Eigerwand station (closed)
E506291
Eigerwand station (closed) was a former underground railway stop on the Jungfrau Railway inside the north face of the Eiger in the Swiss Alps, known for its viewing windows overlooking the mountain wall.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eigerwand (closed to regular service) | 1 |
| Eigerwand station (closed) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5250440 — 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: Eigerwand station (closed) Context triple: [Eiger, railwayStationInside, Eigerwand station (closed)]
-
A.
Jungfraujoch railway station
Jungfraujoch railway station is a high-altitude Swiss train station in the Bernese Alps, serving as the terminus of the Jungfrau Railway and a gateway to the “Top of Europe” tourist area.
-
B.
Kandersteg railway station
Kandersteg railway station is a Swiss Alpine rail stop on the Lötschberg line, serving the village of Kandersteg in the canton of Bern.
-
C.
Schmitten railway station
Schmitten railway station is a local Swiss train stop in the municipality of Schmitten, serving regional passenger traffic between the cities of Bern and Fribourg.
-
D.
Frutigen railway station
Frutigen railway station is a Swiss railway station in the Bernese Oberland that serves as the main rail access point for the nearby alpine resort area of Adelboden.
-
E.
Burgdorf railway station
Burgdorf railway station is a key regional rail hub in the Swiss canton of Bern, serving as an important interchange point for BLS-operated commuter and regional train services.
- 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: Eigerwand station (closed) Target entity description: Eigerwand station (closed) was a former underground railway stop on the Jungfrau Railway inside the north face of the Eiger in the Swiss Alps, known for its viewing windows overlooking the mountain wall.
-
A.
Jungfraujoch railway station
Jungfraujoch railway station is a high-altitude Swiss train station in the Bernese Alps, serving as the terminus of the Jungfrau Railway and a gateway to the “Top of Europe” tourist area.
-
B.
Kandersteg railway station
Kandersteg railway station is a Swiss Alpine rail stop on the Lötschberg line, serving the village of Kandersteg in the canton of Bern.
-
C.
Schmitten railway station
Schmitten railway station is a local Swiss train stop in the municipality of Schmitten, serving regional passenger traffic between the cities of Bern and Fribourg.
-
D.
Frutigen railway station
Frutigen railway station is a Swiss railway station in the Bernese Oberland that serves as the main rail access point for the nearby alpine resort area of Adelboden.
-
E.
Burgdorf railway station
Burgdorf railway station is a key regional rail hub in the Swiss canton of Bern, serving as an important interchange point for BLS-operated commuter and regional train services.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former railway station
ⓘ
underground railway station ⓘ |
| access | only by train ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | tunnel station with rock-cut galleries ⓘ |
| category |
Jungfrau Railway stations
ⓘ
disused railway stations in Switzerland ⓘ railway stations closed in 2016 ⓘ railway stations in the canton of Bern ⓘ railway stations opened in 1903 ⓘ |
| closureDate | 2016 ⓘ |
| constructionMaterial | rock-cut tunnels and galleries ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| electrification | electric rack railway ⓘ |
| elevation | approximately 2865 metres above sea level ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
underground platforms
ⓘ
viewing windows in the north face of the Eiger ⓘ |
| hasUse | tourist viewing stop ⓘ |
| hasViewOf |
Eiger north face
ⓘ
linked to:
Eiger North Face
Grindelwald valley ⓘ
linked to:
Grindelwald
|
| knownFor |
being built inside the Eiger mountain
ⓘ
panoramic windows overlooking the Eiger north face ⓘ |
| languageOfName | German ⓘ |
| locatedBetween | Eigergletscher station and Jungfraujoch station ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bernese Alps
ⓘ
Swiss Alps ⓘ
linked to:
Bernese Alps
north face of the Eiger ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory | canton of Bern ⓘ |
| locatedInTunnel | Jungfrau Railway tunnel ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Eigerwand (Eiger north face wall)
ⓘ
linked to:
Eigerwand
|
| nameMeaning |
Eiger wall
ⓘ
linked to:
Eiger North Face
|
| openingDate | 1903 ⓘ |
| operator |
Jungfraubahn AG
ⓘ
linked to:
Jungfraubahn Holding AG
|
| partOf | Jungfrau Railway ⓘ |
| platformConfiguration | two side platforms ⓘ |
| rackSystem | Strub rack system ⓘ |
| railwayLine | Jungfrau Railway ⓘ |
| safetyRole | intermediate refuge point inside the Eiger tunnel ⓘ |
| servedBy | Jungfraubahn trains between Kleine Scheidegg and Jungfraujoch ⓘ |
| status | closed ⓘ |
| tourismRegion |
Jungfrau region
ⓘ
linked to:
Bernese Oberland
|
| trackGauge | 1000 mm metre gauge ⓘ |
| transportMode | mountain railway ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Eigerwand station (closed) Description of subject: Eigerwand station (closed) was a former underground railway stop on the Jungfrau Railway inside the north face of the Eiger in the Swiss Alps, known for its viewing windows overlooking the mountain wall.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Eigerwand station (closed)