Bodmin and Wenford Railway

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heritage railway

Bodmin and Wenford Railway is a preserved heritage railway in Cornwall, England, offering steam and diesel train rides along a restored former branch line.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Bodmin & Wenford Railway	6
Bodmin and Wenford Railway canonical	2
Bodmin and Wenford Railway Company	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6258828 — 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: Bodmin and Wenford Railway
Context triple: [Bodmin, hasHeritageRailway, Bodmin and Wenford Railway]

A. Swanage Railway
Swanage Railway is a preserved heritage railway in southern England that operates steam and diesel trains along a scenic route on the Isle of Purbeck.
B. Pelion Railway
Pelion Railway is a historic narrow-gauge mountain railway in Greece, renowned for its scenic route through the Pelion peninsula and its traditional steam trains.
C. Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway
Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway is a preserved narrow-gauge heritage railway in Powys, Wales, offering scenic steam-hauled journeys through the countryside.
D. Taff Vale Railway
Taff Vale Railway was a historic Welsh railway company that played a key role in transporting coal and passengers in South Wales during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
E. Cornish Main Line
The Cornish Main Line is a major railway route in Cornwall, England, connecting Penzance with the rest of the national rail network.
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: Bodmin and Wenford Railway
Target entity description: Bodmin and Wenford Railway is a preserved heritage railway in Cornwall, England, offering steam and diesel train rides along a restored former branch line.

A. Swanage Railway
Swanage Railway is a preserved heritage railway in southern England that operates steam and diesel trains along a scenic route on the Isle of Purbeck.
B. Pelion Railway
Pelion Railway is a historic narrow-gauge mountain railway in Greece, renowned for its scenic route through the Pelion peninsula and its traditional steam trains.
C. Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway
Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway is a preserved narrow-gauge heritage railway in Powys, Wales, offering scenic steam-hauled journeys through the countryside.
D. Taff Vale Railway
Taff Vale Railway was a historic Welsh railway company that played a key role in transporting coal and passengers in South Wales during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
E. Cornish Main Line
The Cornish Main Line is a major railway route in Cornwall, England, connecting Penzance with the rest of the national rail network.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	heritage railway ⓘ
category	heritage railways in Cornwall ⓘ standard gauge heritage railways in England ⓘ
connectedMainLineStation	Bodmin Parkway railway station ⓘ
connectsTo	Cornish Main Line ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
gauge	standard gauge ⓘ
grantedLightRailwayOrder	1990 ⓘ
hasDepot	Bodmin General depot ⓘ linked to: Bodmin General railway station
hasFeature	diesel gala events ⓘ heritage railway museum displays ⓘ on-train catering on selected services ⓘ steam gala events ⓘ
hasStation	Bodmin Parkway railway station ⓘ Boscarne Junction ⓘ Colesloggett Halt ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.bodminrailway.co.uk/ ⓘ
heritageLineLength	approximately 6.5 miles ⓘ
heritageOperationSeason	mainly spring to autumn ⓘ
historicalOperator	British Railways ⓘ linked to: British Rail
lineType	former branch line ⓘ
locatedIn	Cornwall ⓘ England ⓘ
locatedNear	Bodmin ⓘ
offersService	diesel-hauled passenger trains ⓘ driver experience courses ⓘ heritage tourist trains ⓘ special event trains ⓘ steam-hauled passenger trains ⓘ
openedAsHeritageRailway	1986 ⓘ
originalLineOwner	Great Western Railway ⓘ
originalPurpose	passenger and freight branch line ⓘ
preserves	railway heritage of Bodmin area ⓘ
primaryStation	Bodmin General railway station ⓘ
region	South West England ⓘ linked to: southwest England
reopenedToPublic	1990 ⓘ
runsBetween	Bodmin General and Bodmin Parkway ⓘ linked to: Bodmin Road Bodmin General and Boscarne Junction ⓘ linked to: Bodmin General railway station
terminus	Bodmin General railway station ⓘ Bodmin Parkway railway station ⓘ Boscarne Junction ⓘ
tourismCategory	tourist attraction in Cornwall ⓘ
trackGauge	1435 mm ⓘ
trackOwner	Bodmin and Wenford Railway Company ⓘ linked to: Bodmin and Wenford Railway
usesInfrastructure	restored former Great Western Railway branch line ⓘ
usesRollingStockType	diesel locomotives ⓘ steam locomotives ⓘ

How these facts were elicited