Geneva–Lyon railway

E11857

international railway line railway line

The Geneva–Lyon railway is an international rail line linking the Swiss city of Geneva with Lyon in France, serving as a key passenger and freight corridor between the two countries.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Lyon–Geneva railway	11
Lyon–Geneva railway line	2
Geneva–Bellegarde railway line	1
Geneva–Lyon railway canonical	1
Lyon–Genève railway	1
Swiss–French cross-border rail network	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T95139 — 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: Geneva–Lyon railway
Context triple: [France–Switzerland border, crossesRailwayLine, Geneva–Lyon railway]

A. Basel–Mulhouse railway
The Basel–Mulhouse railway is an international rail line linking the Swiss city of Basel with the French city of Mulhouse, serving as a key cross-border transport corridor between Switzerland and France.
B. Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg transport corridor
The Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg transport corridor is a major transnational hub in the Upper Rhine region that integrates road, rail, and air links between France, Switzerland, and Germany around the tri-city area.
C. Gare de Genève-Cornavin
Gare de Genève-Cornavin is the main railway station in Geneva, Switzerland, serving as a major hub for national and international train connections.
D. France–Switzerland border
The France–Switzerland border is an international boundary in Western Europe separating France and Switzerland, notable for crossing major transport routes and sites such as the CERN research complex near Geneva.
E. Jet d'Eau
Jet d'Eau is a famous large water fountain on Lake Geneva and one of the most iconic symbols of the city of Geneva, Switzerland.
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: Geneva–Lyon railway
Target entity description: The Geneva–Lyon railway is an international rail line linking the Swiss city of Geneva with Lyon in France, serving as a key passenger and freight corridor between the two countries.

A. Basel–Mulhouse railway
The Basel–Mulhouse railway is an international rail line linking the Swiss city of Basel with the French city of Mulhouse, serving as a key cross-border transport corridor between Switzerland and France.
B. Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg transport corridor
The Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg transport corridor is a major transnational hub in the Upper Rhine region that integrates road, rail, and air links between France, Switzerland, and Germany around the tri-city area.
C. Gare de Genève-Cornavin
Gare de Genève-Cornavin is the main railway station in Geneva, Switzerland, serving as a major hub for national and international train connections.
D. France–Switzerland border
The France–Switzerland border is an international boundary in Western Europe separating France and Switzerland, notable for crossing major transport routes and sites such as the CERN research complex near Geneva.
E. Jet d'Eau
Jet d'Eau is a famous large water fountain on Lake Geneva and one of the most iconic symbols of the city of Geneva, Switzerland.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (32)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international railway line ⓘ railway line ⓘ
connectsCity	Geneva ⓘ Lyon ⓘ
connectsCountry	France ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ
connectsRegion	Rhône valley ⓘ linked to: Rhône Valley Romandy ⓘ
country	France ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ
crossesBorderBetween	Annemasse ⓘ Geneva ⓘ
electrification	overhead line ⓘ
hasBorderCrossing	Swiss–French border ⓘ linked to: France–Switzerland border
hasFunction	key corridor between Switzerland and France ⓘ
importantFor	international freight traffic ⓘ international passenger traffic ⓘ
locatedIn	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes ⓘ linked to: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region Canton of Geneva ⓘ linked to: canton of Geneva eastern France ⓘ western Switzerland ⓘ
partOf	French rail network ⓘ Swiss rail network ⓘ
railwayType	main line ⓘ
serviceType	freight trains ⓘ long-distance trains ⓘ regional trains ⓘ
terminus	Geneva ⓘ Lyon ⓘ
usedFor	freight transport ⓘ passenger transport ⓘ
usesGauge	standard gauge ⓘ

How these facts were elicited