Mallaig Extension Railway
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The Mallaig Extension Railway is a historic Scottish railway line built as a western extension of the West Highland Line to connect Fort William with the fishing port of Mallaig, famed today for its scenic coastal and Highland landscapes.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mallaig Extension Railway canonical | 2 |
| West Highland Line Mallaig extension | 1 |
| West Highland Railway extensions | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16988047 — 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: Mallaig Extension Railway Context triple: [Glenfinnan railway station, openedBy, Mallaig Extension Railway]
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A.
Fairbourne Railway
Fairbourne Railway is a historic narrow-gauge heritage railway in Fairbourne, Wales, known for its scenic coastal route and tourist steam trains.
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B.
Kinleith Branch railway line
The Kinleith Branch railway line is a New Zealand rail line in the Waikato region that primarily serves freight traffic, especially from the Kinleith pulp and paper mill, connecting it to the national rail network.
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C.
Portpatrick Railway
Portpatrick Railway was a 19th-century Scottish railway company that developed lines in southwest Scotland, including the route serving Stranraer.
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D.
Shotts Line
The Shotts Line is a railway route in Scotland that connects Glasgow and Edinburgh via Shotts, serving towns and communities across North Lanarkshire and West Lothian.
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E.
Talyllyn Railway
Talyllyn Railway is a historic narrow-gauge heritage railway in Wales, renowned as the world’s first preserved railway to be operated primarily by volunteers.
- 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: Mallaig Extension Railway Target entity description: The Mallaig Extension Railway is a historic Scottish railway line built as a western extension of the West Highland Line to connect Fort William with the fishing port of Mallaig, famed today for its scenic coastal and Highland landscapes.
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A.
Fairbourne Railway
Fairbourne Railway is a historic narrow-gauge heritage railway in Fairbourne, Wales, known for its scenic coastal route and tourist steam trains.
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B.
Kinleith Branch railway line
The Kinleith Branch railway line is a New Zealand rail line in the Waikato region that primarily serves freight traffic, especially from the Kinleith pulp and paper mill, connecting it to the national rail network.
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C.
Portpatrick Railway
Portpatrick Railway was a 19th-century Scottish railway company that developed lines in southwest Scotland, including the route serving Stranraer.
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D.
Shotts Line
The Shotts Line is a railway route in Scotland that connects Glasgow and Edinburgh via Shotts, serving towns and communities across North Lanarkshire and West Lothian.
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E.
Talyllyn Railway
Talyllyn Railway is a historic narrow-gauge heritage railway in Wales, renowned as the world’s first preserved railway to be operated primarily by volunteers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Mallaig Extension Railway
subject linked to:
West Highland Line railway
linked to: Mallaig Extension Railway