Kobe Municipal Subway

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metro system public transport system rapid transit system

The Kobe Municipal Subway is an urban rapid transit system serving the city of Kobe, Japan, connecting key commercial, residential, and waterfront areas.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Kobe Municipal Subway canonical	8
Kobe Municipal Subway Seishin-Yamate Line	4
Kobe municipal public transport network	1
Kobe municipal subway	1
Kobe urban rail network	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1365891 — 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: Kobe Municipal Subway
Context triple: [Meriken Park, transportAccess, Kobe Municipal Subway]

A. Kyoto Municipal Subway
The Kyoto Municipal Subway is an urban rapid transit system serving Kyoto, Japan, providing key north–south and east–west rail connections across the city.
B. Osaka Metro Tanimachi Line
The Osaka Metro Tanimachi Line is a major north–south subway line in Osaka, Japan, connecting key commercial and residential districts across the city.
C. Osaka Metro Chuo Line
The Osaka Metro Chuo Line is a major rapid transit line in Osaka, Japan, running east–west through the city and serving key commercial, business, and waterfront areas.
D. Osaka Loop Line
The Osaka Loop Line is a circular railway line in Osaka, Japan, operated by JR West, that connects major urban and suburban districts around the city center.
E. Osaka Metro Sennichimae Line
The Osaka Metro Sennichimae Line is a rapid transit line in Osaka, Japan, running east–west through central parts of the city and connecting major commercial and residential districts.
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: Kobe Municipal Subway
Target entity description: The Kobe Municipal Subway is an urban rapid transit system serving the city of Kobe, Japan, connecting key commercial, residential, and waterfront areas.

A. Kyoto Municipal Subway
The Kyoto Municipal Subway is an urban rapid transit system serving Kyoto, Japan, providing key north–south and east–west rail connections across the city.
B. Osaka Metro Tanimachi Line
The Osaka Metro Tanimachi Line is a major north–south subway line in Osaka, Japan, connecting key commercial and residential districts across the city.
C. Osaka Metro Chuo Line
The Osaka Metro Chuo Line is a major rapid transit line in Osaka, Japan, running east–west through the city and serving key commercial, business, and waterfront areas.
D. Osaka Loop Line
The Osaka Loop Line is a circular railway line in Osaka, Japan, operated by JR West, that connects major urban and suburban districts around the city center.
E. Osaka Metro Sennichimae Line
The Osaka Metro Sennichimae Line is a rapid transit line in Osaka, Japan, running east–west through central parts of the city and connecting major commercial and residential districts.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	metro system ⓘ public transport system ⓘ rapid transit system ⓘ
connectsArea	Kobe waterfront ⓘ linked to: Kobe waterfront redevelopment area Seishin New Town ⓘ central Kobe ⓘ linked to: Chuo-ku, Kobe
connectsWith	Hankyu Railway ⓘ Hanshin Electric Railway ⓘ linked to: Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd. JR West lines in Kobe ⓘ linked to: JR Kobe Line
country	Japan ⓘ
electrificationSystem	overhead line ⓘ
fareSystem	distance-based fare ⓘ
hasFeature	air-conditioned trains ⓘ automatic ticket gates ⓘ elevated sections ⓘ platform screen doors on some stations ⓘ underground sections ⓘ
hasLine	Hokushin Line ⓘ Kaigan Line ⓘ Seishin–Yamate Line ⓘ linked to: Seishin-Yamate Line
hasMapDisplay	in-car route maps ⓘ station route maps ⓘ
hasRollingStockType	electric multiple units ⓘ
isPartOf	public transportation network of Kobe ⓘ
languageOfSignage	English ⓘ Japanese ⓘ
locatedIn	Kobe ⓘ linked to: Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	Hyōgo Prefecture ⓘ linked to: Hyogo Prefecture
numberOfLines	3 ⓘ
openingDate	1980s ⓘ
operator	Transportation Bureau City of Kobe ⓘ linked to: Kobe city government
owner	City of Kobe ⓘ linked to: Kobe
primaryFunction	urban mass transit in Kobe ⓘ
regionServed	Keihanshin metropolitan area ⓘ linked to: Greater Kyoto–Osaka metropolitan area
safetySystem	train protection system ⓘ
serves	commercial areas of Kobe ⓘ residential areas of Kobe ⓘ waterfront areas of Kobe ⓘ
servesStation	Harborland area stations ⓘ Myōdani Station ⓘ Nagata Station ⓘ Sannomiya Station ⓘ Seishin-Chūō Station ⓘ Shin-Kobe Station ⓘ
serviceType	all-stations stopping services ⓘ
ticketing	compatible with IC cards used in Kansai region ⓘ
timeZone	Japan Standard Time ⓘ
totalStations	approximately 28 ⓘ
trackGauge	standard gauge ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

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

Meriken Park → transportAccess → Kobe Municipal Subway ⓘ

Shin-Kobe Station → operator → Kobe Municipal Subway ⓘ

Shin-Kobe Station → serves → Kobe Municipal Subway Seishin-Yamate Line ⓘ