Great Orme Tramway
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The Great Orme Tramway is a historic cable-hauled street tramway in Llandudno, Wales, that carries passengers up the Great Orme headland and is one of the few remaining funicular-style tramways in the world.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Great Orme Tramway canonical | 5 |
| Great Orme Tramways Company | 1 |
| Llandudno Cable Car | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3194117 — 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: Great Orme Tramway Context triple: [Llandudno, knownFor, Great Orme Tramway]
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A.
Ffestiniog Railway
Ffestiniog Railway is a historic narrow-gauge heritage railway in North Wales, renowned as one of the oldest independent railway companies in the world and a popular tourist attraction through the Snowdonia landscape.
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B.
Bridgnorth Cliff Railway
Bridgnorth Cliff Railway is a historic funicular railway in the town of Bridgnorth, England, that links the High Town and Low Town across the steep river valley.
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C.
Snowdon Mountain Railway
Snowdon Mountain Railway is a historic narrow-gauge rack and pinion railway in Wales that carries passengers from Llanberis to near the summit of Mount Snowdon.
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D.
Skarloey Railway
Skarloey Railway is a fictional narrow-gauge railway in The Railway Series and Thomas & Friends, closely modeled on the real Talyllyn Railway in Wales.
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E.
Blackpool Tramway
Blackpool Tramway is a historic coastal tram system in Blackpool, England, known as one of the oldest electric tramways in the world still in operation and a major local transport and tourist attraction.
- 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: Great Orme Tramway Target entity description: The Great Orme Tramway is a historic cable-hauled street tramway in Llandudno, Wales, that carries passengers up the Great Orme headland and is one of the few remaining funicular-style tramways in the world.
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A.
Ffestiniog Railway
Ffestiniog Railway is a historic narrow-gauge heritage railway in North Wales, renowned as one of the oldest independent railway companies in the world and a popular tourist attraction through the Snowdonia landscape.
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B.
Bridgnorth Cliff Railway
Bridgnorth Cliff Railway is a historic funicular railway in the town of Bridgnorth, England, that links the High Town and Low Town across the steep river valley.
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C.
Snowdon Mountain Railway
Snowdon Mountain Railway is a historic narrow-gauge rack and pinion railway in Wales that carries passengers from Llanberis to near the summit of Mount Snowdon.
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D.
Skarloey Railway
Skarloey Railway is a fictional narrow-gauge railway in The Railway Series and Thomas & Friends, closely modeled on the real Talyllyn Railway in Wales.
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E.
Blackpool Tramway
Blackpool Tramway is a historic coastal tram system in Blackpool, England, known as one of the oldest electric tramways in the world still in operation and a major local transport and tourist attraction.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cable-hauled street tramway
ⓘ
funicular-style tramway ⓘ heritage tramway ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| cityServed | Llandudno ⓘ |
| connects |
Great Orme
ⓘ
surface form:
Great Orme summit
Llandudno ⓘ
surface form:
Llandudno town
|
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| designedFor | access to Great Orme summit ⓘ |
| gauge |
1067 mm
ⓘ
3 ft 6 in ⓘ |
| hasViewOf |
Irish Sea
ⓘ
Llandudno Bay ⓘ |
| heritageRailway | yes ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic tramway ⓘ |
| intermediateStation | Halfway Station ⓘ |
| locatedInProtectedArea | Great Orme Country Park ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Great Orme ⓘ |
| location |
Conwy County Borough
ⓘ
Llandudno ⓘ Wales ⓘ |
| lowerSectionType | street-running cable tramway ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
one of the few remaining cable-hauled street tramways in the world
ⓘ
retains original early 20th-century style tramcars ⓘ |
| numberOfSections | 2 ⓘ |
| opened | 1902 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 31 July 1902 ⓘ |
| operator | Conwy County Borough Council ⓘ |
| originalOperator |
Great Orme Tramway
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Great Orme Tramways Company
|
| owner | Conwy County Borough Council ⓘ |
| primaryUse | tourist transport ⓘ |
| propulsionSystem | cable haulage ⓘ |
| publicTransportType | tramway ⓘ |
| region | North Wales ⓘ |
| safetySystem | cable-operated braking system ⓘ |
| serviceType | seasonal operation ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| terminus |
Summit Station
ⓘ
Victoria Station ⓘ |
| tourismCategory | heritage transport attraction ⓘ |
| trackConfiguration | single track with passing loops ⓘ |
| trackGaugeCategory | narrow gauge railway ⓘ |
| tractionPowerLocation | powerhouse at Halfway Station ⓘ |
| transportMode | rail ⓘ |
| upperSectionType | mountain tramway ⓘ |
| vehicleType | open-sided tramcars ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Great Orme Tramway Description of subject: The Great Orme Tramway is a historic cable-hauled street tramway in Llandudno, Wales, that carries passengers up the Great Orme headland and is one of the few remaining funicular-style tramways in the world.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Llandudno Cable Car
this entity surface form:
Great Orme Tramways Company