Swiss Federal Railways
E20604
Swiss Federal Railways is Switzerland’s national railway company, responsible for operating the majority of the country’s passenger and freight rail services and managing much of its rail infrastructure.
All labels observed (12)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Swiss Federal Railways canonical | 153 |
| SBB | 11 |
| SBB CFF FFS | 10 |
| Schweizerische Bundesbahnen | 4 |
| Ferrovie federali svizzere | 1 |
| German SBB | 1 |
| SBB Infrastruktur | 1 |
| SBB InterCity | 1 |
| SBB Mobile | 1 |
| Swiss Confederation (indirectly via Swiss Federal Railways) | 1 |
| Swiss Federal Railways group | 1 |
| Swiss Federal Railways network | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T163110 — 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: Swiss Federal Railways Context triple: [Gare de Genève-Cornavin, ownedBy, Swiss Federal Railways]
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A.
Geneva–Lyon railway
The Geneva–Lyon railway is an international rail line linking the Swiss city of Geneva with Lyon in France, serving as a key passenger and freight corridor between the two countries.
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B.
Paris–Lausanne railway
The Paris–Lausanne railway is an international rail line connecting the French capital Paris with the Swiss city of Lausanne, serving as a major passenger and freight corridor between France and Switzerland.
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C.
Basel–Mulhouse railway
The Basel–Mulhouse railway is an international rail line linking the Swiss city of Basel with the French city of Mulhouse, serving as a key cross-border transport corridor between Switzerland and France.
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D.
Russian Railways
Russian Railways is Russia’s state-owned national railway company, operating the country’s extensive passenger and freight rail network across its vast territory.
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E.
Gare de Genève-Cornavin
Gare de Genève-Cornavin is the main railway station in Geneva, Switzerland, serving as a major hub for national and international train connections.
- 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: Swiss Federal Railways Target entity description: Swiss Federal Railways is Switzerland’s national railway company, responsible for operating the majority of the country’s passenger and freight rail services and managing much of its rail infrastructure.
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A.
Geneva–Lyon railway
The Geneva–Lyon railway is an international rail line linking the Swiss city of Geneva with Lyon in France, serving as a key passenger and freight corridor between the two countries.
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B.
Paris–Lausanne railway
The Paris–Lausanne railway is an international rail line connecting the French capital Paris with the Swiss city of Lausanne, serving as a major passenger and freight corridor between France and Switzerland.
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C.
Basel–Mulhouse railway
The Basel–Mulhouse railway is an international rail line linking the Swiss city of Basel with the French city of Mulhouse, serving as a key cross-border transport corridor between Switzerland and France.
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D.
Russian Railways
Russian Railways is Russia’s state-owned national railway company, operating the country’s extensive passenger and freight rail network across its vast territory.
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E.
Gare de Genève-Cornavin
Gare de Genève-Cornavin is the main railway station in Geneva, Switzerland, serving as a major hub for national and international train connections.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
national railway company
ⓘ
railway infrastructure manager ⓘ state-owned enterprise ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
CFF
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FFS ⓘ Swiss Federal Railways self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
SBB
|
| brand |
Swiss Federal Railways
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
SBB Mobile
|
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| founded | 1902 ⓘ |
| hasMotto | Unterwegs zuhause ⓘ |
| hasStation |
Basel SBB railway station
ⓘ
Bern Hauptbahnhof ⓘ Gare de Genève-Cornavin ⓘ
surface form:
Genève-Cornavin railway station
Luzern railway station ⓘ Zurich Hauptbahnhof ⓘ
surface form:
Zürich Hauptbahnhof
|
| headquartersCountry | Switzerland ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Bern ⓘ |
| industry |
public transport
ⓘ
rail transport ⓘ |
| language |
French
ⓘ
German ⓘ Italian ⓘ Romansh ⓘ |
| legalForm | special statutory joint-stock company ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Chemins de fer fédéraux suisses
ⓘ
Swiss Federal Railways self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Ferrovie federali svizzere
Swiss Federal Railways self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Schweizerische Bundesbahnen
Viafiers federalas svizras ⓘ |
| operates |
S-Bahn networks in several Swiss metropolitan areas
ⓘ
international high-speed services between Switzerland and neighboring countries ⓘ most long-distance passenger trains in Switzerland ⓘ most regional passenger trains in Switzerland ⓘ |
| operatesIn |
Austria
ⓘ
France ⓘ Germany ⓘ Italy ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
Switzerland
ⓘ
surface form:
Swiss Confederation
|
| precededBy |
Jura-Simplon-Bahn
ⓘ
Schweizerische Centralbahn ⓘ Schweizerische Nordostbahn ⓘ Schweizerische Nordwestbahn ⓘ |
| regulates | large parts of Swiss railway infrastructure ⓘ |
| serviceType |
freight rail transport
ⓘ
passenger rail transport ⓘ rail infrastructure management ⓘ |
| shareholder |
Switzerland
ⓘ
surface form:
Swiss Confederation
|
| subsidiary |
SBB Cargo
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SBB Immobilien ⓘ Swiss Federal Railways self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
SBB Infrastruktur
|
| ticketingSystem | Swiss Travel System ⓘ |
| website | https://www.sbb.ch ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Swiss Federal Railways Description of subject: Swiss Federal Railways is Switzerland’s national railway company, responsible for operating the majority of the country’s passenger and freight rail services and managing much of its rail infrastructure.
Referenced by (186)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
SBB CFF FFS
this entity surface form:
SBB