Alstom Class 180
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The Alstom Class 180 is a high-speed diesel multiple unit train used on intercity passenger services in the United Kingdom.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alstom Class 180 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8142078 — 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: Alstom Class 180 Context triple: [Alstom multiple units, hasSubclass, Alstom Class 180]
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A.
British Rail Class 220
The British Rail Class 220 is a high-speed diesel-electric multiple unit train used in the UK for intercity services, known as part of the Voyager family built by Bombardier.
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B.
British Rail Class 170
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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C.
British Rail Class 325
The British Rail Class 325 is an electric multiple unit train type designed specifically for high-speed postal and parcel services on the UK rail network.
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D.
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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E.
British Rail Class 155
The British Rail Class 155 is a type of diesel multiple unit passenger train built in the late 1980s for regional services on the UK rail 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: Alstom Class 180 Target entity description: The Alstom Class 180 is a high-speed diesel multiple unit train used on intercity passenger services in the United Kingdom.
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A.
British Rail Class 220
The British Rail Class 220 is a high-speed diesel-electric multiple unit train used in the UK for intercity services, known as part of the Voyager family built by Bombardier.
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B.
British Rail Class 170
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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C.
British Rail Class 325
The British Rail Class 325 is an electric multiple unit train type designed specifically for high-speed postal and parcel services on the UK rail network.
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D.
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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E.
British Rail Class 155
The British Rail Class 155 is a type of diesel multiple unit passenger train built in the late 1980s for regional services on the UK rail network.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British rail class
ⓘ
diesel multiple unit ⓘ |
| brakeType | air brakes ⓘ |
| builtAt | Washwood Heath, Birmingham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtBy | Alstom Transport Birmingham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| configuration | diesel multiple unit ⓘ |
| countryOfOperation | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| couplingType | Scharfenberg coupler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedFor |
125 mph operation on UK main lines
ⓘ
high-speed intercity services ⓘ |
| designedToReplace | older locomotive-hauled stock ⓘ |
| engineManufacturer | Cummins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| engineType | diesel engine ⓘ |
| enteredService | 2001 ⓘ |
| family | Coradia 1000 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyRelation |
related to Alstom Class 175
ⓘ
related to Alstom Coradia family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formation | 5-car sets ⓘ |
| hasLivery |
Grand Central black and orange livery
ⓘ
various FirstGroup liveries ⓘ |
| hasSafetySystem |
AWS
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
OTMR NERFINISHED ⓘ TPWS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introduced | early 2000s ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Alstom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| multipleWorking | within class only ⓘ |
| numberInClass | 14 units ⓘ |
| operatedOn |
East Coast Main Line
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Great Western Main Line NERFINISHED ⓘ Midland Main Line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedUnder | privatised British railway system ⓘ |
| operator |
East Midlands Railway
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
First Great Western NERFINISHED ⓘ First Hull Trains NERFINISHED ⓘ FirstGroup subsidiaries ⓘ Grand Central NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Western Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ Hull Trains NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| powerType | diesel ⓘ |
| topSpeed |
125 mph
ⓘ
200 km/h ⓘ |
| trackGauge |
1435 mm
ⓘ
standard gauge ⓘ |
| UICClassification | Bo′2′+2′Bo′+Bo′2′+2′Bo′+Bo′2′ ⓘ |
| usedFor | intercity passenger services ⓘ |
| usedOnServiceType |
franchised intercity services
ⓘ
open-access operator services ⓘ |
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: Alstom Class 180 Description of subject: The Alstom Class 180 is a high-speed diesel multiple unit train used on intercity passenger services in the United Kingdom.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.