Ventimiglia railway yard
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Ventimiglia railway yard is a major rail facility in Ventimiglia, Italy, used for the stabling, sorting, and management of trains serving both domestic and cross-border routes near the French-Italian frontier.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ventimiglia railway yard canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8774013 — 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: Ventimiglia railway yard Context triple: [Ventimiglia railway station, adjacentTo, Ventimiglia railway yard]
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A.
Ventimiglia railway station
Ventimiglia railway station is a major Italian rail hub near the French border that serves as an important international junction between the Italian and French railway networks.
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B.
Savona railway station
Savona railway station is a key regional and intercity train hub in the Ligurian coastal city of Savona in northwestern Italy.
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C.
Sanremo railway station
Sanremo railway station is a passenger rail station in the coastal city of Sanremo in Liguria, Italy, serving regional and long-distance trains along the Italian Riviera.
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D.
Cagliari railway station
Cagliari railway station is the main passenger and transport hub of the city of Cagliari in Sardinia, Italy, connecting it to regional and national rail networks.
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E.
Imperia railway station
Imperia railway station is a passenger rail station in the city of Imperia, Italy, serving as a stop on the coastal line connecting Genoa with Ventimiglia near the French border.
- 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: Ventimiglia railway yard Target entity description: Ventimiglia railway yard is a major rail facility in Ventimiglia, Italy, used for the stabling, sorting, and management of trains serving both domestic and cross-border routes near the French-Italian frontier.
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A.
Ventimiglia railway station
Ventimiglia railway station is a major Italian rail hub near the French border that serves as an important international junction between the Italian and French railway networks.
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B.
Savona railway station
Savona railway station is a key regional and intercity train hub in the Ligurian coastal city of Savona in northwestern Italy.
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C.
Sanremo railway station
Sanremo railway station is a passenger rail station in the coastal city of Sanremo in Liguria, Italy, serving regional and long-distance trains along the Italian Riviera.
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D.
Cagliari railway station
Cagliari railway station is the main passenger and transport hub of the city of Cagliari in Sardinia, Italy, connecting it to regional and national rail networks.
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E.
Imperia railway station
Imperia railway station is a passenger rail station in the city of Imperia, Italy, serving as a stop on the coastal line connecting Genoa with Ventimiglia near the French border.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
rail transport infrastructure
ⓘ
railway yard ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Ventimiglia passenger station complex
ⓘ
linked to:
Ventimiglia railway station
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| connectsRailNetworksOf |
France
ⓘ
Italy ⓘ |
| country | Italy ⓘ |
| electrificationSystem |
25 kV AC / 1.5 kV DC interface nearby (French system on connected lines)
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3 kV DC (Italian system on connected lines) ⓘ |
| geographicContext | Ligurian coast ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
locomotive run-round operations
ⓘ
marshalling of rolling stock ⓘ train formation ⓘ train storage ⓘ turnback operations for terminating services ⓘ |
| hasInfrastructure |
classification tracks
ⓘ
maintenance and service tracks ⓘ multiple sidings ⓘ |
| hasNearbyBorderCrossing | Ventimiglia–Menton rail border crossing ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Ventimiglia ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory | Province of Imperia ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Liguria ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
French-Italian border
ⓘ
Ventimiglia railway station ⓘ |
| locatedOnRailwayLine |
Genoa–Ventimiglia railway
ⓘ
Marseille–Ventimiglia railway ⓘ Ventimiglia–Cuneo railway ⓘ
linked to:
Cuneo–Ventimiglia railway
|
| partOf |
Italian railway network
ⓘ
Trans-European rail connections between Italy and France ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
management of trains
ⓘ
sorting of trains ⓘ stabling of trains ⓘ |
| railGauge | standard gauge (1435 mm) ⓘ |
| servesCity | Ventimiglia ⓘ |
| servesRegion |
Riviera di Ponente
ⓘ
linked to:
Riviera dei Fiori
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| servesRouteType |
cross-border rail services between Italy and France
ⓘ
domestic rail services in Italy ⓘ |
| strategicRole | border interchange facility between Italian and French rail networks ⓘ |
| supportsTrafficType |
freight trains
ⓘ
international trains ⓘ long-distance trains ⓘ passenger trains ⓘ regional trains ⓘ |
| usedByOperator |
SNCF (cross-border operations)
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linked to:
SNCF
Thello (historical) ⓘ
linked to:
Thello
Trenitalia ⓘ |
| usedFor |
customs and border-related operational procedures (historically)
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regulation of train paths at the frontier ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Ventimiglia railway yard Description of subject: Ventimiglia railway yard is a major rail facility in Ventimiglia, Italy, used for the stabling, sorting, and management of trains serving both domestic and cross-border routes near the French-Italian frontier.
Referenced by (1)
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