Shalford railway station
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Shalford railway station is a small commuter and regional rail stop in Surrey, England, serving the village of Shalford on routes between Guildford, Redhill, and surrounding areas.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shalford railway station canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5446945 — 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: Shalford railway station Context triple: [North Downs Line, passesThrough, Shalford railway station]
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A.
Shelford railway station
Shelford railway station is a small suburban railway stop in Cambridgeshire, England, serving the village of Shelford on the line between London and Cambridge.
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B.
Ash Vale railway station
Ash Vale railway station is a suburban rail station in Surrey, England, serving the village of Ash Vale with services connecting to London and other destinations on the regional network.
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C.
Aldershot railway station
Aldershot railway station is the main rail transport hub serving the town of Aldershot in Hampshire, England, providing regional and commuter services.
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D.
Southgate Station
Southgate Station is a light rail transit stop in Edmonton, Alberta, serving the city’s LRT network and the surrounding Southgate commercial and residential area.
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E.
Spalding railway station
Spalding railway station is a passenger railway station serving the market town of Spalding in Lincolnshire, England, on the Peterborough–Lincoln line.
- 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: Shalford railway station Target entity description: Shalford railway station is a small commuter and regional rail stop in Surrey, England, serving the village of Shalford on routes between Guildford, Redhill, and surrounding areas.
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A.
Shelford railway station
Shelford railway station is a small suburban railway stop in Cambridgeshire, England, serving the village of Shelford on the line between London and Cambridge.
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B.
Ash Vale railway station
Ash Vale railway station is a suburban rail station in Surrey, England, serving the village of Ash Vale with services connecting to London and other destinations on the regional network.
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C.
Aldershot railway station
Aldershot railway station is the main rail transport hub serving the town of Aldershot in Hampshire, England, providing regional and commuter services.
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D.
Southgate Station
Southgate Station is a light rail transit stop in Edmonton, Alberta, serving the city’s LRT network and the surrounding Southgate commercial and residential area.
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E.
Spalding railway station
Spalding railway station is a passenger railway station serving the market town of Spalding in Lincolnshire, England, on the Peterborough–Lincoln line.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
commuter rail station
ⓘ
railway station ⓘ regional rail station ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| currentManager | Great Western Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distanceFrom | 2 miles south of Guildford ⓘ |
| electrification | 750 V DC third rail ⓘ |
| fareZoneSystem | National Rail fare system ⓘ |
| hasBicycleFacilities | yes ⓘ |
| hasBusConnections | yes ⓘ |
| hasCarPark | yes ⓘ |
| hasCCTV | yes ⓘ |
| hasCustomerInformationScreens | yes ⓘ |
| hasFootbridge | yes ⓘ |
| hasGridReference | TQ004474 ⓘ |
| hasHelpPoint | yes ⓘ |
| hasLevelCrossingNearby | yes ⓘ |
| hasPassengerShelters | yes ⓘ |
| hasPlatformCount | 2 ⓘ |
| hasPlatformType | side platforms ⓘ |
| hasPostcode | GU4 8JH ⓘ |
| hasPublicAddressSystem | yes ⓘ |
| hasSeating | yes ⓘ |
| hasStationBuilding | yes ⓘ |
| hasStationCategory | DfT category F2 ⓘ |
| hasStationCode | SFR NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStationCodeSystem | National Location Code ⓘ |
| hasStepFreeAccess | partial ⓘ |
| hasTicketOffice | yes ⓘ |
| hasTimetablePosters | yes ⓘ |
| hasWaitingRoom | yes ⓘ |
| isInBorough | Borough of Guildford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laterManagedBy |
British Railways
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
South Eastern Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Shalford
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
South East England ⓘ Surrey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| onRailwayLineBetween |
Guildford
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Redhill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opened | 1849 ⓘ |
| originalCompany | Reading, Guildford and Reigate Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| railNetwork | National Rail ⓘ |
| servedBy |
Great Western Railway
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
South Western Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serves |
commuters
ⓘ
village of Shalford ⓘ |
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
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Shalford railway station Description of subject: Shalford railway station is a small commuter and regional rail stop in Surrey, England, serving the village of Shalford on routes between Guildford, Redhill, and surrounding areas.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.