Umeda Station (Hanshin Electric Railway)
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Umeda Station (Hanshin Electric Railway) is a major terminal railway station in Osaka operated by Hanshin Electric Railway, serving as one of the key gateways to the Umeda commercial and business district.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hanshin Umeda Station | 1 |
| Osaka-Umeda Station (Hanshin) | 1 |
| Osaka-umeda Station (Hanshin) | 1 |
| Umeda Station (Hanshin Electric Railway) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11683519 — 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: Umeda Station (Hanshin Electric Railway) Context triple: [Umeda, Osaka, servedBy, Umeda Station (Hanshin Electric Railway)]
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A.
Umeda Station (Osaka Metro)
Umeda Station (Osaka Metro) is a major subway hub in Osaka’s Umeda district, serving multiple Osaka Metro lines and providing extensive connections to nearby JR and private railway stations.
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B.
Shin-Osaka Station (Osaka Metro)
Shin-Osaka Station (Osaka Metro) is a major Osaka Metro subway station that serves as a key access point to the nearby Shinkansen and JR Shin-Osaka railway hub in Osaka, Japan.
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C.
Nishi-Umeda Station
Nishi-Umeda Station is a major Osaka subway station on the Yotsubashi Line, serving the Umeda district and providing convenient transfers to several other key rail and metro lines.
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D.
Higashi-Umeda Station
Higashi-Umeda Station is a major Osaka Metro subway station in central Osaka, Japan, serving the busy Umeda commercial and business district.
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E.
JR Namba Station
JR Namba Station is a railway station in Osaka, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and serving as one of the main access points to the Namba district.
- 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: Umeda Station (Hanshin Electric Railway) Target entity description: Umeda Station (Hanshin Electric Railway) is a major terminal railway station in Osaka operated by Hanshin Electric Railway, serving as one of the key gateways to the Umeda commercial and business district.
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A.
Umeda Station (Osaka Metro)
Umeda Station (Osaka Metro) is a major subway hub in Osaka’s Umeda district, serving multiple Osaka Metro lines and providing extensive connections to nearby JR and private railway stations.
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B.
Shin-Osaka Station (Osaka Metro)
Shin-Osaka Station (Osaka Metro) is a major Osaka Metro subway station that serves as a key access point to the nearby Shinkansen and JR Shin-Osaka railway hub in Osaka, Japan.
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C.
Nishi-Umeda Station
Nishi-Umeda Station is a major Osaka subway station on the Yotsubashi Line, serving the Umeda district and providing convenient transfers to several other key rail and metro lines.
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D.
Higashi-Umeda Station
Higashi-Umeda Station is a major Osaka Metro subway station in central Osaka, Japan, serving the busy Umeda commercial and business district.
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E.
JR Namba Station
JR Namba Station is a railway station in Osaka, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and serving as one of the main access points to the Namba district.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
commuter rail station
ⓘ
railway station ⓘ terminal station ⓘ |
| adjacentStation | Fukushima Station (Hanshin Electric Railway) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Hanshin Electric Railway stations
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Railway stations in Osaka ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
Higashi-Umeda Station (Osaka Metro Tanimachi Line)
NERFINISHED
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Nishi-Umeda Station (Osaka Metro Yotsubashi Line) NERFINISHED ⓘ Osaka Station (JR West) NERFINISHED ⓘ Osaka Station City complex NERFINISHED ⓘ Osaka-umeda Station (Hankyu) NERFINISHED ⓘ Umeda Station (Osaka Metro Midosuji Line) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| electrification | overhead line electrification ⓘ |
| fareSystem |
IC cards accepted
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ICOCA accepted ⓘ PiTaPa accepted ⓘ |
| function | gateway to Umeda district ⓘ |
| hasFacilities |
restrooms
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shops ⓘ ticket machines ⓘ underground concourse access ⓘ |
| hasService |
express trains
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limited express trains ⓘ local trains ⓘ |
| hasTicketGates |
central ticket gates
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east ticket gates ⓘ west ticket gates ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Hanshin Umeda area underground concourse
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Kita-ku, Osaka NERFINISHED ⓘ Osaka ⓘ Osaka Prefecture ⓘ Umeda district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedUnder |
Hanshin Department Store Umeda Main Store
NERFINISHED
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Osaka Station front area ⓘ |
| near |
Grand Front Osaka
NERFINISHED
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HEP FIVE shopping mall NERFINISHED ⓘ Osaka Maru Building area NERFINISHED ⓘ Umeda Sky Building NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opened | early 20th century ⓘ |
| operator | Hanshin Electric Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Hanshin Main Line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| platformType | bay platforms ⓘ |
| railGauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
| role | terminal of Hanshin Main Line ⓘ |
| serves |
Umeda business district
NERFINISHED
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Umeda commercial district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structureType | underground station ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Umeda Station (Hanshin Electric Railway) Description of subject: Umeda Station (Hanshin Electric Railway) is a major terminal railway station in Osaka operated by Hanshin Electric Railway, serving as one of the key gateways to the Umeda commercial and business district.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Osaka-Umeda Station (Hanshin)
this entity surface form:
Osaka-umeda Station (Hanshin)
this entity surface form:
Hanshin Umeda Station