Suffolk Downs station

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rapid transit station

Suffolk Downs station is a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Blue Line rapid transit stop located in East Boston, Massachusetts.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Suffolk Downs station canonical	2
Suffolk Downs (BRB&L station)	1
Suffolk Downs Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad station	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6298249 — 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: Suffolk Downs station
Context triple: [Orient Heights, hasAdjacentStation, Suffolk Downs station]

A. Wilton station
Wilton station is a commuter rail stop in Wilton, Connecticut, serving passengers on the Metro-North Railroad’s Danbury Branch.
B. Basildon railway station
Basildon railway station is the main rail hub serving the town of Basildon in Essex, England, on the London, Tilbury and Southend line.
C. Hastings station
Hastings station is a small commuter rail stop in Weston, Massachusetts, served by the MBTA's Framingham/Worcester Line.
D. Saxmundham railway station
Saxmundham railway station is a small regional rail stop serving the town of Saxmundham and surrounding areas in Suffolk, England.
E. Netherwood station
Netherwood station is a commuter rail stop in Plainfield, New Jersey, served by NJ Transit trains on the Raritan Valley 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: Suffolk Downs station
Target entity description: Suffolk Downs station is a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Blue Line rapid transit stop located in East Boston, Massachusetts.

A. Wilton station
Wilton station is a commuter rail stop in Wilton, Connecticut, serving passengers on the Metro-North Railroad’s Danbury Branch.
B. Basildon railway station
Basildon railway station is the main rail hub serving the town of Basildon in Essex, England, on the London, Tilbury and Southend line.
C. Hastings station
Hastings station is a small commuter rail stop in Weston, Massachusetts, served by the MBTA's Framingham/Worcester Line.
D. Saxmundham railway station
Saxmundham railway station is a small regional rail stop serving the town of Saxmundham and surrounding areas in Suffolk, England.
E. Netherwood station
Netherwood station is a commuter rail stop in Plainfield, New Jersey, served by NJ Transit trains on the Raritan Valley Line.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (36)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	rapid transit station ⓘ
accessible	no ⓘ
category	MBTA Blue Line stations ⓘ Railway stations in Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ Railway stations in the United States opened in 1952 ⓘ
city	Boston ⓘ linked to: Boston, Massachusetts
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
fareCollection	faregates at station entrance ⓘ
fareSystem	MBTA ⓘ
fareZone	Rapid transit flat fare ⓘ
hasAdjacentStation	Beachmont station ⓘ Orient Heights station ⓘ
hasBicycleFacilities	no ⓘ
hasBusConnections	no regular MBTA bus routes ⓘ
hasParking	no ⓘ
hasRebuilt	1980s ⓘ
line	Blue Line ⓘ
locatedIn	Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ East Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
namedAfter	Suffolk Downs racetrack ⓘ linked to: Suffolk Downs
numberOfPlatforms	1 ⓘ
numberOfTracks	2 ⓘ
opened	1952-01-05 ⓘ
operatedBy	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority ⓘ linked to: MBTA
ownedBy	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority ⓘ linked to: MBTA
platformType	island platform ⓘ
replaced	Suffolk Downs Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad station ⓘ linked to: Suffolk Downs station
servedBy	MBTA Blue Line ⓘ
servesArea	Suffolk Downs racetrack site ⓘ linked to: Suffolk Downs
servesNeighborhood	Orient Heights ⓘ
state	Massachusetts ⓘ
structureType	surface station ⓘ
ticketingSystem	CharlieCard ⓘ CharlieTicket ⓘ contactless payment ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Orient Heights → hasAdjacentStation → Suffolk Downs station ⓘ

Suffolk Downs → formerName → Suffolk Downs (BRB&L station) ⓘ

linked to: Suffolk Downs station

Blue Line (MBTA) → hasStation → Suffolk Downs station ⓘ

subject linked to: Blue Line is colored blue

Suffolk Downs station → replaced → Suffolk Downs Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad station ⓘ