Birmingham New Street – Glasgow Central
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Birmingham New Street – Glasgow Central is a long-distance intercity rail service linking England’s West Midlands with central Scotland.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Birmingham New Street – Glasgow Central canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5617515 — 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: Birmingham New Street – Glasgow Central Context triple: [Birmingham International railway station, servesRoute, Birmingham New Street – Glasgow Central]
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A.
Birmingham New Street to Liverpool Lime Street
Birmingham New Street to Liverpool Lime Street is a key inter-city rail route in England linking Birmingham and Liverpool via the West Midlands and the North West.
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B.
London Euston – Glasgow
London Euston – Glasgow is a major intercity rail corridor in the United Kingdom linking the English capital with Scotland’s largest city along the West Coast Main Line.
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C.
London Euston – Birmingham
London Euston – Birmingham is a major intercity rail corridor in England linking the capital with the West Midlands.
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D.
Birmingham New Street to Lichfield Trent Valley
Birmingham New Street to Lichfield Trent Valley is a suburban rail route in England connecting central Birmingham with the city of Lichfield via intermediate West Midlands commuter stations.
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E.
Crewe – Birmingham New Street
Crewe – Birmingham New Street is a regional rail service in England connecting the railway hub of Crewe with Birmingham’s main central station.
- 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: Birmingham New Street – Glasgow Central Target entity description: Birmingham New Street – Glasgow Central is a long-distance intercity rail service linking England’s West Midlands with central Scotland.
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A.
Birmingham New Street to Liverpool Lime Street
Birmingham New Street to Liverpool Lime Street is a key inter-city rail route in England linking Birmingham and Liverpool via the West Midlands and the North West.
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B.
London Euston – Glasgow
London Euston – Glasgow is a major intercity rail corridor in the United Kingdom linking the English capital with Scotland’s largest city along the West Coast Main Line.
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C.
London Euston – Birmingham
London Euston – Birmingham is a major intercity rail corridor in England linking the capital with the West Midlands.
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D.
Birmingham New Street to Lichfield Trent Valley
Birmingham New Street to Lichfield Trent Valley is a suburban rail route in England connecting central Birmingham with the city of Lichfield via intermediate West Midlands commuter stations.
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E.
Crewe – Birmingham New Street
Crewe – Birmingham New Street is a regional rail service in England connecting the railway hub of Crewe with Birmingham’s main central station.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | intercity rail service ⓘ |
| connectsCity |
Birmingham
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Glasgow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectsRegion |
Central Scotland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
West Midlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| electrification | 25 kV AC overhead line ⓘ |
| hasIntermediateStop |
Carlisle
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Crewe NERFINISHED ⓘ Preston NERFINISHED ⓘ Wolverhampton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStationOnRoute |
Birmingham New Street railway station
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Carlisle railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ Crewe railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ Glasgow Central railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ Preston railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ Wolverhampton railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
England
ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ |
| modeOfTransport | rail ⓘ |
| operatesOn | West Coast Main Line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | Avanti West Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose | link West Midlands with central Scotland ⓘ |
| railNetwork | National Rail (Great Britain) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rollingStockType | electric multiple unit ⓘ |
| serviceType |
intercity
ⓘ
long-distance ⓘ |
| terminus |
Birmingham New Street railway station
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Glasgow Central railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ticketingSystem | National Rail fares structure ⓘ |
| usedFor | passenger transport ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Birmingham New Street – Glasgow Central Description of subject: Birmingham New Street – Glasgow Central is a long-distance intercity rail service linking England’s West Midlands with central Scotland.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.