Taipei Metro

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metro system public transportation system rapid transit system

Taipei Metro is the rapid transit system serving the Taipei metropolitan area, known for its extensive network, punctual service, and cleanliness.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Taipei Metro canonical	41
Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation	23
Taipei MRT	2
Taipei Metro system	2
Taipei Rapid Transit System	2
Taipei Metro Bannan Line	1
Taipei Metro high-capacity network	1
Taipei Metro logo	1
Taipei Metro network	1
Taipei Metro standard zone	1
臺北捷運	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T616374 — 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: Taipei Metro
Context triple: [Taipei, transportSystem, Taipei Metro]

A. Shanghai Metro
Shanghai Metro is one of the world’s largest and busiest rapid transit systems, serving the city of Shanghai with an extensive network of urban and suburban rail lines.
B. Beijing Subway
The Beijing Subway is one of the world’s largest and busiest rapid transit systems, forming the backbone of public transportation in China’s capital city.
C. MRT subway
The MRT subway in Bangkok is a major rapid transit system that provides fast, air-conditioned underground and elevated rail services across key areas of the city.
D. Guangzhou Metro
Guangzhou Metro is the rapid transit system serving Guangzhou, China, forming one of the country’s largest and busiest urban rail networks.
E. Big Circle Line
The Big Circle Line is a major circular metro line in the Moscow Metro system designed to connect outlying radial lines and reduce congestion in the city center.
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: Taipei Metro
Target entity description: Taipei Metro is the rapid transit system serving the Taipei metropolitan area, known for its extensive network, punctual service, and cleanliness.

A. Shanghai Metro
Shanghai Metro is one of the world’s largest and busiest rapid transit systems, serving the city of Shanghai with an extensive network of urban and suburban rail lines.
B. Beijing Subway
The Beijing Subway is one of the world’s largest and busiest rapid transit systems, forming the backbone of public transportation in China’s capital city.
C. MRT subway
The MRT subway in Bangkok is a major rapid transit system that provides fast, air-conditioned underground and elevated rail services across key areas of the city.
D. Guangzhou Metro
Guangzhou Metro is the rapid transit system serving Guangzhou, China, forming one of the country’s largest and busiest urban rail networks.
E. Big Circle Line
The Big Circle Line is a major circular metro line in the Moscow Metro system designed to connect outlying radial lines and reduce congestion in the city center.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	metro system ⓘ public transportation system ⓘ rapid transit system ⓘ
abbreviation	MRT ⓘ TRTS ⓘ
beganOperation	1996-03-28 ⓘ
connectsTo	Taiwan High Speed Rail ⓘ Taiwan Railways Administration ⓘ Taoyuan Airport MRT ⓘ
country	Taiwan, Province of China ⓘ surface form: Taiwan
electrification	750 V DC overhead line (Wenhu line) ⓘ 750 V DC third rail ⓘ
fareSystem	distance-based fare ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	cleanliness ⓘ contactless fare collection ⓘ extensive network ⓘ high ridership ⓘ platform screen doors on most stations ⓘ punctual service ⓘ
hasFeature	air-conditioned trains ⓘ barrier-free facilities for disabled passengers ⓘ designated waiting areas for women and children at night ⓘ priority seats in each car ⓘ real-time passenger information displays ⓘ
hasLine	Bannan line ⓘ Circular line ⓘ Taipei Metro Songshan–Xindian Line ⓘ surface form: Songshan–Xindian line Tamsui–Xinyi line ⓘ Wenhu line ⓘ Zhonghe–Xinlu line ⓘ
hasNumberOfStations	over 130 ⓘ
hasPolicy	no eating or drinking in paid areas ⓘ
hasSystemLength	over 130 km ⓘ
inception	1996 ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	UTC+08:00 ⓘ
majorInterchangeStation	Dongmen ⓘ Guting ⓘ Minquan West Road ⓘ Zhongxiao Fuxing ⓘ Zhongxiao Xinsheng ⓘ
nativeName	Taipei Metro self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 臺北捷運
nativeNameLanguage	zh-TW ⓘ
operator	Taipei Metro self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation
primaryHubStation	Taipei Main Station ⓘ
safetyRecord	high safety standards ⓘ
serves	New Taipei City ⓘ surface form: New Taipei Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ surface form: Taipei Taoyuan City ⓘ surface form: Taoyuan
trackGauge	standard gauge ⓘ
usesFareCard	EasyCard ⓘ iPASS ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (76)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zhongxiao Xinsheng → system → Taipei Metro ⓘ

Zhongxiao Xinsheng → isImportantTransferPointFor → Taipei Metro ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taipei Metro network

Dongmen → operator → Taipei Metro ⓘ