JR Central (Tokaido Shinkansen)

E1029176

high-speed rail operator railway operator division

JR Central (Tokaido Shinkansen) is the division of Central Japan Railway Company that operates and manages Japan’s busiest high-speed rail corridor linking Tokyo with Osaka along the Tokaido route.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
JR Central network	5
JR Central (Tokaido Shinkansen) canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12801719 — 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: JR Central (Tokaido Shinkansen)
Context triple: [Hikari, infrastructureOwner, JR Central (Tokaido Shinkansen)]

A. JR Chuo-Sobu Line
The JR Chuo-Sobu Line is a major local railway line in Tokyo and surrounding areas operated by JR East, connecting central city districts and numerous commuter neighborhoods.
B. Sotetsu Railway
Sotetsu Railway is a private Japanese railway operator in the Greater Tokyo area, best known for its commuter lines in Kanagawa Prefecture and through-services into central Tokyo via interconnections with other major rail networks.
C. JR East Tōkaidō Main Line
The JR East Tōkaidō Main Line is a major railway corridor in Japan that runs along the Pacific coast of Honshu, connecting Tokyo with key cities in the Kantō and Tōkai regions.
D. Chūō Shinkansen
The Chūō Shinkansen is Japan’s next-generation maglev high-speed rail line planned to connect Tokyo and Nagoya (and eventually Osaka) at ultra-high speeds using superconducting magnetic levitation technology.
E. East Japan Railway Company
East Japan Railway Company is a major Japanese railway operator that runs an extensive network of commuter and high-speed train services across eastern Honshu, including the Tokyo metropolitan area.
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: JR Central (Tokaido Shinkansen)
Target entity description: JR Central (Tokaido Shinkansen) is the division of Central Japan Railway Company that operates and manages Japan’s busiest high-speed rail corridor linking Tokyo with Osaka along the Tokaido route.

A. JR Chuo-Sobu Line
The JR Chuo-Sobu Line is a major local railway line in Tokyo and surrounding areas operated by JR East, connecting central city districts and numerous commuter neighborhoods.
B. Sotetsu Railway
Sotetsu Railway is a private Japanese railway operator in the Greater Tokyo area, best known for its commuter lines in Kanagawa Prefecture and through-services into central Tokyo via interconnections with other major rail networks.
C. JR East Tōkaidō Main Line
The JR East Tōkaidō Main Line is a major railway corridor in Japan that runs along the Pacific coast of Honshu, connecting Tokyo with key cities in the Kantō and Tōkai regions.
D. Chūō Shinkansen
The Chūō Shinkansen is Japan’s next-generation maglev high-speed rail line planned to connect Tokyo and Nagoya (and eventually Osaka) at ultra-high speeds using superconducting magnetic levitation technology.
E. East Japan Railway Company
East Japan Railway Company is a major Japanese railway operator that runs an extensive network of commuter and high-speed train services across eastern Honshu, including the Tokyo metropolitan area.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	high-speed rail operator ⓘ railway operator division ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
electrification	AC overhead catenary ⓘ
fareSystem	distance-based fares ⓘ
gauge	standard gauge ⓘ
infrastructureOwner	Central Japan Railway Company ⓘ
lineStatus	busiest high-speed rail corridor in Japan ⓘ
manages	Tokaido Shinkansen ⓘ
notableCityServed	Kyoto ⓘ Nagoya ⓘ Osaka ⓘ Tokyo ⓘ Yokohama ⓘ
notableFeature	backbone of intercity transport between Tokyo and Osaka ⓘ very high frequency timetable between Tokyo and Shin-Osaka ⓘ
operatedRollingStockSeries	N700 series Shinkansen ⓘ N700A series Shinkansen ⓘ linked to: N700A series N700S series Shinkansen ⓘ linked to: N700S series
operates	Tokaido Shinkansen ⓘ
parentCompanyAbbreviation	JR Central ⓘ linked to: Central Japan Railway Company
parentCompanyEnglishName	Central Japan Railway Company ⓘ
parentCompanyJapaneseName	東海旅客鉄道株式会社 ⓘ
partOf	Central Japan Railway Company ⓘ
primaryLanguageOfOperation	Japanese ⓘ
primaryTerminusEast	Tokyo Station ⓘ
primaryTerminusWest	Shin-Osaka Station ⓘ
railCorridor	Tokyo–Osaka ⓘ linked to: Tokyo–Nagoya–Osaka
railwayType	high-speed rail ⓘ
regionServed	Honshu ⓘ Tokaido corridor ⓘ linked to: Tōkaidō
routeName	Tokaido route ⓘ linked to: Tōkaidō
safetyRecord	no passenger fatalities due to train accidents on Tokaido Shinkansen operations ⓘ
safetySystem	Automatic Train Control ⓘ cab signalling ⓘ
secondaryLanguageOfSignage	Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ Korean ⓘ
serviceClass	high-speed intercity ⓘ
servicePattern	Hikari ⓘ Kodama ⓘ Nozomi ⓘ
serviceType	passenger rail ⓘ
ticketingSystem	limited express surcharge ⓘ reserved seating system ⓘ unreserved seating system ⓘ
usesBrand	Shinkansen ⓘ
usesTicketingTechnology	IC card compatibility on access lines ⓘ magnetic ticket gates ⓘ

How these facts were elicited