Cairngorm Mountain Railway
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Cairngorm Mountain Railway is a funicular railway in the Scottish Highlands that transports visitors up Cairn Gorm within the Cairngorms National Park.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cairngorm Mountain Railway canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7429865 — 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: Cairngorm Mountain Railway Context triple: [Cairn Gorm, hasFacility, Cairngorm Mountain Railway]
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A.
Mont Faron cable car
The Mont Faron cable car is an aerial tramway in Toulon, France, that carries passengers from the city up to the summit of Mont Faron for panoramic views of the harbor and surrounding region.
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B.
Snowdon Mountain Railway
Snowdon Mountain Railway is a historic narrow-gauge rack and pinion railway in Wales that carries passengers from Llanberis to near the summit of Mount Snowdon.
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C.
Snaefell Mountain Railway
The Snaefell Mountain Railway is a historic electric mountain railway on the Isle of Man that carries passengers from Laxey to the summit of Snaefell, the island’s highest peak.
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D.
Bo’ness and Kinneil Railway
Bo’ness and Kinneil Railway is a heritage railway in Scotland that preserves and operates historic trains as a tourist attraction and museum line.
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E.
Ffestiniog Railway
Ffestiniog Railway is a historic narrow-gauge heritage railway in North Wales, renowned as one of the oldest independent railway companies in the world and a popular tourist attraction through the Snowdonia landscape.
- 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: Cairngorm Mountain Railway Target entity description: Cairngorm Mountain Railway is a funicular railway in the Scottish Highlands that transports visitors up Cairn Gorm within the Cairngorms National Park.
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A.
Mont Faron cable car
The Mont Faron cable car is an aerial tramway in Toulon, France, that carries passengers from the city up to the summit of Mont Faron for panoramic views of the harbor and surrounding region.
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B.
Snowdon Mountain Railway
Snowdon Mountain Railway is a historic narrow-gauge rack and pinion railway in Wales that carries passengers from Llanberis to near the summit of Mount Snowdon.
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C.
Snaefell Mountain Railway
The Snaefell Mountain Railway is a historic electric mountain railway on the Isle of Man that carries passengers from Laxey to the summit of Snaefell, the island’s highest peak.
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D.
Bo’ness and Kinneil Railway
Bo’ness and Kinneil Railway is a heritage railway in Scotland that preserves and operates historic trains as a tourist attraction and museum line.
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E.
Ffestiniog Railway
Ffestiniog Railway is a historic narrow-gauge heritage railway in North Wales, renowned as one of the oldest independent railway companies in the world and a popular tourist attraction through the Snowdonia landscape.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | funicular railway ⓘ |
| carType | funicular car ⓘ |
| connects |
Cairngorm plateau area
ⓘ
Cairngorm ski car park ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1999 ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| electrification | electric haulage ⓘ |
| environmentalContext | within a sensitive mountain environment ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeAccess | mountain footpaths ⓘ |
| hasFacilityAtUpperStation |
restaurant
ⓘ
visitor centre ⓘ |
| hasPassingLoop | true ⓘ |
| hasRestriction | closed-car policy for environmental protection at times ⓘ |
| hasSeasonalVariation |
higher use in ski season
ⓘ
summer sightseeing operations ⓘ |
| length | approximately 2 km ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Cairngorms National Park
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Highland council area ⓘ Scottish Highlands ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Aviemore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Cairn Gorm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lowerTerminus | Cairngorm Base Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maximumIncline | approximately 23 degrees ⓘ |
| nearbyProtectedArea | Rothiemurchus Forest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the highest railways in the United Kingdom
ⓘ
providing all-weather access to Cairn Gorm plateau ⓘ |
| numberOfCars | 2 ⓘ |
| numberOfTracks | 1 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 2001 ⓘ |
| operator | Cairngorm Mountain (Scotland) Ltd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| owner | Highlands and Islands Enterprise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
ski area access
ⓘ
tourist transport ⓘ |
| regionServed | Strathspey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serves | Cairngorm Mountain ski area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| subjectTo | environmental regulation ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| trackGauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
| upperTerminus | Ptarmigan Top Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cairngorm Mountain Railway Description of subject: Cairngorm Mountain Railway is a funicular railway in the Scottish Highlands that transports visitors up Cairn Gorm within the Cairngorms National Park.
Referenced by (1)
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