Greater Manchester rail zone
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The Greater Manchester rail zone is a system of concentric fare zones used to set ticket prices and manage public transport across the Greater Manchester metropolitan area in North West England.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Greater Manchester rail zone canonical | 2 |
| Greater Manchester fare system | 1 |
| Greater Manchester rail zone 3 | 1 |
| Transport for Greater Manchester area (Manchester end) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10896892 — 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: Greater Manchester rail zone Context triple: [Ardwick railway station, fareZone, Greater Manchester rail zone]
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A.
Greater Manchester rail network
The Greater Manchester rail network is a coordinated system of suburban and regional train services that connects Manchester with its surrounding towns and cities across the metropolitan county.
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B.
Greater Manchester rail zone 5
Greater Manchester rail zone 5 is an outer suburban fare zone in the Greater Manchester public transport system covering several railway stations on the edges of the metropolitan area.
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C.
South Manchester Line
The South Manchester Line is a Metrolink light rail route in Greater Manchester, England, connecting central Manchester with several southern suburbs.
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D.
Manchester–Stockport line
The Manchester–Stockport line is a railway route in Greater Manchester connecting the city of Manchester with the town of Stockport and serving intermediate suburban stations.
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E.
Greater Manchester zone 2
Greater Manchester zone 2 is a public transport fare zone within the Greater Manchester area used to set ticket prices for local rail and other transit services.
- 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: Greater Manchester rail zone Target entity description: The Greater Manchester rail zone is a system of concentric fare zones used to set ticket prices and manage public transport across the Greater Manchester metropolitan area in North West England.
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A.
Greater Manchester rail network
The Greater Manchester rail network is a coordinated system of suburban and regional train services that connects Manchester with its surrounding towns and cities across the metropolitan county.
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B.
Greater Manchester rail zone 5
Greater Manchester rail zone 5 is an outer suburban fare zone in the Greater Manchester public transport system covering several railway stations on the edges of the metropolitan area.
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C.
South Manchester Line
The South Manchester Line is a Metrolink light rail route in Greater Manchester, England, connecting central Manchester with several southern suburbs.
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D.
Manchester–Stockport line
The Manchester–Stockport line is a railway route in Greater Manchester connecting the city of Manchester with the town of Stockport and serving intermediate suburban stations.
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E.
Greater Manchester zone 2
Greater Manchester zone 2 is a public transport fare zone within the Greater Manchester area used to set ticket prices for local rail and other transit services.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fare zone system
ⓘ
public transport fare structure ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Transport for Greater Manchester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesTo | rail services in Greater Manchester ⓘ |
| appliesToMode | heavy rail ⓘ |
| appliesToOperator | multiple train operating companies ⓘ |
| centralAreaServed | Manchester city centre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralZone | Zone 1 ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| fareBasis |
distance from city centre
ⓘ
number of zones travelled ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic | concentric zones ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Zone 1
ⓘ
Zone 2 ⓘ Zone 3 ⓘ Zone 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ Zone 5 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
simplify fare calculation
ⓘ
standardise rail fares across the region ⓘ |
| integratedWith | Greater Manchester public transport network NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Greater Manchester
ⓘ
North West England ⓘ |
| partOf | Greater Manchester transport fare system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionType | metropolitan area ⓘ |
| usedByTicketType |
multi-modal tickets
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return tickets ⓘ season tickets ⓘ single tickets ⓘ |
| usedFor |
managing public transport fares
ⓘ
setting ticket prices ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Greater Manchester rail zone Description of subject: The Greater Manchester rail zone is a system of concentric fare zones used to set ticket prices and manage public transport across the Greater Manchester metropolitan area in North West England.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Greater Manchester rail zone 3
this entity surface form:
Transport for Greater Manchester area (Manchester end)
this entity surface form:
Greater Manchester fare system