Butlers Lane railway station
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Butlers Lane railway station is a suburban rail stop in the West Midlands, England, serving the local community on the Birmingham Cross-City commuter route.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Butlers Lane railway station canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2525156 — 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: Butlers Lane railway station Context triple: [Cross-City Line, hasStation, Butlers Lane railway station]
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A.
Syon Lane railway station
Syon Lane railway station is a suburban rail stop in the London Borough of Hounslow serving the Syon Lane area with services on the Hounslow Loop Line.
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B.
Dee Road station
Dee Road station is a commuter rail stop in Park Ridge, Illinois, served by Metra’s Union Pacific Northwest Line.
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C.
Petts Wood railway station
Petts Wood railway station is a suburban rail station in the London Borough of Bromley that serves the Petts Wood area with commuter services into central London and surrounding regions.
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D.
High Brooms railway station
High Brooms railway station is a suburban rail stop serving the High Brooms area of Royal Tunbridge Wells in Kent, England, on the Hastings line.
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E.
Banstead railway station
Banstead railway station is a suburban rail stop in Surrey, England, serving the town of Banstead with services on the Epsom Downs line into London.
- 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: Butlers Lane railway station Target entity description: Butlers Lane railway station is a suburban rail stop in the West Midlands, England, serving the local community on the Birmingham Cross-City commuter route.
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A.
Syon Lane railway station
Syon Lane railway station is a suburban rail stop in the London Borough of Hounslow serving the Syon Lane area with services on the Hounslow Loop Line.
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B.
Dee Road station
Dee Road station is a commuter rail stop in Park Ridge, Illinois, served by Metra’s Union Pacific Northwest Line.
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C.
Petts Wood railway station
Petts Wood railway station is a suburban rail station in the London Borough of Bromley that serves the Petts Wood area with commuter services into central London and surrounding regions.
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D.
High Brooms railway station
High Brooms railway station is a suburban rail stop serving the High Brooms area of Royal Tunbridge Wells in Kent, England, on the Hastings line.
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E.
Banstead railway station
Banstead railway station is a suburban rail stop in Surrey, England, serving the town of Banstead with services on the Epsom Downs line into London.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
railway station
ⓘ
suburban railway station ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| directionServed |
northbound to Lichfield Trent Valley
ⓘ
southbound to Birmingham New Street ⓘ |
| distanceFrom | approximately 9 miles north of Birmingham New Street ⓘ |
| electrificationDate | early 1990s ⓘ |
| fareZone | Zone 5 ⓘ |
| hasAccess |
pedestrian access from Butlers Lane
ⓘ
road access via local residential streets ⓘ step-free access to each platform ⓘ |
| hasCarParkOperator | railway operator-managed car park ⓘ |
| hasCategory | DfT category E station ⓘ |
| hasElectrification | 25 kV AC overhead ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
CCTV
ⓘ
car park ⓘ customer information screens ⓘ ticket machines ⓘ waiting shelters ⓘ |
| hasInformationSystem |
automated audio announcements
ⓘ
digital departure boards ⓘ |
| hasLineType | suburban commuter line ⓘ |
| hasSecurityFeature | lighting on platforms ⓘ |
| hasServiceType | commuter rail services ⓘ |
| hasShelterType | basic platform shelters ⓘ |
| hasStationCode | BUL ⓘ |
| hasStructure | two side platforms ⓘ |
| hasTicketOffice | part-time or unstaffed ticketing arrangements ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Greater Birmingham and Solihull
ⓘ
surface form:
Birmingham metropolitan area
Sutton Coldfield ⓘ West Midlands ⓘ |
| locatedInBorough |
Sutton Coldfield
ⓘ
surface form:
Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield
|
| locatedOnRoute |
Birmingham New Street to Lichfield Trent Valley
ⓘ
surface form:
Birmingham New Street–Lichfield Trent Valley route
|
| nearbyCity | Birmingham ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1957 ⓘ |
| owner | Network Rail ⓘ |
| platformCount | 2 ⓘ |
| primaryUse | local commuter traffic ⓘ |
| railNetwork | Birmingham Cross-City Line ⓘ |
| region |
West Midlands
ⓘ
surface form:
West Midlands County
|
| regulatoryBody | Office of Rail and Road ⓘ |
| servedByLine | Cross-City Line ⓘ |
| servedByOperator | West Midlands Railway ⓘ |
| serves |
Butlers Lane area
ⓘ
Four Oaks area ⓘ local suburban community ⓘ |
| ticketingSystem | West Midlands zonal fares ⓘ |
| typicalOffPeakFrequency | every 15 minutes in each direction ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Butlers Lane railway station Description of subject: Butlers Lane railway station is a suburban rail stop in the West Midlands, England, serving the local community on the Birmingham Cross-City commuter route.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.