Appleby railway station
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Appleby railway station is a historic rural station in Cumbria, England, serving the town of Appleby-in-Westmorland on the scenic Settle–Carlisle railway.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Appleby railway station canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5372395 — 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: Appleby railway station Context triple: [Settle–Carlisle line, hasStation, Appleby railway station]
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A.
Danby railway station
Danby railway station is a rural stop on the Esk Valley Line in North Yorkshire, England, serving the village of Danby within the North York Moors National Park.
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B.
Rawtenstall railway station
Rawtenstall railway station is a preserved heritage railway terminus in Lancashire, England, serving as the northern end of the East Lancashire Railway.
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C.
Kirkby railway station
Kirkby railway station is a local rail stop in Kirkby, Merseyside, England, serving as a terminus and interchange point on the regional rail network.
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D.
Hucknall railway station
Hucknall railway station is a local rail stop in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, England, providing regional train services and connections for the town’s residents and visitors.
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E.
Mobberley railway station
Mobberley railway station is a small rural train station in Mobberley, Cheshire, England, providing local rail services on the Mid-Cheshire Line.
- 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: Appleby railway station Target entity description: Appleby railway station is a historic rural station in Cumbria, England, serving the town of Appleby-in-Westmorland on the scenic Settle–Carlisle railway.
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A.
Danby railway station
Danby railway station is a rural stop on the Esk Valley Line in North Yorkshire, England, serving the village of Danby within the North York Moors National Park.
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B.
Rawtenstall railway station
Rawtenstall railway station is a preserved heritage railway terminus in Lancashire, England, serving as the northern end of the East Lancashire Railway.
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C.
Kirkby railway station
Kirkby railway station is a local rail stop in Kirkby, Merseyside, England, serving as a terminus and interchange point on the regional rail network.
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D.
Hucknall railway station
Hucknall railway station is a local rail stop in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, England, providing regional train services and connections for the town’s residents and visitors.
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E.
Mobberley railway station
Mobberley railway station is a small rural train station in Mobberley, Cheshire, England, providing local rail services on the Mid-Cheshire Line.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | railway station ⓘ |
| architect | John Holloway Sanders ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| distanceFromCarlisle | approximately 30 miles ⓘ |
| distanceFromLeeds | approximately 70 miles ⓘ |
| fareZone | National Rail ⓘ |
| formerOperator |
British Rail
ⓘ
London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ Midland Railway ⓘ |
| hasAmenity |
customer information screens
ⓘ
cycle storage ⓘ public address system ⓘ seating areas ⓘ toilets ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
National Rail category F1 station
ⓘ
linked to:
DfT category E station
|
| hasFeature |
car park
ⓘ
footbridge ⓘ signal box ⓘ step-free access to both platforms ⓘ stone station buildings ⓘ ticket office ⓘ waiting shelters ⓘ |
| hasHeritageStatus | historic station ⓘ |
| hasPassengerUsageCategory | low-to-moderate usage ⓘ |
| hasScenicQuality | scenic rural location ⓘ |
| hasService |
Northern Trains local services
ⓘ
passenger services between Leeds and Appleby ⓘ passenger services between Leeds and Carlisle ⓘ |
| hasStationCode | APP ⓘ |
| hasTicketing |
part-time staffed ticket office
ⓘ
self-service ticket machine ⓘ |
| isOnRoute |
Leeds–Settle–Carlisle
ⓘ
linked to:
Leeds–Morecambe and Settle–Carlisle route
|
| isPartOf |
Settle–Carlisle railway
ⓘ
linked to:
Settle–Carlisle line
|
| isTouristAttraction | true ⓘ |
| lineCharacter | rural ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Appleby-in-Westmorland
ⓘ
Cumbria ⓘ North West England ⓘ |
| nearbyRiver | River Eden ⓘ |
| onLine | Settle–Carlisle line ⓘ |
| opened | 1876 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1 May 1876 ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Northern Trains ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Network Rail ⓘ |
| platformCount | 2 ⓘ |
| serves | Appleby-in-Westmorland ⓘ |
| structureType | at-grade ⓘ |
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: Appleby railway station Description of subject: Appleby railway station is a historic rural station in Cumbria, England, serving the town of Appleby-in-Westmorland on the scenic Settle–Carlisle railway.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.