Birmingham New Street – Leicester
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Birmingham New Street – Leicester is a regional rail route in England linking Birmingham’s main central station with the city of Leicester.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Birmingham New Street – Leicester canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5842004 — 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 – Leicester Context triple: [Central Trains, operatedRoute, Birmingham New Street – Leicester]
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A.
Birmingham New Street – London Euston
Birmingham New Street – London Euston is a major intercity rail route in the United Kingdom linking Birmingham’s principal station with one of London’s main termini on the West Coast Main Line.
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B.
Birmingham New Street – Northampton
Birmingham New Street – Northampton is a regional rail service in England connecting Birmingham and Northampton via intermediate West Midlands and Warwickshire stations.
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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.
Birmingham New Street to Hereford
Birmingham New Street to Hereford is a regional rail passenger route in England linking the major city of Birmingham with the cathedral city of Hereford via intermediate West Midlands and Worcestershire stations.
- 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 – Leicester Target entity description: Birmingham New Street – Leicester is a regional rail route in England linking Birmingham’s main central station with the city of Leicester.
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A.
Birmingham New Street – London Euston
Birmingham New Street – London Euston is a major intercity rail route in the United Kingdom linking Birmingham’s principal station with one of London’s main termini on the West Coast Main Line.
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B.
Birmingham New Street – Northampton
Birmingham New Street – Northampton is a regional rail service in England connecting Birmingham and Northampton via intermediate West Midlands and Warwickshire stations.
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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.
Birmingham New Street to Hereford
Birmingham New Street to Hereford is a regional rail passenger route in England linking the major city of Birmingham with the cathedral city of Hereford via intermediate West Midlands and Worcestershire stations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
railway line
ⓘ
regional rail route ⓘ |
| connectsCity |
Birmingham
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Leicester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectsMajorStation |
Birmingham New Street
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Leicester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| electrification | partially electrified ⓘ |
| endStation | Leicester railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
| locatedIn | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Europe/London ⓘ |
| operator | CrossCountry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Coleshill Parkway railway station
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hinckley railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ Narborough railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ Nuneaton railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ Water Orton railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryFunction | inter-urban connectivity ⓘ |
| railNetwork | National Rail ⓘ |
| railwaySystem | British railway network NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
East Midlands
ⓘ
West Midlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servicePattern | regional services ⓘ |
| serviceType | passenger rail ⓘ |
| startStation | Birmingham New Street railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| terminus |
Birmingham New Street railway station
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Leicester railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| trackConfiguration | double track ⓘ |
| usesRailway | Birmingham to Peterborough Line 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
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Input
Subject: Birmingham New Street – Leicester Description of subject: Birmingham New Street – Leicester is a regional rail route in England linking Birmingham’s main central station with the city of Leicester.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Central Trains