Northeast Frontier Railway (partly)

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administrative unit of Indian Railways railway zone

Northeast Frontier Railway is a zone of Indian Railways responsible for rail operations across much of India’s northeastern region and parts of eastern states.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Northeast Frontier Railway zone	65
Northeast Frontier Railway	60
Northeast Frontier Railway network	4
Northeast India rail network	2
Northeast Frontier Railway (for Katihar division)	1
Northeast Frontier Railway (for rail connectivity context)	1
Northeast Frontier Railway (partly) canonical	1
Northeast Frontier Railway headquarters	1
Northeast Frontier Railway zone area	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1418299 — 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: Northeast Frontier Railway (partly)
Context triple: [West Bengal, hasRailwayZoneHeadquarters, Northeast Frontier Railway (partly)]

A. Eastern Railway
Eastern Railway is one of the major zones of Indian Railways, operating extensive rail services primarily across eastern India.
B. North Central Railway zone
The North Central Railway zone is one of the 19 railway zones of Indian Railways, headquartered at Prayagraj, and is a major rail network serving parts of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Haryana.
C. Northern Railway zone
The Northern Railway zone is one of the largest and oldest zones of Indian Railways, overseeing extensive rail operations across North India from its headquarters in New Delhi.
D. Western Railway zone
The Western Railway zone is one of the major zones of Indian Railways, overseeing rail operations across parts of western India including the states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Madhya Pradesh.
E. West Central Railway zone
West Central Railway zone is one of the zones of Indian Railways, headquartered in Jabalpur, that manages and operates rail services across parts of central India.
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: Northeast Frontier Railway (partly)
Target entity description: Northeast Frontier Railway is a zone of Indian Railways responsible for rail operations across much of India’s northeastern region and parts of eastern states.

A. Eastern Railway
Eastern Railway is one of the major zones of Indian Railways, operating extensive rail services primarily across eastern India.
B. North Central Railway zone
The North Central Railway zone is one of the 19 railway zones of Indian Railways, headquartered at Prayagraj, and is a major rail network serving parts of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Haryana.
C. Northern Railway zone
The Northern Railway zone is one of the largest and oldest zones of Indian Railways, overseeing extensive rail operations across North India from its headquarters in New Delhi.
D. Western Railway zone
The Western Railway zone is one of the major zones of Indian Railways, overseeing rail operations across parts of western India including the states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Madhya Pradesh.
E. West Central Railway zone
West Central Railway zone is one of the zones of Indian Railways, headquartered in Jabalpur, that manages and operates rail services across parts of central India.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative unit of Indian Railways ⓘ railway zone ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
division	Alipurduar railway division ⓘ Katihar railway division ⓘ Lumding railway division ⓘ Rangiya railway division ⓘ Tinsukia railway division ⓘ
gauge	broad gauge ⓘ
hasBorderWith	Bangladesh ⓘ linked to: People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) Bhutan ⓘ Myanmar ⓘ Nepal ⓘ
hasInternationalConnectivityPotential	Bangladesh ⓘ linked to: People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
headquarters	Guwahati ⓘ Maligaon, Guwahati ⓘ
infrastructureCharacteristic	large proportion of network in hilly and difficult terrain ⓘ significant number of bridges and tunnels ⓘ
notableStation	Agartala ⓘ Dibrugarh ⓘ Guwahati railway station ⓘ linked to: Guwahati Junction railway station Katihar Junction ⓘ Lumding Junction ⓘ New Jalpaiguri Junction ⓘ linked to: New Jalpaiguri Tinsukia Junction ⓘ
operator	Ministry of Railways ⓘ linked to: Ministry of Railways (India)
owner	Government of India ⓘ
parentOrganization	Ministry of Railways ⓘ linked to: Ministry of Railways (India)
partOf	Indian Railways ⓘ
railwayZoneCode	NFR ⓘ
regionServed	Arunachal Pradesh ⓘ Assam ⓘ Manipur ⓘ Meghalaya ⓘ Mizoram ⓘ Nagaland ⓘ Northeast India ⓘ Tripura ⓘ parts of Bihar ⓘ parts of West Bengal ⓘ
responsibility	maintenance of track and infrastructure in its jurisdiction ⓘ operation of passenger and freight trains in its jurisdiction ⓘ railway safety in its jurisdiction ⓘ
role	freight transport ⓘ passenger transport ⓘ strategic connectivity for Northeast India ⓘ
state	Assam ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (136)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

West Bengal → hasRailwayZoneHeadquarters → Northeast Frontier Railway (partly) ⓘ

Silchar railway station → railwayZone → Northeast Frontier Railway ⓘ

subject linked to: Silchar