Berlin–Magdeburg railway

E140331

railway in Germany railway line

The Berlin–Magdeburg railway is a major German rail line connecting the capital city Berlin with the city of Magdeburg, serving both regional and long-distance passenger and freight traffic.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Berlin–Magdeburg railway canonical	8
Berlin–Magdeburg rail corridor	1
Berlin–Magdeburg route	1
Berlin–Potsdam section	1
Brandenburg–Magdeburg railway	1
Helmstedt–Berlin transit corridor	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1224314 — 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: Berlin–Magdeburg railway
Context triple: [Berlin-Wannsee station, isStopOn, Berlin–Magdeburg railway]

A. Nuremberg–Würzburg railway
The Nuremberg–Würzburg railway is a major German main line in Bavaria that connects the cities of Nuremberg and Würzburg and forms part of an important north–south and east–west rail corridor.
B. Nuremberg–Bamberg railway
The Nuremberg–Bamberg railway is a major German main line in Bavaria that connects the cities of Nuremberg and Bamberg and forms part of important regional and long-distance rail routes.
C. Dresden–Werdau railway
The Dresden–Werdau railway is a major railway line in the German state of Saxony that connects the city of Dresden with Werdau, serving as an important regional and long-distance transport corridor.
D. Chemnitz–Leipzig railway
The Chemnitz–Leipzig railway is a major rail line in the German state of Saxony that connects the cities of Chemnitz and Leipzig and serves both regional and long-distance passenger traffic.
E. Chemnitz–Riesa railway
The Chemnitz–Riesa railway is a German rail line in Saxony that connects the city of Chemnitz with the important rail junction at Riesa, forming part of the regional and long-distance transport 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: Berlin–Magdeburg railway
Target entity description: The Berlin–Magdeburg railway is a major German rail line connecting the capital city Berlin with the city of Magdeburg, serving both regional and long-distance passenger and freight traffic.

A. Nuremberg–Würzburg railway
The Nuremberg–Würzburg railway is a major German main line in Bavaria that connects the cities of Nuremberg and Würzburg and forms part of an important north–south and east–west rail corridor.
B. Nuremberg–Bamberg railway
The Nuremberg–Bamberg railway is a major German main line in Bavaria that connects the cities of Nuremberg and Bamberg and forms part of important regional and long-distance rail routes.
C. Dresden–Werdau railway
The Dresden–Werdau railway is a major railway line in the German state of Saxony that connects the city of Dresden with Werdau, serving as an important regional and long-distance transport corridor.
D. Chemnitz–Leipzig railway
The Chemnitz–Leipzig railway is a major rail line in the German state of Saxony that connects the cities of Chemnitz and Leipzig and serves both regional and long-distance passenger traffic.
E. Chemnitz–Riesa railway
The Chemnitz–Riesa railway is a German rail line in Saxony that connects the city of Chemnitz with the important rail junction at Riesa, forming part of the regional and long-distance transport network.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	railway in Germany ⓘ railway line ⓘ
connects	Berlin ⓘ Magdeburg ⓘ
connectsTo	rail network of eastern Germany ⓘ rail network of western Germany ⓘ
country	Germany ⓘ
electrification	electrified ⓘ
endPoint	Magdeburg Hauptbahnhof ⓘ
gauge	standard gauge ⓘ
hasSection	Berlin–Potsdam section ⓘ linked to: Berlin–Magdeburg railway Brandenburg an der Havel–Magdeburg section ⓘ linked to: Potsdam–Brandenburg an der Havel section Potsdam–Brandenburg an der Havel section ⓘ
hasService	Intercity services ⓘ freight trains ⓘ regional rail services ⓘ
locatedIn	federal state of Berlin ⓘ federal state of Brandenburg ⓘ linked to: Brandenburg federal state of Saxony-Anhalt ⓘ linked to: Saxony-Anhalt
locatedOn	Berlin–Lehrte railway corridor ⓘ
operator	Deutsche Bahn ⓘ
owner	Deutsche Bahn ⓘ
partOf	German railway network ⓘ east–west rail axis in Germany ⓘ
passesThrough	Brandenburg an der Havel ⓘ Genthin ⓘ Potsdam ⓘ
regionServed	Berlin metropolitan region ⓘ linked to: Berlin-Brandenburg metropolitan region Brandenburg ⓘ Saxony-Anhalt ⓘ
significance	major rail link between Berlin and Magdeburg ⓘ
startPoint	Berlin Hauptbahnhof ⓘ
status	in operation ⓘ
terminus	Berlin ⓘ Magdeburg ⓘ
trackConfiguration	double track ⓘ
transportMode	rail ⓘ
usedBy	freight trains ⓘ passenger trains ⓘ
usedFor	freight traffic ⓘ long-distance passenger traffic ⓘ regional passenger traffic ⓘ

How these facts were elicited