British Rail Class 153
E551456
The British Rail Class 153 is a single-car diesel multiple unit train used on regional and rural passenger services across the UK rail network.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| British Rail Class 153 canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5501822 — 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: British Rail Class 153 Context triple: [Sprinter, hasSubclass, British Rail Class 153]
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A.
British Rail Class 150
The British Rail Class 150 is a diesel multiple-unit passenger train built in the 1980s for regional and commuter services on the UK rail network.
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B.
British Rail Class 168
The British Rail Class 168 is a diesel multiple-unit train used primarily by Chiltern Railways for regional and intercity services in the United Kingdom.
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C.
British Rail Class 323
The British Rail Class 323 is a type of electric multiple unit train widely used on suburban and commuter rail services in the West Midlands and North West England.
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D.
British Rail Class 172
The British Rail Class 172 is a diesel multiple-unit train used on regional and suburban services in the UK, featuring improved performance, reliability, and passenger comfort over earlier Turbostar units.
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E.
British Rail Class 159
The British Rail Class 159 is a diesel multiple-unit train used for long-distance regional services in the UK, particularly known for operating intercity-style routes in the southwest of England.
- 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: British Rail Class 153 Target entity description: The British Rail Class 153 is a single-car diesel multiple unit train used on regional and rural passenger services across the UK rail network.
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A.
British Rail Class 150
The British Rail Class 150 is a diesel multiple-unit passenger train built in the 1980s for regional and commuter services on the UK rail network.
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B.
British Rail Class 168
The British Rail Class 168 is a diesel multiple-unit train used primarily by Chiltern Railways for regional and intercity services in the United Kingdom.
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C.
British Rail Class 323
The British Rail Class 323 is a type of electric multiple unit train widely used on suburban and commuter rail services in the West Midlands and North West England.
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D.
British Rail Class 172
The British Rail Class 172 is a diesel multiple-unit train used on regional and suburban services in the UK, featuring improved performance, reliability, and passenger comfort over earlier Turbostar units.
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E.
British Rail Class 159
The British Rail Class 159 is a diesel multiple-unit train used for long-distance regional services in the UK, particularly known for operating intercity-style routes in the southwest of England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
diesel multiple unit
ⓘ
railway vehicle class ⓘ |
| axleArrangement | one powered bogie and one trailer bogie ⓘ |
| brakeType | air brakes ⓘ |
| builder |
British Rail Engineering Limited
ⓘ
Leyland Bus ⓘ
linked to:
Leyland Trucks
|
| carHeight | approximately 3.8 m ⓘ |
| carLength | approximately 23 m ⓘ |
| carWidth | approximately 2.7 m ⓘ |
| configuration | single-car unit ⓘ |
| conversionYears | 1991–1992 ⓘ |
| convertedFrom | British Rail Class 155 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| couplingType | BSI automatic coupler ⓘ |
| designedFor | low passenger volume routes ⓘ |
| doorType | single-leaf sliding plug doors ⓘ |
| engineType | Cummins diesel engine ⓘ |
| enteredService | 1991 ⓘ |
| family | Sprinter ⓘ |
| floorType | high-floor design ⓘ |
| formerOperator | British Rail ⓘ |
| gauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
| hasCabAt | both ends ⓘ |
| introduced | 1991 ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed |
121 km/h
ⓘ
75 mph ⓘ |
| multipleWorking | compatible with other Sprinter units ⓘ |
| numberBuilt | 70 ⓘ |
| numberOfDoorsPerSide | 2 ⓘ |
| operator |
Abellio Greater Anglia
ⓘ
linked to:
Greater Anglia
East Midlands Railway ⓘ Great Western Railway ⓘ London North Eastern Railway ⓘ Northern Trains ⓘ ScotRail ⓘ Transport for Wales Rail ⓘ |
| operatorCountry | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| operatorType | train operating company ⓘ |
| powerType | diesel-mechanical ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
regional passenger services
ⓘ
rural passenger services ⓘ |
| seatingArrangement | 2+2 seating ⓘ |
| serviceType |
local services
ⓘ
stopping services ⓘ |
| trackGauge | 1435 mm ⓘ |
| transmission |
Voith hydraulic transmission
ⓘ
linked to:
Voith
|
| UICClassification | Bo′2′ ⓘ |
| usedOn |
branch lines
ⓘ
secondary routes ⓘ |
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: British Rail Class 153 Description of subject: The British Rail Class 153 is a single-car diesel multiple unit train used on regional and rural passenger services across the UK rail network.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Anglia Railways (former)
subject linked to:
Class 755 bi-mode multiple unit
subject linked to:
Class 158 diesel multiple unit
subject linked to:
Class 150/1