Lille Europe
E166167
Lille Europe is a major high-speed railway station in Lille, France, serving international Eurostar and TGV services between the UK and continental Europe.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lille Europe canonical | 5 |
| Lille | 2 |
| Lille-Europe | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1453422 — 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: Lille Europe Context triple: [London St Pancras International, connectsTo, Lille Europe]
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A.
Lille
Lille is a historic industrial and cultural hub in northern France, known for its Flemish-influenced architecture, large student population, and role as a major European transport crossroads.
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B.
European Metropolis of Lille
The European Metropolis of Lille is an intercommunal metropolitan authority in northern France that groups Lille and surrounding communes into a single administrative and economic urban area.
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C.
Bruges
Bruges is a historic Belgian city renowned for its well-preserved medieval architecture, picturesque canals, and rich artistic heritage.
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D.
Aachen
Aachen is a historic German city near the borders with Belgium and the Netherlands, renowned for its medieval cathedral, role as a coronation site for Holy Roman Emperors, and significance in both World Wars.
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E.
Charleroi
Charleroi is a major industrial city in the Walloon region of Belgium, historically important as a fortified stronghold and later as a center of coal mining and heavy industry.
- 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: Lille Europe Target entity description: Lille Europe is a major high-speed railway station in Lille, France, serving international Eurostar and TGV services between the UK and continental Europe.
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A.
Lille
Lille is a historic industrial and cultural hub in northern France, known for its Flemish-influenced architecture, large student population, and role as a major European transport crossroads.
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B.
European Metropolis of Lille
The European Metropolis of Lille is an intercommunal metropolitan authority in northern France that groups Lille and surrounding communes into a single administrative and economic urban area.
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C.
Bruges
Bruges is a historic Belgian city renowned for its well-preserved medieval architecture, picturesque canals, and rich artistic heritage.
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D.
Aachen
Aachen is a historic German city near the borders with Belgium and the Netherlands, renowned for its medieval cathedral, role as a coronation site for Holy Roman Emperors, and significance in both World Wars.
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E.
Charleroi
Charleroi is a major industrial city in the Walloon region of Belgium, historically important as a fortified stronghold and later as a center of coal mining and heavy industry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
high-speed railway station
ⓘ
railway station ⓘ |
| adjacentStation | Lille-Flandres ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
Lille Metro
ⓘ
Lille tramway ⓘ local bus network ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Amsterdam Centraal
ⓘ
Brussels-South ⓘ London St Pancras International ⓘ Lyon-Part-Dieu railway station ⓘ
surface form:
Lyon Part-Dieu
Marseille-Saint-Charles station ⓘ
surface form:
Marseille-Saint-Charles
Charles de Gaulle Airport ⓘ
surface form:
Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport
Gare du Nord ⓘ
surface form:
Paris Gare du Nord
Rotterdam Centraal station ⓘ
surface form:
Rotterdam Centraal
|
| country | France ⓘ |
| distanceFrom | about 750 m from Lille-Flandres station ⓘ |
| electrification | 25 kV AC overhead line ⓘ |
| fareSystem | SNCF national tariff ⓘ |
| hasAccessibility | step-free access ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
automatic ticket machines
ⓘ
ticket office ⓘ waiting rooms ⓘ |
| hasIATAStationCode | XDB ⓘ |
| hasService |
domestic high-speed rail
ⓘ
international high-speed rail ⓘ regional rail connections ⓘ |
| hasStructure | through station ⓘ |
| hasUICStationCode | 008777900 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Europe
ⓘ
Hauts-de-France ⓘ Lille ⓘ Nord department ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Euralille business district
ⓘ
surface form:
Euralille commercial centre
|
| opened | 1994 ⓘ |
| operator |
Eurostar
ⓘ
SNCF ⓘ |
| ownedBy | SNCF Réseau ⓘ |
| partOf |
Euralille, Lille
ⓘ
surface form:
Lille city centre redevelopment Euralille
|
| platformCount | 4 ⓘ |
| railwayLine |
Brussels–Lille high-speed railway
ⓘ
High Speed 1 ⓘ LGV Nord ⓘ |
| serves |
Eurostar
ⓘ
Métropole Européenne de Lille ⓘ
surface form:
Lille metropolitan area
TGV Ouigo ⓘ
surface form:
Ouigo
TGV ⓘ TGV inOui ⓘ Thalys ⓘ |
| trackCount | 6 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lille Europe Description of subject: Lille Europe is a major high-speed railway station in Lille, France, serving international Eurostar and TGV services between the UK and continental Europe.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Lille-Europe
this entity surface form:
Lille
subject surface form:
Lignes à grande vitesse network
this entity surface form:
Lille
this entity surface form:
Lille-Europe