HSL-Zuid

E199939

high-speed railway line

HSL-Zuid is a Dutch high-speed railway line connecting the Randstad region with Belgium and beyond as part of the international high-speed rail network.

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Label	Occurrences
HSL-Zuid canonical	11

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1781302 — 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: HSL-Zuid
Context triple: [Eurostar, operatesOnLine, HSL-Zuid]

A. Oud-Zuid
Oud-Zuid is an affluent, culturally rich district in Amsterdam known for its museums, upscale shopping streets, and historic architecture.
B. Amsterdam Zuid
Amsterdam Zuid is a major railway and business district station in the southern part of Amsterdam, serving as a key hub for regional and international connections.
C. Berendrecht-Zandvliet-Lillo
Berendrecht-Zandvliet-Lillo is a northern district of the Belgian city of Antwerp that encompasses several former villages along the Scheldt River, known for its proximity to the Port of Antwerp and extensive polder landscapes.
D. Zuid-Beijerland
Zuid-Beijerland is a village in the western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland and known for its rural character within the Hoeksche Waard region.
E. Nieuwendijk
Nieuwendijk is one of Amsterdam’s oldest and busiest shopping streets, running through the historic city center near Dam Square.
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: HSL-Zuid
Target entity description: HSL-Zuid is a Dutch high-speed railway line connecting the Randstad region with Belgium and beyond as part of the international high-speed rail network.

A. Oud-Zuid
Oud-Zuid is an affluent, culturally rich district in Amsterdam known for its museums, upscale shopping streets, and historic architecture.
B. Amsterdam Zuid
Amsterdam Zuid is a major railway and business district station in the southern part of Amsterdam, serving as a key hub for regional and international connections.
C. Berendrecht-Zandvliet-Lillo
Berendrecht-Zandvliet-Lillo is a northern district of the Belgian city of Antwerp that encompasses several former villages along the Scheldt River, known for its proximity to the Port of Antwerp and extensive polder landscapes.
D. Zuid-Beijerland
Zuid-Beijerland is a village in the western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland and known for its rural character within the Hoeksche Waard region.
E. Nieuwendijk
Nieuwendijk is one of Amsterdam’s oldest and busiest shopping streets, running through the historic city center near Dam Square.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	high-speed railway line ⓘ
borderConnection	Netherlands–Belgium border ⓘ surface form: Dutch–Belgian border
connectsCity	Amsterdam ⓘ Antwerp ⓘ Brussels, Belgium ⓘ surface form: Brussels Rotterdam NERFINISHED ⓘ
connectsTo	Belgium ⓘ HSL 4 ⓘ
constructionStart	early 2000s ⓘ
country	Netherlands ⓘ
designedForSpeed	300 km/h ⓘ
electrification	25 kV AC 50 Hz ⓘ
endPoint	Belgian border near Hazeldonk ⓘ
fundedBy	Government of the Netherlands ⓘ surface form: Dutch government
gauge	standard gauge ⓘ
hasStation	Amsterdam Centraal ⓘ Breda ⓘ Rotterdam Centraal station ⓘ surface form: Rotterdam Centraal Schiphol railway station ⓘ surface form: Schiphol Airport railway station
isPartOfCorridor	north–south high-speed corridor in Western Europe ⓘ
languageOfName	Dutch ⓘ
locatedIn	Randstad metropolitan region ⓘ surface form: Randstad
maximumSpeed	300 km/h ⓘ
notableIssue	initial problems with Fyra V250 trains (historical) ⓘ
officialName	Hogesnelheidslijn Zuid ⓘ
opened	2009 ⓘ
openedSection	Amsterdam–The Hague–Rotterdam corridor ⓘ surface form: Amsterdam–Rotterdam section Rotterdam–Belgian border section ⓘ
operator	Eurostar ⓘ NS ⓘ surface form: NS International Nederlandse Spoorwegen ⓘ Thalys ⓘ surface form: Thalys (historical)
partOf	Trans-European high-speed rail network ⓘ surface form: European high-speed rail network
passesThrough	Rotterdam NERFINISHED ⓘ Amsterdam Airport Schiphol ⓘ surface form: Schiphol Airport
purpose	domestic high-speed services ⓘ international passenger transport ⓘ
regionServed	Randstad metropolitan region ⓘ surface form: Randstad conurbation
replacedService	slower classic rail services between Amsterdam and Belgium ⓘ
shortName	HSL-Zuid self-link ⓘ
signallingLevel	ETCS Level 2 ⓘ surface form: ERTMS Level 2
signallingSystem	European Train Control System ⓘ surface form: ERTMS
startPoint	Amsterdam ⓘ
status	in operation ⓘ
trackConfiguration	double track ⓘ
usedByService	Thalys ⓘ surface form: Benelux high-speed services Eurostar ⓘ surface form: Eurostar to Brussels and Paris Eurostar to London ⓘ Intercity direct ⓘ surface form: Intercity Direct

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

Eurostar → operatesOnLine → HSL-Zuid ⓘ

Dutch railway network → hasHighSpeedLine → HSL-Zuid ⓘ

Intercity direct → usesLine → HSL-Zuid ⓘ

HSL-Zuid → shortName → HSL-Zuid self-link ⓘ

Paris–Amsterdam → usesLine → HSL-Zuid ⓘ

Brussels–Amsterdam → usesInfrastructure → HSL-Zuid ⓘ

Intercity Brussels → usesRailwayLine → HSL-Zuid ⓘ

London–Amsterdam → usesHighSpeedLine → HSL-Zuid ⓘ

HSL 4 → connectsTo → HSL-Zuid ⓘ

Randstad regional rail network → relatedInfrastructure → HSL-Zuid ⓘ

Paris–Amsterdam high-speed corridor → usesRailwayLine → HSL-Zuid ⓘ

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