Jura Foot Railway
E298953
The Jura Foot Railway is a major Swiss rail line running along the southern foothills of the Jura Mountains, connecting key cities and towns in the western part of the country.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jura Foot railway line | 3 |
| Jura Foot Railway canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2793817 — 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: Jura Foot Railway Context triple: [Ligerz, railwayLine, Jura Foot Railway]
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A.
Montenvers Railway
Montenvers Railway is a historic mountain rack railway in the French Alps that carries passengers from Chamonix up to the Mer de Glace glacier.
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B.
Rhaetian Railway
The Rhaetian Railway is a Swiss narrow-gauge railway network in the canton of Graubünden, famed for its scenic Alpine routes and UNESCO World Heritage-listed lines.
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C.
Lausanne–Bern railway line
The Lausanne–Bern railway line is a major Swiss rail corridor connecting the cities of Lausanne and Bern, forming part of the country’s primary east–west transit route.
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D.
Paris–Lausanne railway
The Paris–Lausanne railway is an international rail line connecting the French capital Paris with the Swiss city of Lausanne, serving as a major passenger and freight corridor between France and Switzerland.
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E.
Tramway du Mont-Blanc
The Tramway du Mont-Blanc is a historic mountain rack railway in the French Alps that carries passengers from the Saint-Gervais area high onto the slopes of Mont Blanc, serving as a key access route for hikers and climbers.
- 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: Jura Foot Railway Target entity description: The Jura Foot Railway is a major Swiss rail line running along the southern foothills of the Jura Mountains, connecting key cities and towns in the western part of the country.
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A.
Montenvers Railway
Montenvers Railway is a historic mountain rack railway in the French Alps that carries passengers from Chamonix up to the Mer de Glace glacier.
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B.
Rhaetian Railway
The Rhaetian Railway is a Swiss narrow-gauge railway network in the canton of Graubünden, famed for its scenic Alpine routes and UNESCO World Heritage-listed lines.
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C.
Lausanne–Bern railway line
The Lausanne–Bern railway line is a major Swiss rail corridor connecting the cities of Lausanne and Bern, forming part of the country’s primary east–west transit route.
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D.
Paris–Lausanne railway
The Paris–Lausanne railway is an international rail line connecting the French capital Paris with the Swiss city of Lausanne, serving as a major passenger and freight corridor between France and Switzerland.
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E.
Tramway du Mont-Blanc
The Tramway du Mont-Blanc is a historic mountain rack railway in the French Alps that carries passengers from the Saint-Gervais area high onto the slopes of Mont Blanc, serving as a key access route for hikers and climbers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
railway line
ⓘ
standard-gauge railway line ⓘ |
| connectsCity |
Aarau
ⓘ
Biel/Bienne ⓘ Geneva ⓘ Lausanne ⓘ Neuchâtel ⓘ Olten ⓘ Solothurn ⓘ Yverdon-les-Bains ⓘ Zurich ⓘ |
| connectsEconomicCenters |
Bern–Solothurn region via connections
ⓘ
Geneva metropolitan area ⓘ Lausanne–Morges agglomeration ⓘ
surface form:
Lausanne metropolitan area
Greater Zürich Area ⓘ
surface form:
Zurich metropolitan area
|
| connectsLinguisticRegions | Romandy and German-speaking Switzerland ⓘ |
| connectsRegion |
Lake Geneva region
ⓘ
Mittelland ⓘ northwestern Switzerland ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| electrification | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC overhead line ⓘ |
| endPoint | Zurich ⓘ |
| formsPartOfCorridor | international rail routes between France and eastern Switzerland ⓘ |
| gauge | 1,435 mm ⓘ |
| hasDoubleTrackSections | yes ⓘ |
| hasRole | bypass of the Gotthard north–south axis for some freight flows ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | one of the earliest main lines in the Swiss rail network ⓘ |
| importance | one of the busiest railway corridors in Switzerland ⓘ |
| isElectrified | yes ⓘ |
| isMajorAxisFor | east–west rail traffic in Switzerland ⓘ |
| languageRegion |
Romandy
ⓘ
surface form:
French-speaking Switzerland
German-speaking Switzerland ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Western Switzerland
ⓘ
surface form:
western Switzerland
|
| operator | Swiss Federal Railways ⓘ |
| parallelTo | Jura Mountains ⓘ |
| partOf | Swiss Federal Railways network ⓘ |
| passesAlong |
Lake of Biel
ⓘ
surface form:
Lake Biel
Lake Geneva ⓘ Lake Neuchâtel ⓘ lakes of western Switzerland ⓘ |
| runsAlong | southern foothills of the Jura Mountains ⓘ |
| startPoint | Geneva ⓘ |
| terrainType | foothill route ⓘ |
| usedFor |
freight traffic
ⓘ
long-distance passenger services ⓘ regional passenger services ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jura Foot Railway Description of subject: The Jura Foot Railway is a major Swiss rail line running along the southern foothills of the Jura Mountains, connecting key cities and towns in the western part of the country.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Ligerz
this entity surface form:
Jura Foot railway line
this entity surface form:
Jura Foot railway line
this entity surface form:
Jura Foot railway line