British Rail Class 170
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The British Rail Class 170 is a widely used diesel multiple-unit passenger train in the UK, known for operating regional and intercity services across various rail franchises since the late 1990s.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| British Rail Class 170 canonical | 7 |
| British Rail Class 170 design | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5841882 — 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: British Rail Class 170 Context triple: [Turbostar, hasSubclass, British Rail Class 170]
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A.
British Rail Class 150
The British Rail Class 150 is a diesel multiple-unit passenger train built in the 1980s for regional and commuter services on the UK rail network.
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B.
British Rail Class 175
The British Rail Class 175 is a diesel multiple-unit passenger train used on regional and intercity services in the United Kingdom, particularly across Wales and bordering regions.
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C.
British Rail Class 165
The British Rail Class 165 is a diesel multiple-unit commuter train used primarily on suburban and regional services in the south of England.
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D.
British Rail Class 158
The British Rail Class 158 is a diesel multiple-unit train built in the late 1980s and early 1990s for regional and intercity services across the UK rail network.
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E.
British Rail Class 159
The British Rail Class 159 is a diesel multiple-unit train used for long-distance regional services in the UK, particularly known for operating intercity-style routes in the southwest of England.
- 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: British Rail Class 170 Target entity description: The British Rail Class 170 is a widely used diesel multiple-unit passenger train in the UK, known for operating regional and intercity services across various rail franchises since the late 1990s.
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A.
British Rail Class 150
The British Rail Class 150 is a diesel multiple-unit passenger train built in the 1980s for regional and commuter services on the UK rail network.
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B.
British Rail Class 175
The British Rail Class 175 is a diesel multiple-unit passenger train used on regional and intercity services in the United Kingdom, particularly across Wales and bordering regions.
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C.
British Rail Class 165
The British Rail Class 165 is a diesel multiple-unit commuter train used primarily on suburban and regional services in the south of England.
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D.
British Rail Class 158
The British Rail Class 158 is a diesel multiple-unit train built in the late 1980s and early 1990s for regional and intercity services across the UK rail network.
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E.
British Rail Class 159
The British Rail Class 159 is a diesel multiple-unit train used for long-distance regional services in the UK, particularly known for operating intercity-style routes in the southwest of England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
diesel multiple unit
ⓘ
railway rolling stock class ⓘ |
| brakeType |
air brake
ⓘ
electro-pneumatic brake ⓘ |
| builtAt | Derby Litchurch Lane Works NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| carBodyConstruction | steel ⓘ |
| category |
Bombardier multiple units
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
British diesel multiple units ⓘ |
| configuration | multiple unit ⓘ |
| countryOfOperation | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| couplingType | BSI automatic coupler ⓘ |
| designedBy | ADtranz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedFor |
inter-urban services
ⓘ
regional services ⓘ |
| doorType | powered sliding plug doors ⓘ |
| engineType | diesel engine underfloor ⓘ |
| enteredService | late 1990s ⓘ |
| family | Turbostar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gauge | 1435 mm ⓘ |
| introduced | 1998 ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
ADtranz
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bombardier Transportation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| multipleWorking |
British Rail Class 168
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
British Rail Class 171 NERFINISHED ⓘ Turbostar family units NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatingSince | 1999 ⓘ |
| operatorType | train operating company ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | British Rail Turbostar family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| powerType | diesel ⓘ |
| serviceType |
intercity
ⓘ
regional ⓘ |
| successor |
British Rail Class 172
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
British Rail Class 185 NERFINISHED ⓘ British Rail Class 195 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| trackGauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
| typicalFormation |
2-car set
ⓘ
3-car set ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Abellio Greater Anglia (former)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Anglia Railways (former) NERFINISHED ⓘ Central Trains (former) NERFINISHED ⓘ CrossCountry NERFINISHED ⓘ East Midlands Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ First ScotRail (former) NERFINISHED ⓘ First TransPennine Express (former) NERFINISHED ⓘ Hull Trains (former) NERFINISHED ⓘ London Midland (former) NERFINISHED ⓘ London Northwestern Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ Midland Mainline (former) NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Trains NERFINISHED ⓘ ScotRail NERFINISHED ⓘ Transport for Wales Rail NERFINISHED ⓘ West Midlands Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor | passenger transport ⓘ |
| usedOn |
CrossCountry network routes
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East Anglia routes (historically) ⓘ Midlands regional routes ⓘ Wales and Borders routes ⓘ regional routes in Scotland ⓘ |
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: British Rail Class 170 Description of subject: The British Rail Class 170 is a widely used diesel multiple-unit passenger train in the UK, known for operating regional and intercity services across various rail franchises since the late 1990s.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Anglia Railways
this entity surface form:
British Rail Class 170 design
subject surface form:
British Rail Class 755