Metro-North fare zones
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Metro-North fare zones are the distance-based pricing regions used by the Metro-North Railroad to determine commuter rail ticket costs across its network.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Metro-North fare system | 6 |
| Metro-North Railroad fare zones | 3 |
| MTA fare zones | 2 |
| MTA Metro-North Railroad fare zones | 1 |
| MTA Metro-North zone-based fares | 1 |
| Metro-North fare Zone 1 | 1 |
| Metro-North fare Zone 8 | 1 |
| Metro-North fare zones canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2329089 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Metro-North fare zones Context triple: [White Plains station, zoneSystem, Metro-North fare zones]
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A.
NJ Transit fare zones
NJ Transit fare zones are a distance-based pricing system that divides the rail network into geographic zones to determine passenger ticket costs.
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B.
MBTA Commuter Rail fare zones
MBTA Commuter Rail fare zones are a distance-based pricing system that divides stations into concentric zones around Boston to determine commuter rail ticket and pass costs.
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C.
MTA New York City Subway fare system
The MTA New York City Subway fare system is the payment and ticketing framework that governs how riders pay to use New York City’s subway network, including methods like MetroCard and OMNY.
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D.
LIRR City Terminal Zone
LIRR City Terminal Zone is a Long Island Rail Road service area encompassing the major terminal stations in and around New York City, including key hubs in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens.
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E.
Zone 15 (NJ Transit)
Zone 15 (NJ Transit) is a New Jersey Transit fare zone used to determine ticket prices for travel to and from stations such as New Brunswick.
- 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: Metro-North fare zones Target entity description: Metro-North fare zones are the distance-based pricing regions used by the Metro-North Railroad to determine commuter rail ticket costs across its network.
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A.
NJ Transit fare zones
NJ Transit fare zones are a distance-based pricing system that divides the rail network into geographic zones to determine passenger ticket costs.
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B.
MBTA Commuter Rail fare zones
MBTA Commuter Rail fare zones are a distance-based pricing system that divides stations into concentric zones around Boston to determine commuter rail ticket and pass costs.
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C.
MTA New York City Subway fare system
The MTA New York City Subway fare system is the payment and ticketing framework that governs how riders pay to use New York City’s subway network, including methods like MetroCard and OMNY.
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D.
LIRR City Terminal Zone
LIRR City Terminal Zone is a Long Island Rail Road service area encompassing the major terminal stations in and around New York City, including key hubs in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens.
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E.
Zone 15 (NJ Transit)
Zone 15 (NJ Transit) is a New Jersey Transit fare zone used to determine ticket prices for travel to and from stations such as New Brunswick.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
distance-based pricing scheme
ⓘ
fare zone system ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
Metro-North Railroad
ⓘ
surface form:
MTA Metro-North Railroad
Metropolitan Transportation Authority ⓘ |
| affects |
commuter rail travel cost
ⓘ
monthly commuting expenses ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Danbury Branch
ⓘ
East-of-Hudson service ⓘ Harlem Line ⓘ Hudson Line ⓘ Metro-North Railroad ⓘ
surface form:
Metro-North Railroad commuter rail services
New Canaan Branch ⓘ New Haven Line ⓘ Pascack Valley Line ⓘ
surface form:
Pascack Valley Line (Metro-North service)
Metro-North Railroad Port Jervis Line ⓘ
surface form:
Port Jervis Line (Metro-North service)
Waterbury Branch ⓘ West-of-Hudson service ⓘ |
| basedOn |
distance between stations
ⓘ
station location relative to Grand Central Terminal ⓘ station location relative to Harlem–125th Street ⓘ |
| category |
Public transport fares
ⓘ
Rail transport in the New York metropolitan area ⓘ |
| determines | ticket price between origin and destination stations ⓘ |
| documentedIn |
MTA service information materials
ⓘ
surface form:
MTA Metro-North timetables
MTA fare zone maps ⓘ Metro-North Railroad fare tables ⓘ |
| hasCentralReferencePoint |
Grand Central Terminal
ⓘ
Harlem–125th Street station ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
different zone structures East-of-Hudson and West-of-Hudson
ⓘ
fares generally increase with higher zone numbers ⓘ zones numbered outward from Manhattan ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Metro-North Railroad ⓘ |
| partOf | MTA regional fare system ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Connecticut Department of Transportation fare policy
ⓘ
MTA fare policy ⓘ |
| replaced | former Conrail commuter fare structures ⓘ |
| updatedBy | periodic MTA fare changes ⓘ |
| usedBy | Metro-North Railroad ⓘ |
| usedFor |
commuter rail ticket pricing
ⓘ
monthly passes ⓘ off-peak tickets ⓘ peak tickets ⓘ reduced-fare tickets ⓘ single-ride tickets ⓘ ten-trip tickets ⓘ weekly passes ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Connecticut
ⓘ
New Jersey (Metro-North operated segments) ⓘ New York ⓘ
surface form:
New York State
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Metro-North fare zones Description of subject: Metro-North fare zones are the distance-based pricing regions used by the Metro-North Railroad to determine commuter rail ticket costs across its network.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
MTA Metro-North zone-based fares
this entity surface form:
MTA Metro-North Railroad fare zones
this entity surface form:
MTA fare zones
this entity surface form:
MTA fare zones
this entity surface form:
Metro-North Railroad fare zones
this entity surface form:
Metro-North fare system
this entity surface form:
Metro-North Railroad fare zones
this entity surface form:
Metro-North Railroad fare zones
this entity surface form:
Metro-North fare system
this entity surface form:
Metro-North fare system
this entity surface form:
Metro-North fare Zone 8
this entity surface form:
Metro-North fare Zone 1
this entity surface form:
Metro-North fare system
this entity surface form:
Metro-North fare system
this entity surface form:
Metro-North fare system