Madras Egmore
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Madras Egmore is a major historic railway terminus in Chennai, India, serving as one of the city’s key hubs for regional and long-distance train services.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Madras Egmore canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3228890 — 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: Madras Egmore Context triple: [Chennai Egmore railway station, formerName, Madras Egmore]
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A.
Presidency College, Madras
Presidency College, Madras is one of India’s oldest and most prestigious higher education institutions, renowned for its strong programs in science and the humanities and for producing many distinguished alumni.
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B.
University of Madras
The University of Madras is one of India's oldest and most prestigious public universities, based in Chennai and renowned for its wide range of academic programs and influential alumni.
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C.
Madras Christian College
Madras Christian College is a prestigious liberal arts and sciences institution in Chennai, India, known for its historic campus and influential role in Indian higher education.
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D.
Bishop’s College, Calcutta
Bishop’s College, Calcutta is a historic Christian theological and liberal education institution in Kolkata, India, known for training clergy and scholars during the British colonial period.
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E.
Presidency College, Kolkata
Presidency College, Kolkata is a prestigious and historic institution of higher education in India, renowned for its rigorous academics and distinguished alumni including Nobel laureate Amartya Sen.
- 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: Madras Egmore Target entity description: Madras Egmore is a major historic railway terminus in Chennai, India, serving as one of the city’s key hubs for regional and long-distance train services.
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A.
Presidency College, Madras
Presidency College, Madras is one of India’s oldest and most prestigious higher education institutions, renowned for its strong programs in science and the humanities and for producing many distinguished alumni.
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B.
University of Madras
The University of Madras is one of India's oldest and most prestigious public universities, based in Chennai and renowned for its wide range of academic programs and influential alumni.
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C.
Madras Christian College
Madras Christian College is a prestigious liberal arts and sciences institution in Chennai, India, known for its historic campus and influential role in Indian higher education.
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D.
Bishop’s College, Calcutta
Bishop’s College, Calcutta is a historic Christian theological and liberal education institution in Kolkata, India, known for training clergy and scholars during the British colonial period.
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E.
Presidency College, Kolkata
Presidency College, Kolkata is a prestigious and historic institution of higher education in India, renowned for its rigorous academics and distinguished alumni including Nobel laureate Amartya Sen.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic building
ⓘ
railway station ⓘ railway terminus ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Chennai Egmore railway station
ⓘ
surface form:
Chennai Egmore
|
| architecturalStyle | Indo-Saracenic architecture ⓘ |
| cityZone |
Nungambakkam
ⓘ
surface form:
central Chennai
|
| connectedTo | Chennai Central railway station via surface transport ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Chennai Beach–Tambaram–Chengalpattu line
ⓘ
surface form:
Chennai Beach–Tambaram suburban line
southern Tamil Nadu main lines ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| division | Chennai railway division ⓘ |
| electrified | yes ⓘ |
| formerName |
Chennai Egmore railway station
ⓘ
surface form:
Madras Egmore railway station
|
| gauge | broad gauge ⓘ |
| hasBuildingType | passenger railway station ⓘ |
| hasFacilities |
food stalls
ⓘ
parking ⓘ retiring rooms ⓘ ticket counters ⓘ waiting rooms ⓘ |
| hasHeritageStatus | heritage railway station of Chennai ⓘ |
| hasImportance | one of the two main railway terminals of Chennai ⓘ |
| hasTrafficType |
long-distance
ⓘ
passenger ⓘ suburban ⓘ |
| isMajorStationOf |
Chennai Suburban Railway
ⓘ
surface form:
Chennai suburban railway network
Indian Railways broad-gauge network ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Chennai
ⓘ
South India ⓘ Tamil Nadu ⓘ |
| nearbyArea | Egmore ⓘ |
| nearbyLandmark |
Government Museum, Chennai
ⓘ
surface form:
Government Museum Chennai
|
| opened | 1908 ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Southern Railway zone ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Indian Railways ⓘ |
| platformCount | 7 ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
long-distance rail terminus
ⓘ
regional rail hub ⓘ |
| railwayZone | Southern Railway zone ⓘ |
| servesAs |
terminal for eastern Tamil Nadu
ⓘ
terminal for parts of Kerala ⓘ terminal for parts of Sri Lanka–bound traffic historically ⓘ terminal for southern Tamil Nadu ⓘ |
| servesCity | Chennai ⓘ |
| stationCode | MS ⓘ |
| timezone | IST ⓘ |
| utcOffset | +05:30 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Input
Subject: Madras Egmore Description of subject: Madras Egmore is a major historic railway terminus in Chennai, India, serving as one of the city’s key hubs for regional and long-distance train services.
Referenced by (1)
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