Birmingham New Street – Coventry
E566882
Birmingham New Street – Coventry is a key regional rail corridor in England linking Birmingham’s main city-centre station with the city of Coventry.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Birmingham New Street – Coventry canonical | 1 |
| Birmingham–Coventry–Northampton services | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5842013 — 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: Birmingham New Street – Coventry Context triple: [Central Trains, operatedRoute, Birmingham New Street – Coventry]
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A.
Birmingham New Street – Wolverhampton
Birmingham New Street – Wolverhampton is a key commuter and regional rail corridor in England’s West Midlands, linking central Birmingham with the city of Wolverhampton.
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B.
Birmingham New Street – Leicester
Birmingham New Street – Leicester is a regional rail route in England linking Birmingham’s main central station with the city of Leicester.
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C.
Birmingham New Street – Walsall
Birmingham New Street – Walsall is a regional rail service in England connecting Birmingham’s main central station with the town of Walsall in the West Midlands.
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D.
Birmingham New Street to Lichfield Trent Valley
Birmingham New Street to Lichfield Trent Valley is a suburban rail route in England connecting central Birmingham with the city of Lichfield via intermediate West Midlands commuter stations.
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E.
Birmingham New Street to Redditch
Birmingham New Street to Redditch is a suburban rail route in the West Midlands, England, linking central Birmingham with the town of Redditch as part of the Cross-City 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: Birmingham New Street – Coventry Target entity description: Birmingham New Street – Coventry is a key regional rail corridor in England linking Birmingham’s main city-centre station with the city of Coventry.
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A.
Birmingham New Street – Wolverhampton
Birmingham New Street – Wolverhampton is a key commuter and regional rail corridor in England’s West Midlands, linking central Birmingham with the city of Wolverhampton.
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B.
Birmingham New Street – Leicester
Birmingham New Street – Leicester is a regional rail route in England linking Birmingham’s main central station with the city of Leicester.
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C.
Birmingham New Street – Walsall
Birmingham New Street – Walsall is a regional rail service in England connecting Birmingham’s main central station with the town of Walsall in the West Midlands.
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D.
Birmingham New Street to Lichfield Trent Valley
Birmingham New Street to Lichfield Trent Valley is a suburban rail route in England connecting central Birmingham with the city of Lichfield via intermediate West Midlands commuter stations.
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E.
Birmingham New Street to Redditch
Birmingham New Street to Redditch is a suburban rail route in the West Midlands, England, linking central Birmingham with the town of Redditch as part of the Cross-City Line.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
rail corridor
ⓘ
railway line ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
rail transport in Coventry
ⓘ
rail transport in the West Midlands ⓘ |
| connectsCity |
Birmingham
ⓘ
Coventry ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| electrification | 25 kV AC overhead line ⓘ |
| function | links Birmingham city centre with Coventry city centre ⓘ |
| gauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
| hasStation |
Birmingham New Street railway station
ⓘ
linked to:
Birmingham New Street
Coventry railway station ⓘ |
| importance | key regional rail corridor ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
West Midlands region
ⓘ
linked to:
West Midlands
|
| operator |
Avanti West Coast
ⓘ
CrossCountry ⓘ West Midlands Railway ⓘ |
| partOf |
Birmingham to London railway corridor
ⓘ
linked to:
London–Birmingham transport corridor
West Coast Main Line ⓘ |
| railNetwork | National Rail ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Coventry and Warwickshire
ⓘ
West Midlands conurbation ⓘ
linked to:
West Midlands
|
| serviceType |
express services
ⓘ
semi-fast services ⓘ stopping services ⓘ |
| terminus |
Birmingham New Street railway station
ⓘ
linked to:
Birmingham New Street
Coventry railway station ⓘ |
| trackConfiguration | double track ⓘ |
| usedFor |
inter-city rail services
ⓘ
passenger rail services ⓘ regional rail 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
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Input
Subject: Birmingham New Street – Coventry Description of subject: Birmingham New Street – Coventry is a key regional rail corridor in England linking Birmingham’s main city-centre station with the city of Coventry.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Central Trains (former)
linked to: Birmingham New Street – Coventry