Class 360 Desiro
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The Class 360 Desiro is a type of electric multiple unit passenger train used on regional and commuter services in the UK rail network.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Class 360 Desiro canonical | 1 |
| Class 360 Desiro EMU | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1009531 — 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: Class 360 Desiro Context triple: [East Midlands Railway, fleetIncludes, Class 360 Desiro]
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A.
Class 158 Express Sprinter
The Class 158 Express Sprinter is a British diesel multiple-unit train introduced in the late 1980s for regional and intercity services, known for its improved comfort and performance over earlier Sprinter units.
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B.
Class 397 Civity EMU
The Class 397 Civity EMU is a modern high-speed electric multiple unit built by CAF for intercity services in the UK, notably on routes linking north of England cities with Scotland.
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C.
Class 170 Turbostar
The Class 170 Turbostar is a British diesel multiple-unit train widely used for regional and intercity services across the UK rail network.
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D.
Class 180 Adelante
The Class 180 Adelante is a high-speed diesel multiple unit train used on intercity and regional services on the British railway network.
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E.
Class 156 Super Sprinter
The Class 156 Super Sprinter is a British two-car diesel multiple unit train built in the late 1980s for regional and local passenger services across the UK rail network.
- 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: Class 360 Desiro Target entity description: The Class 360 Desiro is a type of electric multiple unit passenger train used on regional and commuter services in the UK rail network.
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A.
Class 158 Express Sprinter
The Class 158 Express Sprinter is a British diesel multiple-unit train introduced in the late 1980s for regional and intercity services, known for its improved comfort and performance over earlier Sprinter units.
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B.
Class 397 Civity EMU
The Class 397 Civity EMU is a modern high-speed electric multiple unit built by CAF for intercity services in the UK, notably on routes linking north of England cities with Scotland.
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C.
Class 170 Turbostar
The Class 170 Turbostar is a British diesel multiple-unit train widely used for regional and intercity services across the UK rail network.
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D.
Class 180 Adelante
The Class 180 Adelante is a high-speed diesel multiple unit train used on intercity and regional services on the British railway network.
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E.
Class 156 Super Sprinter
The Class 156 Super Sprinter is a British two-car diesel multiple unit train built in the late 1980s for regional and local passenger services across the UK rail network.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British Rail Class 360 subclass
ⓘ
British Rail Class 360 subclass ⓘ Desiro family train ⓘ electric multiple unit ⓘ passenger train ⓘ |
| brakeType | electro-pneumatic brakes ⓘ |
| builtBy |
Siemens, Krefeld-Uerdingen plant
ⓘ
linked to:
Siemens
|
| category | British electric multiple units ⓘ |
| collectionMethod | pantograph ⓘ |
| countryOfOperation | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| couplingType |
Dellner coupler
ⓘ
linked to:
Dellner automatic couplers
|
| designedBy | Siemens Transportation Systems ⓘ |
| designedFor |
airport services
ⓘ
suburban services ⓘ |
| doorOperation | power-operated ⓘ |
| doorType | sliding plug doors ⓘ |
| electricSystem | 25 kV AC overhead ⓘ |
| enteredService | 2003 ⓘ |
| family |
Siemens Desiro UK
ⓘ
linked to:
Siemens Desiro
|
| hasCab | dual-ended driving cabs ⓘ |
| hasSubclass |
British Rail Class 360/1
ⓘ
British Rail Class 360/2 ⓘ
linked to:
British Rail Class 360/1
|
| introduced | early 2000s ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Siemens Transportation Systems ⓘ |
| multipleWorking | compatible with other Desiro UK units ⓘ |
| numberOfCarsPerSet | 4 ⓘ |
| operatingRegion |
East of England
ⓘ
London area ⓘ
linked to:
Greater London
|
| operator |
East Anglia franchise
ⓘ
linked to:
East Anglia
Greater Anglia ⓘ Greater Anglia ⓘ Heathrow Connect ⓘ Heathrow Connect ⓘ Heathrow Express ⓘ Heathrow Express ⓘ |
| powerType | electric ⓘ |
| safetySystem |
AWS
ⓘ
TPWS ⓘ |
| serviceStatus | in service ⓘ |
| serviceType |
commuter rail
ⓘ
regional rail ⓘ |
| topSpeed |
100 mph
ⓘ
160 km/h ⓘ |
| trackGauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
| UICClassification | Bo′Bo′+2′2′+2′2′+Bo′Bo′ ⓘ |
| usedFor |
commuter services
ⓘ
regional services ⓘ |
| usedOn |
Great Eastern Main Line
ⓘ
Heathrow Connect route ⓘ Heathrow Express route ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Class 360 Desiro Description of subject: The Class 360 Desiro is a type of electric multiple unit passenger train used on regional and commuter services in the UK rail network.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Class 360 Desiro