Budapest Nyugati railway station

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railway station railway terminus transport hub

Budapest Nyugati railway station is one of Budapest’s main historic railway terminals, notable for its grand 19th-century iron-and-glass architecture designed by the Eiffel Company.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Nyugati pályaudvar	6
Budapest Nyugati railway station canonical	5
Nyugati railway station	4
Budapest Nyugati pályaudvar	1
Budapest Western railway station	1
Nyugati pályaudvar metro station	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2213720 — 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: Budapest Nyugati railway station
Context triple: [Budapest Nyugati railway station (iron structure), partOf, Budapest Nyugati railway station]

A. Vienna station
Vienna station is a Washington Metro rapid transit station in Fairfax County, Virginia, serving as the western endpoint of the system’s Orange Line.
B. Charles Center station
Charles Center station is a major underground transit hub in downtown Baltimore serving the Metro SubwayLink system and connecting riders to the city’s central business district.
C. Südkreuz station
Südkreuz station is a major Berlin transport hub serving regional, long-distance, and S-Bahn trains in the southern part of the city.
D. Fürth Hauptbahnhof
Fürth Hauptbahnhof is the main railway station of Fürth in Bavaria, Germany, serving as a regional and local transport hub with connections to nearby cities including Nuremberg.
E. Príncipe Pío station
Príncipe Pío station is a major intermodal transport hub in Madrid, Spain, combining commuter rail, metro, and bus services in a historic former railway terminal.
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: Budapest Nyugati railway station
Target entity description: Budapest Nyugati railway station is one of Budapest’s main historic railway terminals, notable for its grand 19th-century iron-and-glass architecture designed by the Eiffel Company.

A. Vienna station
Vienna station is a Washington Metro rapid transit station in Fairfax County, Virginia, serving as the western endpoint of the system’s Orange Line.
B. Charles Center station
Charles Center station is a major underground transit hub in downtown Baltimore serving the Metro SubwayLink system and connecting riders to the city’s central business district.
C. Südkreuz station
Südkreuz station is a major Berlin transport hub serving regional, long-distance, and S-Bahn trains in the southern part of the city.
D. Fürth Hauptbahnhof
Fürth Hauptbahnhof is the main railway station of Fürth in Bavaria, Germany, serving as a regional and local transport hub with connections to nearby cities including Nuremberg.
E. Príncipe Pío station
Príncipe Pío station is a major intermodal transport hub in Madrid, Spain, combining commuter rail, metro, and bus services in a historic former railway terminal.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	railway station ⓘ railway terminus ⓘ transport hub ⓘ
adjacentTo	Nyugati tér ⓘ
architecturalStyle	19th-century eclectic architecture ⓘ iron-and-glass architecture ⓘ
connectedTo	Budapest Metro Line 3 ⓘ Budapest bus network ⓘ linked to: Budapest bus lines Budapest tram network ⓘ
constructionEnd	1877 ⓘ
constructionStart	1874 ⓘ
coordinates	47.5106°N 19.0583°E ⓘ
country	Hungary ⓘ
designedBy	Eiffel Company ⓘ linked to: Eiffel et Cie Gustave Eiffel’s company ⓘ linked to: Eiffel et Cie
hasFacility	shops and services ⓘ ticket offices ⓘ waiting rooms ⓘ
hasFormerName	Pest Station ⓘ
hasFunction	terminus for long-distance trains ⓘ terminus for suburban railway lines ⓘ
hasNameInHungarian	Budapest Nyugati pályaudvar ⓘ linked to: Budapest Nyugati railway station
hasNearbyLandmark	Grand Boulevard (Nagykörút) ⓘ linked to: Grand Boulevard of Budapest WestEnd City Center shopping mall ⓘ
hasStructure	glass train hall ⓘ large iron roof trusses ⓘ
heritageStatus	historic railway station ⓘ
isOneOf	three main railway terminals in Budapest ⓘ
locatedIn	6th district of Budapest ⓘ Budapest ⓘ Pest side of Budapest ⓘ Terézváros ⓘ
meaningOfName	Budapest Western railway station ⓘ linked to: Budapest Nyugati railway station
notableFor	grand 19th-century iron-and-glass train shed ⓘ historic façade designed by Eiffel Company ⓘ
openingDate	1877 ⓘ
operator	MÁV ⓘ
ownedBy	MÁV ⓘ
platformCount	multiple through and terminal platforms ⓘ
precededBy	earlier Pest railway station on the same site ⓘ
railwayCompanyServed	GySEV ⓘ MÁV-START ⓘ linked to: MÁV
railwayLineConnection	main lines towards Szolnok and Debrecen ⓘ suburban lines to Vác and Esztergom ⓘ
servesCity	Budapest ⓘ
servesRegion	Great Hungarian Plain ⓘ
shortName	Nyugati pályaudvar ⓘ linked to: Budapest Nyugati railway station
sisterTerminals	Budapest Déli railway station ⓘ Budapest Keleti railway station ⓘ

How these facts were elicited