Baikal–Amur Mainline
E104485
The Baikal–Amur Mainline is a major Soviet-era railway line in Russia that runs parallel to the Trans-Siberian Railway, traversing remote regions of Siberia and the Russian Far East.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Baikal–Amur Mainline canonical | 13 |
| Baikal–Amur Mainline corridor | 1 |
| Байкало-Амурская магистраль | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T856962 — 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: Baikal–Amur Mainline Context triple: [Amur Oblast, hasTransportInfrastructure, Baikal–Amur Mainline]
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A.
Trans-Siberian Railway
The Trans-Siberian Railway is a legendary long-distance rail line spanning Russia from Europe to the Pacific, renowned as one of the longest railway routes in the world.
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B.
Filevskaya Line
Filevskaya Line is one of the lines of the Moscow Metro, known for its partially surface-level sections and service to western districts of the city.
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C.
Butovskaya Line
The Butovskaya Line is a light metro line in the Moscow Metro system serving the Butovo district in the city’s south.
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D.
Solntsevskaya Line
The Solntsevskaya Line is a line of the Moscow Metro system serving western and southwestern districts of Moscow with modern rapid transit connections.
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E.
Koltsevaya Line
The Koltsevaya Line is the circular line of the Moscow Metro, known for encircling the city center and connecting many of the system’s radial lines.
- 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: Baikal–Amur Mainline Target entity description: The Baikal–Amur Mainline is a major Soviet-era railway line in Russia that runs parallel to the Trans-Siberian Railway, traversing remote regions of Siberia and the Russian Far East.
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A.
Trans-Siberian Railway
The Trans-Siberian Railway is a legendary long-distance rail line spanning Russia from Europe to the Pacific, renowned as one of the longest railway routes in the world.
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B.
Filevskaya Line
Filevskaya Line is one of the lines of the Moscow Metro, known for its partially surface-level sections and service to western districts of the city.
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C.
Butovskaya Line
The Butovskaya Line is a light metro line in the Moscow Metro system serving the Butovo district in the city’s south.
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D.
Solntsevskaya Line
The Solntsevskaya Line is a line of the Moscow Metro system serving western and southwestern districts of Moscow with modern rapid transit connections.
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E.
Koltsevaya Line
The Koltsevaya Line is the circular line of the Moscow Metro, known for encircling the city center and connecting many of the system’s radial lines.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
railway line
ⓘ
transport infrastructure project ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Soviet industrialization policies ⓘ |
| builtBy |
Gulag prisoners
ⓘ
Komsomol ⓘ
surface form:
Komsomol volunteers
Soviet Union ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Trans-Siberian Railway
ⓘ
surface form:
Trans-Siberian Railway at Tayshet
Trans-Siberian Railway via branches ⓘ |
| constructionChallenges |
mountainous terrain
ⓘ
permafrost ⓘ remote location ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1930s ⓘ |
| country | Russia ⓘ |
| crosses |
Amur River
ⓘ
surface form:
Amur River basin
Siberia ⓘ
surface form:
Lake Baikal region
permafrost areas ⓘ |
| electrification | partially electrified ⓘ |
| endPoint | Sovetskaya Gavan ⓘ |
| era | Soviet era ⓘ |
| follows | Trans-Siberian Railway ⓘ |
| gauge | 1,520 mm ⓘ |
| hasMajorStation |
Komsomolsk-on-Amur
ⓘ
Severobaikalsk ⓘ Sovetskaya Gavan ⓘ Tynda ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Russian ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Far Eastern Federal District
ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Far East
Siberia ⓘ |
| majorConstructionPeriod | 1974–1984 ⓘ |
| notableStructure | Severomuysky Tunnel ⓘ |
| opened | 1984 ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Amur Oblast
ⓘ
Republic of Buryatia ⓘ
surface form:
Buryatia
Irkutsk Oblast ⓘ Jewish Autonomous Oblast ⓘ Khabarovsk Krai ⓘ Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia ⓘ
surface form:
Krasnoyarsk Krai
Zabaykalsky Krai ⓘ |
| purpose |
development of remote regions of Siberia and the Far East
ⓘ
strategic alternative to the Trans-Siberian Railway ⓘ |
| runsParallelTo | Trans-Siberian Railway ⓘ |
| RussianName |
Baikal–Amur Mainline
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Байкало-Амурская магистраль
|
| startPoint | Tayshet ⓘ |
| status | in operation ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
access to natural resources
ⓘ
military logistics ⓘ |
| totalLength | approximately 4,300 km ⓘ |
| usedFor |
freight transport
ⓘ
passenger transport ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Baikal–Amur Mainline Description of subject: The Baikal–Amur Mainline is a major Soviet-era railway line in Russia that runs parallel to the Trans-Siberian Railway, traversing remote regions of Siberia and the Russian Far East.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Baikal–Amur Mainline corridor
this entity surface form:
Байкало-Амурская магистраль