Paris–Lyon railway
E45681
The Paris–Lyon railway is a major French mainline rail route connecting the capital Paris with the city of Lyon, serving as a key corridor for both passenger and freight traffic.
All labels observed (11)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T347081 — 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: Paris–Lyon railway Context triple: [Gare de Lyon, railwayLineServed, Paris–Lyon railway]
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Paris–Marseille railway
The Paris–Marseille railway is a major French mainline rail route linking the capital Paris with the Mediterranean port city of Marseille, serving as one of the country’s most important north–south transport corridors.
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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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Geneva–Lyon railway
The Geneva–Lyon railway is an international rail line linking the Swiss city of Geneva with Lyon in France, serving as a key passenger and freight corridor between the two countries.
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Basel–Mulhouse railway
The Basel–Mulhouse railway is an international rail line linking the Swiss city of Basel with the French city of Mulhouse, serving as a key cross-border transport corridor between Switzerland and France.
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Geneva–La Plaine railway line
The Geneva–La Plaine railway line is a regional rail route in the canton of Geneva, Switzerland, connecting central Geneva with its western suburbs and the French border.
- 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: Paris–Lyon railway Target entity description: The Paris–Lyon railway is a major French mainline rail route connecting the capital Paris with the city of Lyon, serving as a key corridor for both passenger and freight traffic.
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Paris–Marseille railway
The Paris–Marseille railway is a major French mainline rail route linking the capital Paris with the Mediterranean port city of Marseille, serving as one of the country’s most important north–south transport corridors.
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B.
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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Geneva–Lyon railway
The Geneva–Lyon railway is an international rail line linking the Swiss city of Geneva with Lyon in France, serving as a key passenger and freight corridor between the two countries.
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Basel–Mulhouse railway
The Basel–Mulhouse railway is an international rail line linking the Swiss city of Basel with the French city of Mulhouse, serving as a key cross-border transport corridor between Switzerland and France.
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Geneva–La Plaine railway line
The Geneva–La Plaine railway line is a regional rail route in the canton of Geneva, Switzerland, connecting central Geneva with its western suburbs and the French border.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
main line railway
ⓘ
railway line ⓘ |
| connects |
Lyon
ⓘ
Paris ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| electrification |
1.5 kV DC overhead line
ⓘ
25 kV AC overhead line ⓘ |
| endPoint | Lyon ⓘ |
| gauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
railway bridges
ⓘ
railway tunnels ⓘ |
| historicalOperator | Compagnie des chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Beaujolais
ⓘ
Burgundy ⓘ |
| lineUsage | mixed traffic ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
ⓘ
surface form:
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté ⓘ Île-de-France region ⓘ
surface form:
Île-de-France
|
| majorIntermediateStation |
Dijon-Ville railway station
ⓘ
Melun railway station ⓘ Montargis railway station ⓘ Mâcon-Ville railway station ⓘ Nevers railway station ⓘ |
| opened | 19th century ⓘ |
| operator | SNCF ⓘ |
| owner | SNCF Réseau ⓘ |
| parallelTo | LGV Sud-Est ⓘ |
| partOf |
SNCF Réseau
ⓘ
surface form:
French national railway network
|
| partOfCorridor |
Rhine–Alpine freight corridor
ⓘ
surface form:
European rail freight corridors between northern and Mediterranean Europe
|
| servedBy |
Intercités
ⓘ
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region ⓘ
surface form:
TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
TER Bourgogne-Franche-Comté ⓘ TGV high-speed rail ⓘ
surface form:
TGV
freight trains ⓘ |
| significance |
key north–south rail corridor in France
ⓘ
major axis for traffic between Paris and southeastern France ⓘ |
| startPoint | Paris ⓘ |
| terminus |
Lyon-Part-Dieu railway station
ⓘ
Lyon-Perrache station ⓘ
surface form:
Lyon-Perrache railway station
Gare de Lyon ⓘ
surface form:
Paris-Gare-de-Lyon railway station
|
| trafficType |
international freight
ⓘ
long-distance passenger ⓘ regional passenger ⓘ |
| usedFor |
freight rail transport
ⓘ
passenger rail transport ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Paris–Lyon railway Description of subject: The Paris–Lyon railway is a major French mainline rail route connecting the capital Paris with the city of Lyon, serving as a key corridor for both passenger and freight traffic.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
TGV
this entity surface form:
Paris–Lyon
this entity surface form:
Ligne à Grande Vitesse Sud-Est
this entity surface form:
Paris–Lyon high-speed section
subject surface form:
TGV Sud-Est
this entity surface form:
Paris–Lyon
subject surface form:
TGV Sud-Est
this entity surface form:
Paris–Lyon corridor
this entity surface form:
Paris–Lyon railway section
this entity surface form:
Moret–Lyon railway
Compagnie des chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée
→
operatedRailwayLine
→
Paris–Lyon railway
ⓘ
Compagnie des chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée
→
operatedRoute
→
Paris–Lyon railway
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Paris–Lyon
this entity surface form:
Paris–Lyon
this entity surface form:
Paris–Lyon conventional main line
this entity surface form:
Paris–Lyon main line
this entity surface form:
Paris–Lyon railway axis
this entity surface form:
Ligne de Paris-Lyon à Marseille-Saint-Charles
this entity surface form:
Paris–Lyon