Betws-y-Coed railway station
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Betws-y-Coed railway station is a rural stop on the Conwy Valley Line in North Wales, serving the village of Betws-y-Coed and acting as a gateway to Snowdonia for tourists and walkers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Betws-y-Coed railway station canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9544415 — 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: Betws-y-Coed railway station Context triple: [Betws-y-Coed, transport, Betws-y-Coed railway station]
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Nant Gwernol railway station
Nant Gwernol railway station is the upper mountain terminus of the historic narrow-gauge Talyllyn Railway in Mid Wales, serving as a scenic endpoint for heritage steam train services.
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B.
Blaenau Ffestiniog Station
Blaenau Ffestiniog Station is a railway station in the town of Blaenau Ffestiniog in Gwynedd, Wales, serving as a key terminus for heritage and mainline rail services in the area.
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C.
Snowdon station
Snowdon station is a major Montreal Metro interchange station in the Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough, serving as a key hub on the city’s rapid transit network.
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D.
Cefn-y-Bedd railway station
Cefn-y-Bedd railway station is a small rural stop in Wrexham County Borough, Wales, serving the village of Cefn-y-Bedd with local passenger services.
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E.
Cynwyd station
Cynwyd station is a SEPTA regional rail station in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, serving as the northern endpoint of the short Cynwyd Line into Philadelphia.
- 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: Betws-y-Coed railway station Target entity description: Betws-y-Coed railway station is a rural stop on the Conwy Valley Line in North Wales, serving the village of Betws-y-Coed and acting as a gateway to Snowdonia for tourists and walkers.
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A.
Nant Gwernol railway station
Nant Gwernol railway station is the upper mountain terminus of the historic narrow-gauge Talyllyn Railway in Mid Wales, serving as a scenic endpoint for heritage steam train services.
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B.
Blaenau Ffestiniog Station
Blaenau Ffestiniog Station is a railway station in the town of Blaenau Ffestiniog in Gwynedd, Wales, serving as a key terminus for heritage and mainline rail services in the area.
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C.
Snowdon station
Snowdon station is a major Montreal Metro interchange station in the Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough, serving as a key hub on the city’s rapid transit network.
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D.
Cefn-y-Bedd railway station
Cefn-y-Bedd railway station is a small rural stop in Wrexham County Borough, Wales, serving the village of Cefn-y-Bedd with local passenger services.
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E.
Cynwyd station
Cynwyd station is a SEPTA regional rail station in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, serving as the northern endpoint of the short Cynwyd Line into Philadelphia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
National Rail station
ⓘ
railway station ⓘ |
| adjacentStationOnLine |
Dolwyddelan railway station
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pont-y-Pant railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category | DfT category F1 station ⓘ |
| country | Wales ⓘ |
| fareZone | D ⓘ |
| function | gateway to Snowdonia ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
car park
ⓘ
footbridge ⓘ step-free access to at least one platform ⓘ ticket office ⓘ toilets ⓘ waiting room ⓘ |
| hasHeritage | Victorian railway architecture ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
English
ⓘ
Welsh ⓘ |
| hasNearbyAttraction |
Gwydir Forest Park
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Swallow Falls (near Betws-y-Coed) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasService |
local stopping services on the Conwy Valley Line
ⓘ
services between Llandudno and Blaenau Ffestiniog ⓘ |
| hasStructure | stone station building ⓘ |
| line | Conwy Valley Line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Betws-y-Coed
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Conwy County Borough NERFINISHED ⓘ North Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ Snowdonia National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managedBy | Transport for Wales Rail NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near |
A5 road
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Betws-y-Coed village centre ⓘ River Conwy NERFINISHED ⓘ Snowdonia National Park trails NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opened | 1868 ⓘ |
| originalOperator | London and North Western Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Network Rail ⓘ |
| platformCount | 2 ⓘ |
| postGroupingCompany | London, Midland and Scottish Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preGroupingCompany | London and North Western Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Conwy Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serves |
Betws-y-Coed
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
tourists ⓘ walkers ⓘ |
| signageLanguage | bilingual Welsh and English ⓘ |
| stationCode | BYC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
local commuter travel
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outdoor recreation access ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Betws-y-Coed railway station Description of subject: Betws-y-Coed railway station is a rural stop on the Conwy Valley Line in North Wales, serving the village of Betws-y-Coed and acting as a gateway to Snowdonia for tourists and walkers.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.