th-century transit operator in New York City that controlled and integrated many of Brooklyn’s elevated and streetcar lines before becoming part of the city’s unified subway system.
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E.
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
The Interborough Rapid Transit Company was the private operator that built and ran New York City's first subway lines in the early 20th century before they were incorporated into the modern NYC Subway system.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Reading Company commuter service Target entity description: Reading Company commuter service was the network of suburban passenger rail operations once run by the Reading Company in the Philadelphia region before being succeeded by lines such as the West Trenton Line.
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A.
Bee-Line Bus System
The Bee-Line Bus System is a public transit network operating local and express bus routes throughout Westchester County, New York, and into parts of New York City.
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B.
Philadelphia Transportation Company
The Philadelphia Transportation Company was the private transit operator that managed Philadelphia’s streetcars, buses, and subways for much of the mid-20th century before being succeeded by SEPTA.
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C.
Baltimore Transit Company
The Baltimore Transit Company was a private operator that ran streetcar and bus services in Baltimore, Maryland, before public transit was taken over by the state-run Maryland Transit Administration.
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D.
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company was a major early 20th-century transit operator in New York City that controlled and integrated many of Brooklyn’s elevated and streetcar lines before becoming part of the city’s unified subway system.
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E.
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
The Interborough Rapid Transit Company was the private operator that built and ran New York City's first subway lines in the early 20th century before they were incorporated into the modern NYC Subway system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | commuter rail service ⓘ |
| abbreviation | Reading commuter service ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
Philadelphia
ⓘ
surface form:
Philadelphia city center
Reading Terminal complex ⓘ
surface form:
Reading Terminal
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| electrification | overhead catenary (on electrified portions) ⓘ |
| fareSystem | commuter zone fares ⓘ |
| historicalRole | provided suburban rail access to Philadelphia ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ |
| modeOfTransport | rail ⓘ |
| networkType | suburban rail network ⓘ |
| notableLine |
Chestnut Hill East Line
ⓘ
surface form:
Chestnut Hill East commuter route
Cynwyd commuter route ⓘ Doylestown commuter route ⓘ Fox Chase commuter route ⓘ Lansdale commuter route ⓘ Norristown commuter route ⓘ Warminster commuter route ⓘ West Trenton commuter route ⓘ |
| operator | Reading Company ⓘ |
| owner | Reading Company ⓘ |
| peakService | rush-hour oriented ⓘ |
| predecessor | Reading Company intercity passenger service ⓘ |
| primaryTerminal |
Reading Terminal complex
ⓘ
surface form:
Reading Terminal
|
| railGauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
| railNetwork | Reading Company network ⓘ |
| railroad | Reading Company ⓘ |
| regionServed |
parts of Delaware
ⓘ
parts of New Jersey ⓘ southeastern Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| replacedBy | publicly funded regional rail operations ⓘ |
| servedCity |
Philadelphia
ⓘ
surface form:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
| serviceType |
commuter rail
ⓘ
suburban passenger rail ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| successor |
Chestnut Hill East Line
ⓘ
Cynwyd Line ⓘ Fox Chase Line ⓘ Lansdale/Doylestown Line ⓘ Manayunk/Norristown Line ⓘ SEPTA Regional Rail ⓘ Warminster Line ⓘ West Trenton Line ⓘ |
| successorOperator | Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority ⓘ |
| transportationSector | passenger rail transport ⓘ |
| usedRollingStock |
diesel-hauled passenger coaches
ⓘ
electric multiple units ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Reading Company commuter service Description of subject: Reading Company commuter service was the network of suburban passenger rail operations once run by the Reading Company in the Philadelphia region before being succeeded by lines such as the West Trenton Line.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.