Class 350 Desiro
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The Class 350 Desiro is a family of electric multiple-unit passenger trains used on regional and commuter services in the UK rail network.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Class 350 Desiro canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5834942 — 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: Class 350 Desiro Context triple: [London Midland, fleetIncluded, Class 350 Desiro]
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A.
Class 360 Desiro
The Class 360 Desiro is a type of electric multiple unit passenger train used on regional and commuter services in the UK rail network.
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B.
Class 700 Desiro City
The Class 700 Desiro City is a modern electric multiple-unit train used on intensive commuter and cross-London services, particularly on the Thameslink network in the United Kingdom.
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C.
Class 390 Pendolino
The Class 390 Pendolino is a high-speed tilting electric multiple unit train used by Avanti West Coast on the West Coast Main Line in the United Kingdom.
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D.
Class 345 Aventra
The Class 345 Aventra is a modern electric multiple unit train built by Bombardier (now Alstom) for high-capacity, high-frequency commuter services on London’s Elizabeth line.
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E.
Class 730 Aventra
The Class 730 Aventra is a modern electric multiple unit train built by Alstom (originally Bombardier) for high-capacity, commuter and regional rail services on the UK network.
- 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: Class 350 Desiro Target entity description: The Class 350 Desiro is a family of electric multiple-unit passenger trains used on regional and commuter services in the UK rail network.
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A.
Class 360 Desiro
The Class 360 Desiro is a type of electric multiple unit passenger train used on regional and commuter services in the UK rail network.
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B.
Class 700 Desiro City
The Class 700 Desiro City is a modern electric multiple-unit train used on intensive commuter and cross-London services, particularly on the Thameslink network in the United Kingdom.
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C.
Class 390 Pendolino
The Class 390 Pendolino is a high-speed tilting electric multiple unit train used by Avanti West Coast on the West Coast Main Line in the United Kingdom.
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D.
Class 345 Aventra
The Class 345 Aventra is a modern electric multiple unit train built by Bombardier (now Alstom) for high-capacity, high-frequency commuter services on London’s Elizabeth line.
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E.
Class 730 Aventra
The Class 730 Aventra is a modern electric multiple unit train built by Alstom (originally Bombardier) for high-capacity, commuter and regional rail services on the UK network.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
electric multiple unit
ⓘ
passenger train ⓘ |
| brakingSystem | electro-pneumatic brakes ⓘ |
| builtAt | Siemens Krefeld factory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| carFormation | 4-car sets ⓘ |
| collectionMethod | pantograph ⓘ |
| couplingType | Scharfenberg coupler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedBy | Siemens Transportation Systems NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedFor |
outer-suburban services
ⓘ
regional interurban services ⓘ |
| doorType | sliding plug doors ⓘ |
| electricSystem | 25 kV AC overhead ⓘ |
| enteredService | 2004 ⓘ |
| family | Siemens Desiro UK NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
accessible toilets
ⓘ
air conditioning ⓘ on-board CCTV ⓘ passenger information system ⓘ |
| hasSubclass |
British Rail Class 350/1
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
British Rail Class 350/2 NERFINISHED ⓘ British Rail Class 350/3 NERFINISHED ⓘ British Rail Class 350/4 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introduced | 2004 ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Siemens Mobility NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| multipleWorking | compatible with other Desiro UK units ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
First TransPennine Express (former)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
London Midland (former) NERFINISHED ⓘ London Northwestern Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ ScotRail (former) NERFINISHED ⓘ TransPennine Express NERFINISHED ⓘ West Midlands Trains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatorCountry | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatorRoute |
Anglo-Scottish services (selected routes)
ⓘ
West Coast Main Line services NERFINISHED ⓘ services in the West Midlands ⓘ |
| powerType | electric ⓘ |
| topSpeed |
110 mph
ⓘ
177 km/h ⓘ |
| trackGauge |
1435 mm
ⓘ
standard gauge ⓘ |
| UICClassification | Bo′Bo′+2′2′+2′2′+Bo′Bo′ (typical for 4-car set) ⓘ |
| usedFor |
commuter services
ⓘ
regional services ⓘ |
| usedOnNetwork | National Rail (Great Britain) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Class 350 Desiro Description of subject: The Class 350 Desiro is a family of electric multiple-unit passenger trains used on regional and commuter services in the UK rail network.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.