Linha da Beira Alta

E302847

railway infrastructure railway line

Linha da Beira Alta is a major Portuguese railway line that serves as a key international freight and passenger corridor linking central Portugal to Spain and the rest of Europe.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Beira Alta Line	5
Linha da Beira Alta canonical	3
Beira Alta	1
Linha da Beira Alta (Beira Alta Line)	1
Linha da Beira Alta corridor	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2853852 — 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: Linha da Beira Alta
Context triple: [Portuguese national rail network, includesLine, Linha da Beira Alta]

A. Linha do Alentejo
Linha do Alentejo is a Portuguese railway line that connects Lisbon to the Alentejo region, serving as an important route for both passenger and freight transport in southern Portugal.
B. Sanfins do Douro
Sanfins do Douro is a parish in the municipality of Alijó in Portugal’s Douro region, known for its wine-producing landscape and historical rural character.
C. Covas do Douro
Covas do Douro is a civil parish in northern Portugal’s Douro Valley, known for its wine-producing landscape and inclusion in the municipality of Sabrosa.
D. Miranda do Douro
Miranda do Douro is a municipality in northeastern Portugal known for its distinct cultural identity, including the official regional use of the Mirandese language.
E. Algarve line
The Algarve line is a major railway route in southern Portugal that connects the region’s coastal towns and cities along the Algarve.
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: Linha da Beira Alta
Target entity description: Linha da Beira Alta is a major Portuguese railway line that serves as a key international freight and passenger corridor linking central Portugal to Spain and the rest of Europe.

A. Linha do Alentejo
Linha do Alentejo is a Portuguese railway line that connects Lisbon to the Alentejo region, serving as an important route for both passenger and freight transport in southern Portugal.
B. Sanfins do Douro
Sanfins do Douro is a parish in the municipality of Alijó in Portugal’s Douro region, known for its wine-producing landscape and historical rural character.
C. Covas do Douro
Covas do Douro is a civil parish in northern Portugal’s Douro Valley, known for its wine-producing landscape and inclusion in the municipality of Sabrosa.
D. Miranda do Douro
Miranda do Douro is a municipality in northeastern Portugal known for its distinct cultural identity, including the official regional use of the Mirandese language.
E. Algarve line
The Algarve line is a major railway route in southern Portugal that connects the region’s coastal towns and cities along the Algarve.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	railway infrastructure ⓘ railway line ⓘ
belongsToCorridor	Atlantic freight corridor ⓘ
borderCrossing	Vilar Formoso ⓘ surface form: Vilar Formoso–Fuentes de Oñoro
connectsTo	Spain ⓘ rest of Europe ⓘ
connectsWith	Linha do Norte ⓘ Spanish railway network at Vilar Formoso ⓘ
country	Portugal ⓘ
electrification	25 kV AC overhead line ⓘ
gauge	Iberian gauge ⓘ
hasBorderFunction	main rail gateway between Portugal and Spain in central region ⓘ
hasInfrastructureType	conventional railway ⓘ
hasRole	international freight corridor ⓘ international passenger corridor ⓘ
historicalOperator	Comboios de Portugal (CP) ⓘ surface form: Caminhos de Ferro Portugueses
importance	key international corridor between Portugal and Spain ⓘ major Portuguese railway line ⓘ
isPartOf	Iberian railway network ⓘ surface form: Iberian Peninsula rail network
languageOfName	Portuguese ⓘ
linkType	trans-European rail link ⓘ
locatedIn	central Portugal ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Centro Region of Portugal ⓘ
nameMeaning	Upper Beira Line ⓘ
opened	19th century ⓘ
operator	Infraestruturas de Portugal ⓘ
partOf	Portuguese railway network ⓘ
passesThrough	Guarda ⓘ Mangualde ⓘ Pampilhosa ⓘ Santa Comba Dão ⓘ Vilar Formoso ⓘ
regionServed	Beira Alta ⓘ
servedBy	international freight trains ⓘ long-distance passenger trains ⓘ regional passenger trains ⓘ
status	in operation ⓘ
terminus	Pampilhosa ⓘ Vilar Formoso ⓘ
trackConfiguration	mostly single track ⓘ
upgradedFor	improved international connectivity ⓘ increased freight capacity ⓘ
usedBy	Portuguese freight operators ⓘ international freight operators ⓘ
usedFor	freight transport ⓘ passenger transport ⓘ

How these facts were elicited