West Midlands Trains rolling stock
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West Midlands Trains rolling stock refers to the fleet of passenger trains operated by West Midlands Trains on services in the West Midlands and surrounding regions of England.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| West Midlands Railway trains | 1 |
| West Midlands Trains rolling stock canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6015524 — 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: West Midlands Trains rolling stock Context triple: [British Rail Class 730, category, West Midlands Trains rolling stock]
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A.
TransPennine Express Nova fleet
The TransPennine Express Nova fleet is a modern series of branded intercity trains used by TransPennine Express in the UK, comprising multiple train classes designed to provide faster, higher-capacity services across its network.
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B.
British Rail Class 153
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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C.
Wessex Trains (past)
Wessex Trains was a former British train operating company in the UK that provided regional and local passenger rail services in the West Country and surrounding areas until its services were absorbed into other franchises.
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D.
West Midlands Railway
West Midlands Railway is a British train operating company providing regional and commuter rail services across the West Midlands and surrounding areas of England.
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E.
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.
- 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: West Midlands Trains rolling stock Target entity description: West Midlands Trains rolling stock refers to the fleet of passenger trains operated by West Midlands Trains on services in the West Midlands and surrounding regions of England.
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A.
TransPennine Express Nova fleet
The TransPennine Express Nova fleet is a modern series of branded intercity trains used by TransPennine Express in the UK, comprising multiple train classes designed to provide faster, higher-capacity services across its network.
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B.
British Rail Class 153
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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C.
Wessex Trains (past)
Wessex Trains was a former British train operating company in the UK that provided regional and local passenger rail services in the West Country and surrounding areas until its services were absorbed into other franchises.
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D.
West Midlands Railway
West Midlands Railway is a British train operating company providing regional and commuter rail services across the West Midlands and surrounding areas of England.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
passenger train fleet
ⓘ
rolling stock ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| electrificationSystemCompatibleWith | 25 kV AC overhead line ⓘ |
| gauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
| includesClass |
British Rail Class 170
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
British Rail Class 172 NERFINISHED ⓘ British Rail Class 196 NERFINISHED ⓘ British Rail Class 230 NERFINISHED ⓘ British Rail Class 323 NERFINISHED ⓘ British Rail Class 350 NERFINISHED ⓘ British Rail Class 730 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includesNewBuildOrder |
British Rail Class 196
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
British Rail Class 730 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includesRefurbishedStock |
British Rail Class 323
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
British Rail Class 350 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introducedBy | West Midlands Trains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| network | National Rail (Great Britain) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | West Midlands Trains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryDepot |
Bletchley TMD
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northampton Kings Heath depot NERFINISHED ⓘ Tyseley TMD NERFINISHED ⓘ Wolverhampton Oxley depot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionServed |
England
ⓘ
West Midlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replacedOperatorRollingStockOf | London Midland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceArea |
Birmingham suburban network
ⓘ
Birmingham–Leicester route NERFINISHED ⓘ Birmingham–Liverpool route ⓘ Birmingham–London Euston route NERFINISHED ⓘ Coventry–Nuneaton line NERFINISHED ⓘ Cross-City Line NERFINISHED ⓘ Hereford line NERFINISHED ⓘ Shrewsbury line NERFINISHED ⓘ West Coast Main Line (regional services) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startOfOperation | 2017 ⓘ |
| tractionType |
battery-diesel multiple unit
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diesel multiple unit ⓘ electric multiple unit ⓘ |
| usedFor | passenger rail transport ⓘ |
| usedOnRoute |
London Northwestern Railway services
NERFINISHED
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West Midlands Railway services NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedOnServiceType |
commuter services
ⓘ
inter-urban services ⓘ regional services ⓘ |
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: West Midlands Trains rolling stock Description of subject: West Midlands Trains rolling stock refers to the fleet of passenger trains operated by West Midlands Trains on services in the West Midlands and surrounding regions of England.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
British Rail Class 730
this entity surface form:
West Midlands Railway trains