Metrotown station
E723802
Metrotown station is a major elevated rapid transit station in Burnaby, British Columbia, serving the busy Metrotown area and its large shopping and commercial district.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Metrotown station canonical | 2 |
| Metrotown SkyTrain station | 1 |
| Metrotown Station | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8302845 — 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: Metrotown station Context triple: [SkyTrain Expo Line, hasStation, Metrotown station]
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A.
Bukit Jalil LRT station
Bukit Jalil LRT station is a light rail transit station in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, serving the Bukit Jalil area and major nearby sports facilities.
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B.
Esplanade MRT station
Esplanade MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit station in Singapore’s Downtown Core serving the Marina Centre and Civic District areas.
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C.
Shaw Boulevard MRT station
Shaw Boulevard MRT station is a major elevated rapid transit stop on Manila’s MRT Line 3 serving the busy commercial and business district of Mandaluyong in Metro Manila, Philippines.
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D.
Tuas MRT station
Tuas MRT station is a Mass Rapid Transit station in Singapore that serves the industrial area of Tuas at the western end of the East West Line.
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E.
Tuas Crescent MRT station
Tuas Crescent MRT station is an elevated Mass Rapid Transit station on Singapore’s East West Line that serves the industrial Tuas area in the far west of the island.
- 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: Metrotown station Target entity description: Metrotown station is a major elevated rapid transit station in Burnaby, British Columbia, serving the busy Metrotown area and its large shopping and commercial district.
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A.
Bukit Jalil LRT station
Bukit Jalil LRT station is a light rail transit station in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, serving the Bukit Jalil area and major nearby sports facilities.
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B.
Esplanade MRT station
Esplanade MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit station in Singapore’s Downtown Core serving the Marina Centre and Civic District areas.
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C.
Shaw Boulevard MRT station
Shaw Boulevard MRT station is a major elevated rapid transit stop on Manila’s MRT Line 3 serving the busy commercial and business district of Mandaluyong in Metro Manila, Philippines.
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D.
Tuas MRT station
Tuas MRT station is a Mass Rapid Transit station in Singapore that serves the industrial area of Tuas at the western end of the East West Line.
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E.
Tuas Crescent MRT station
Tuas Crescent MRT station is an elevated Mass Rapid Transit station on Singapore’s East West Line that serves the industrial Tuas area in the far west of the island.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
SkyTrain station
ⓘ
elevated railway station ⓘ |
| accessible | yes ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Central Boulevard
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Metropolis at Metrotown shopping mall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Surrey via Expo Line
ⓘ
downtown Vancouver via Expo Line ⓘ |
| connectsWith | Metrotown bus loop NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| fareSystem | Compass Card NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fareZone | Zone 2 ⓘ |
| hasBusExchange | Metrotown bus loop NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEntrance |
Central Boulevard entrance
ⓘ
Metropolis at Metrotown mall entrance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
bike lockers
ⓘ
bike racks ⓘ bus exchange integration ⓘ covered walkways ⓘ elevators ⓘ escalators ⓘ fare gates ⓘ passenger information displays ⓘ |
| hasRebuildOrUpgrade | major station upgrade completed in late 2010s ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Burnaby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory | British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInMetropolitanArea | Metro Vancouver NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Pacific Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Bob Prittie Metrotown Library
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Burnaby Civic Square NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingsway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Expo Line trunk section ⓘ |
| numberOfPlatforms | 2 ⓘ |
| numberOfTracks | 2 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1985-12-11 ⓘ |
| operator | TransLink NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | TransLink NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfNetwork | SkyTrain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfSystem | Metro Vancouver public transit system ⓘ |
| platformConfiguration | side platforms ⓘ |
| railwayLine | Expo Line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| railwayOperator | BC Rapid Transit Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serves |
Metropolis at Metrotown
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Metrotown neighbourhood ⓘ |
| servesCommercialDistrict | Metrotown commercial district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servesShoppingCentre | Metropolis at Metrotown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structureType | elevated ⓘ |
| wheelchairAccessible | yes ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Metrotown station Description of subject: Metrotown station is a major elevated rapid transit station in Burnaby, British Columbia, serving the busy Metrotown area and its large shopping and commercial district.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Metrotown SkyTrain station
this entity surface form:
Metrotown Station