Cambridge–Ely line

E637862

railway line railway route

The Cambridge–Ely line is a railway route in Cambridgeshire, England, connecting the city of Cambridge with the cathedral city of Ely and forming part of the region’s key passenger and freight network.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Cambridge–Ely line canonical	1
Ely via Fen Line at Cambridge	1
Ely–Cambridge line	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6963640 — 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: Cambridge–Ely line
Context triple: [Ely railway station, railwayLine, Cambridge–Ely line]

A. Cambridge line
The Cambridge line is a key railway route in eastern England that connects London with the city of Cambridge and its surrounding area.
B. Ipswich line
The Ipswich line is a suburban railway line in Brisbane, Queensland, connecting the city centre with the western suburbs and the city of Ipswich.
C. Bedford–Brighton line
The Bedford–Brighton line is a major north–south commuter and regional rail route in southern England, running through central London and forming the core of the Thameslink network.
D. Haverhill Line
The Haverhill Line is a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority commuter rail route running between Boston and the city of Haverhill, serving communities in the Merrimack Valley.
E. Ely–Ipswich line
The Ely–Ipswich line is a regional railway route in eastern England that connects the city of Ely in Cambridgeshire with the town of Ipswich in Suffolk, serving as an important link across East Anglia.
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: Cambridge–Ely line
Target entity description: The Cambridge–Ely line is a railway route in Cambridgeshire, England, connecting the city of Cambridge with the cathedral city of Ely and forming part of the region’s key passenger and freight network.

A. Cambridge line
The Cambridge line is a key railway route in eastern England that connects London with the city of Cambridge and its surrounding area.
B. Ipswich line
The Ipswich line is a suburban railway line in Brisbane, Queensland, connecting the city centre with the western suburbs and the city of Ipswich.
C. Bedford–Brighton line
The Bedford–Brighton line is a major north–south commuter and regional rail route in southern England, running through central London and forming the core of the Thameslink network.
D. Haverhill Line
The Haverhill Line is a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority commuter rail route running between Boston and the city of Haverhill, serving communities in the Merrimack Valley.
E. Ely–Ipswich line
The Ely–Ipswich line is a regional railway route in eastern England that connects the city of Ely in Cambridgeshire with the town of Ipswich in Suffolk, serving as an important link across East Anglia.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	railway line ⓘ railway route ⓘ
category	Railway lines in the East of England ⓘ Transport in Cambridgeshire ⓘ
connects	Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Ely NERFINISHED ⓘ
connectsToLine	Cambridge line NERFINISHED ⓘ Ely–King’s Lynn line NERFINISHED ⓘ Ely–Norwich line NERFINISHED ⓘ Ely–Peterborough line NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	England ⓘ
electrification	25 kV AC overhead line ⓘ
electrificationStatus	electrified ⓘ
formsPartOfCorridor	Freight route to the Port of Felixstowe ⓘ London–King’s Lynn route ⓘ
gauge	standard gauge ⓘ
hasStation	Cambridge North railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ Ely railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ Waterbeach railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasStructure	River Cam bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ River Great Ouse bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalOperator	British Rail NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Eastern Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ London and North Eastern Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
importance	key freight route in eastern England ⓘ key passenger route in Cambridgeshire ⓘ
locatedIn	Cambridge district NERFINISHED ⓘ Cambridgeshire, England ⓘ surface form: Cambridgeshire East Cambridgeshire district NERFINISHED ⓘ
operator	Network Rail NERFINISHED ⓘ
owner	Network Rail NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Anglia rail network NERFINISHED ⓘ Fen Line NERFINISHED ⓘ
passengerOperator	CrossCountry NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Northern NERFINISHED ⓘ Greater Anglia NERFINISHED ⓘ
railwaySystem	National Rail NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionServed	East of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
signalling	colour light signalling ⓘ
terminus	Cambridge railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ Ely railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ
trackConfiguration	double track ⓘ
usedByService	Birmingham–Stansted Airport services ⓘ London King’s Cross–King’s Lynn services ⓘ Stansted Airport–Norwich services NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	freight rail transport ⓘ passenger rail transport ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Ely railway station → railwayLine → Cambridge–Ely line ⓘ

Cambridge line → connectsTo → Cambridge–Ely line ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ely via Fen Line at Cambridge

Ely–Peterborough line → connectsToLine → Cambridge–Ely line ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ely–Cambridge line

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