Brussels Airport-Zaventem railway station
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Brussels Airport-Zaventem railway station is the main rail hub directly serving Brussels Airport, providing regional, national, and international train connections to and from the airport.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Brussels Airport (via rail) | 1 |
| Brussels Airport railway station | 1 |
| Brussels Airport – Zaventem railway station | 1 |
| Brussels Airport-Zaventem railway station canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1702515 — 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: Brussels Airport-Zaventem railway station Context triple: [Brussels Airport, publicTransitConnection, Brussels Airport-Zaventem railway station]
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A.
Brussels-South railway station
Brussels-South railway station is the largest and busiest train station in Brussels, serving as a major international hub for high-speed rail services including Eurostar and Thalys.
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B.
Brussels-Schuman railway station
Brussels-Schuman railway station is a major rail and metro hub in Brussels’ European Quarter, serving EU institutions and providing regional and international connections.
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C.
Brussels-Luxembourg railway station
Brussels-Luxembourg railway station is a central Brussels train station located in the European Quarter, serving as a key transport hub for the nearby European Parliament and surrounding institutions.
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D.
Vilvoorde railway station
Vilvoorde railway station is a passenger rail station in Vilvoorde, Belgium, serving as a local and regional transport hub within the Brussels metropolitan area.
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E.
Bruxelles-Central / Brussel-Centraal
Bruxelles-Central / Brussel-Centraal is the main central railway station in Brussels, Belgium, serving as a key hub for national and regional train services.
- 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: Brussels Airport-Zaventem railway station Target entity description: Brussels Airport-Zaventem railway station is the main rail hub directly serving Brussels Airport, providing regional, national, and international train connections to and from the airport.
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A.
Brussels-South railway station
Brussels-South railway station is the largest and busiest train station in Brussels, serving as a major international hub for high-speed rail services including Eurostar and Thalys.
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B.
Brussels-Schuman railway station
Brussels-Schuman railway station is a major rail and metro hub in Brussels’ European Quarter, serving EU institutions and providing regional and international connections.
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C.
Brussels-Luxembourg railway station
Brussels-Luxembourg railway station is a central Brussels train station located in the European Quarter, serving as a key transport hub for the nearby European Parliament and surrounding institutions.
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D.
Vilvoorde railway station
Vilvoorde railway station is a passenger rail station in Vilvoorde, Belgium, serving as a local and regional transport hub within the Brussels metropolitan area.
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E.
Bruxelles-Central / Brussel-Centraal
Bruxelles-Central / Brussel-Centraal is the main central railway station in Brussels, Belgium, serving as a key hub for national and regional train services.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
airport railway station
ⓘ
railway station ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Antwerp-Central railway station
ⓘ
Brussels-Central railway station ⓘ Brussels-North railway station ⓘ Brussels-South railway station ⓘ Charleroi-Sud railway station ⓘ Ghent-Sint-Pieters railway station ⓘ
linked to:
Ghent-Saint-Peter's railway station
Leuven railway station ⓘ Liège-Guillemins railway station ⓘ Mechelen railway station ⓘ Namur railway station ⓘ |
| country | Belgium ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
escalators
ⓘ
information displays ⓘ lifts ⓘ waiting areas ⓘ |
| hasLevel | underground ⓘ |
| hasService |
Brussels Airport Express
ⓘ
IC trains to Antwerp ⓘ
linked to:
Belgian InterCity network
IC trains to Bruges ⓘ IC trains to Charleroi ⓘ IC trains to Ghent ⓘ IC trains to Hasselt ⓘ IC trains to Kortrijk ⓘ IC trains to Leuven ⓘ IC trains to Liège ⓘ IC trains to Luxembourg (via Brussels) ⓘ IC trains to Mons ⓘ IC trains to Namur ⓘ intercity trains ⓘ international trains ⓘ international trains to France (via Brussels) ⓘ international trains to Germany (via Brussels) ⓘ international trains to the Netherlands (via Brussels) ⓘ regional trains ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Brussels Airport
ⓘ
Brussels metropolitan area ⓘ Flemish Brabant ⓘ Flemish Region ⓘ Zaventem ⓘ |
| opened | 20th century ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
NMBS/SNCB
ⓘ
linked to:
SNCB/NMBS
|
| ownedBy | Infrabel ⓘ |
| partOf | Belgian railway network ⓘ |
| platformType | island platform ⓘ |
| railwayLine |
Belgian railway line 25N
ⓘ
Belgian railway line 36C ⓘ
linked to:
Belgian railway line 36
|
| role | main rail hub serving Brussels Airport ⓘ |
| serves | Brussels Airport ⓘ |
| structureType | underground station ⓘ |
| ticketing |
NMBS/SNCB ticket counters
ⓘ
NMBS/SNCB ticket machines ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Brussels Airport-Zaventem railway station Description of subject: Brussels Airport-Zaventem railway station is the main rail hub directly serving Brussels Airport, providing regional, national, and international train connections to and from the airport.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Brussels Airport-Zaventem railway station
linked to: Brussels Airport-Zaventem railway station
linked to: Brussels Airport-Zaventem railway station