Moscow–Kursk railway line
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The Moscow–Kursk railway line is a major rail route in western Russia that connects Moscow with the city of Kursk and serves numerous intermediate towns and suburbs.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Moscow–Kursk railway | 2 |
| Kursky railway line | 1 |
| Moscow–Kursk line | 1 |
| Moscow–Kursk railway line canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5119140 — 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: Moscow–Kursk railway line Context triple: [Podolsk, railwayConnection, Moscow–Kursk railway line]
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A.
Moscow–Saint Petersburg railway
The Moscow–Saint Petersburg railway is a major high-speed and conventional rail corridor linking Russia’s two largest cities and serving as one of the country’s most important transportation arteries.
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B.
Moscow–Minsk railway
The Moscow–Minsk railway is a major international rail line connecting Russia’s capital Moscow with Belarus’s capital Minsk, serving as a key transport corridor between the two countries and further into Europe.
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C.
Moscow Railway
Moscow Railway is a regional branch of Russian Railways that manages and operates the railway network serving Moscow and the surrounding central regions of Russia.
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D.
Obskaya–Bovanenkovo railway
The Obskaya–Bovanenkovo railway is a remote Russian Arctic rail line built primarily to support gas field development on the Yamal Peninsula.
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E.
Murmansk Railway
Murmansk Railway is a major rail line in northwestern Russia that connects the Arctic port city of Murmansk and the Kola Peninsula with the broader Russian railway network.
- 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: Moscow–Kursk railway line Target entity description: The Moscow–Kursk railway line is a major rail route in western Russia that connects Moscow with the city of Kursk and serves numerous intermediate towns and suburbs.
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A.
Moscow–Saint Petersburg railway
The Moscow–Saint Petersburg railway is a major high-speed and conventional rail corridor linking Russia’s two largest cities and serving as one of the country’s most important transportation arteries.
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B.
Moscow–Minsk railway
The Moscow–Minsk railway is a major international rail line connecting Russia’s capital Moscow with Belarus’s capital Minsk, serving as a key transport corridor between the two countries and further into Europe.
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C.
Moscow Railway
Moscow Railway is a regional branch of Russian Railways that manages and operates the railway network serving Moscow and the surrounding central regions of Russia.
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D.
Obskaya–Bovanenkovo railway
The Obskaya–Bovanenkovo railway is a remote Russian Arctic rail line built primarily to support gas field development on the Yamal Peninsula.
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E.
Murmansk Railway
Murmansk Railway is a major rail line in northwestern Russia that connects the Arctic port city of Murmansk and the Kola Peninsula with the broader Russian railway network.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
railway line
ⓘ
railway route ⓘ |
| connects |
Kursk
ⓘ
Moscow ⓘ |
| country | Russia ⓘ |
| electrification | electrified railway line ⓘ |
| electrificationStatus | fully electrified between Moscow and Kursk ⓘ |
| electrificationSystem | 3 kV DC ⓘ |
| gauge | Russian broad gauge ⓘ |
| hasStation |
Kursk railway station
ⓘ
Moscow Kursky railway terminal ⓘ
linked to:
Moscow Kursky railway station
Oryol railway station ⓘ Podolsk railway station ⓘ Tula railway station ⓘ |
| historicalImportance | major route linking Moscow with southern Russia ⓘ |
| locatedIn | western Russia ⓘ |
| networkRole | part of north–south rail corridor in European Russia ⓘ |
| operator | Russian Railways ⓘ |
| owner | Russian Railways ⓘ |
| partOf |
Moscow Railway (regional division of Russian Railways)
ⓘ
linked to:
Moscow Railway suburban network
Russian railway network ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Fatezh
ⓘ
Oryol ⓘ Podolsk ⓘ Serpukhov ⓘ Stary Oskol ⓘ Tula ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Kursk Oblast
ⓘ
Moscow Oblast ⓘ Oryol Oblast ⓘ Tula Oblast ⓘ |
| serves |
intermediate towns between Moscow and Kursk
ⓘ
suburbs of Moscow ⓘ |
| significance | one of the main radial lines from Moscow ⓘ |
| startingStation |
Moscow Kursky railway terminal
ⓘ
linked to:
Moscow Kursky railway station
|
| terminus |
Kursk
ⓘ
Moscow ⓘ |
| trackConfiguration | double track ⓘ |
| usedBy |
freight trains
ⓘ
long-distance trains ⓘ suburban commuter trains ⓘ |
| usedFor |
freight rail transport
ⓘ
passenger rail transport ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Input
Subject: Moscow–Kursk railway line Description of subject: The Moscow–Kursk railway line is a major rail route in western Russia that connects Moscow with the city of Kursk and serves numerous intermediate towns and suburbs.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Moscow–Kursk railway line
linked to: Moscow–Kursk railway line
linked to: Moscow–Kursk railway line
linked to: Moscow–Kursk railway line