Oakland Airport Connector

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airport rail link automated people mover line transport infrastructure project

The Oakland Airport Connector is an automated people mover line in Oakland, California, that links the city’s BART rail system with Oakland International Airport.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Oakland Airport Connector canonical	5
BART Coliseum–Oakland International Airport line	1
Coliseum–Oakland International Airport line	1
Oakland Airport Connector (via Coliseum station)	1
Oakland Airport Connector at Coliseum station	1
Oakland Airport Connector line	1
Oakland Coliseum Airport Connector	1
Oakland International Airport Connector via Coliseum station	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1943195 — 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: Oakland Airport Connector
Context triple: [Oakland International Airport, hasPublicTransitConnection, Oakland Airport Connector]

A. Alameda Corridor
The Alameda Corridor is a 20-mile freight rail expressway in Los Angeles County that consolidates and streamlines cargo movement between the region’s ports and the national rail network.
B. Altamont Corridor Express
Altamont Corridor Express is a commuter rail service in Northern California that connects Central Valley communities with the San Francisco Bay Area.
C. Transbay Tube
The Transbay Tube is an underwater rail tunnel beneath San Francisco Bay that carries BART trains between San Francisco and Oakland.
D. Paulina Connector
Paulina Connector is a short elevated rail link in Chicago that connects segments of the city's rapid transit system, facilitating train movements and route flexibility.
E. Monterey–San Jose Thruway Motorcoach
The Monterey–San Jose Thruway Motorcoach is an intercity bus service that connects Monterey and surrounding coastal communities with San Jose, providing coordinated feeder transportation to Amtrak rail 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: Oakland Airport Connector
Target entity description: The Oakland Airport Connector is an automated people mover line in Oakland, California, that links the city’s BART rail system with Oakland International Airport.

A. Alameda Corridor
The Alameda Corridor is a 20-mile freight rail expressway in Los Angeles County that consolidates and streamlines cargo movement between the region’s ports and the national rail network.
B. Altamont Corridor Express
Altamont Corridor Express is a commuter rail service in Northern California that connects Central Valley communities with the San Francisco Bay Area.
C. Transbay Tube
The Transbay Tube is an underwater rail tunnel beneath San Francisco Bay that carries BART trains between San Francisco and Oakland.
D. Paulina Connector
Paulina Connector is a short elevated rail link in Chicago that connects segments of the city's rapid transit system, facilitating train movements and route flexibility.
E. Monterey–San Jose Thruway Motorcoach
The Monterey–San Jose Thruway Motorcoach is an intercity bus service that connects Monterey and surrounding coastal communities with San Jose, providing coordinated feeder transportation to Amtrak rail services.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	airport rail link ⓘ automated people mover line ⓘ transport infrastructure project ⓘ
accessibility	wheelchair accessible ⓘ
automationLevel	fully automated ⓘ
connectsWith	Bay Area Rapid Transit ⓘ linked to: BART Coliseum BART Station ⓘ linked to: Coliseum BART station
constructionMethod	design-build contract ⓘ
constructionStartDate	2010 ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
electrification	electric ⓘ
environmentalImpactReview	subject to California Environmental Quality Act ⓘ
fareMediumAccepted	Clipper card ⓘ
fareSystem	integrated with BART fare system ⓘ
fundingSources	federal funds ⓘ local funds ⓘ regional funds ⓘ
governedBy	BART Board of Directors ⓘ linked to: BART
hasStation	Coliseum Station ⓘ linked to: Coliseum station Oakland International Airport Station ⓘ linked to: Oakland International Airport station
infrastructureType	elevated guideway ⓘ
isPartOf	BART system ⓘ linked to: BART
lineLength	approximately 3.2 miles ⓘ approximately 5.1 kilometers ⓘ
locatedInCounty	Alameda County, California ⓘ linked to: Alameda County
locatedInMetropolitanArea	San Francisco–Oakland–Berkeley metropolitan area ⓘ linked to: San Francisco Bay Area
location	Oakland, California ⓘ linked to: Oakland
nearbyCity	Oakland ⓘ
numberOfTracks	2 ⓘ
openingDate	2014-11-22 ⓘ
operator	Bay Area Rapid Transit ⓘ linked to: BART
owner	Bay Area Rapid Transit ⓘ linked to: BART
primaryFunction	airport access ⓘ
projectCost	hundreds of millions of US dollars ⓘ
propulsionSystem	cable-hauled ⓘ
regionServed	San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ
replaced	AirBART bus service ⓘ linked to: BART
rollingStock	cable-propelled automated people mover vehicles ⓘ
safetySystem	automated train control ⓘ
serves	Oakland International Airport ⓘ
servicePattern	shuttle service ⓘ
terminus	Coliseum Station ⓘ linked to: Coliseum station Oakland International Airport Station ⓘ linked to: Oakland International Airport station
trackGauge	standard gauge ⓘ
transportMode	rail ⓘ
travelTime	about 8 minutes ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

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

Oakland International Airport → hasPublicTransitConnection → Oakland Airport Connector ⓘ

Oakland International Airport station → line → Oakland Airport Connector ⓘ

Oakland International Airport station → connectsTo → BART Coliseum–Oakland International Airport line ⓘ