Metro-North fare zones

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distance-based pricing scheme fare zone system

Metro-North fare zones are the distance-based pricing regions used by the Metro-North Railroad to determine commuter rail ticket costs across its network.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Metro-North fare system	6
Metro-North Railroad fare zones	3
MTA fare zones	2
MTA Metro-North Railroad fare zones	1
MTA Metro-North zone-based fares	1
Metro-North fare Zone 1	1
Metro-North fare Zone 8	1
Metro-North fare zones canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2329089 — 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: Metro-North fare zones
Context triple: [White Plains station, zoneSystem, Metro-North fare zones]

A. NJ Transit fare zones
NJ Transit fare zones are a distance-based pricing system that divides the rail network into geographic zones to determine passenger ticket costs.
B. MBTA Commuter Rail fare zones
MBTA Commuter Rail fare zones are a distance-based pricing system that divides stations into concentric zones around Boston to determine commuter rail ticket and pass costs.
C. MTA New York City Subway fare system
The MTA New York City Subway fare system is the payment and ticketing framework that governs how riders pay to use New York City’s subway network, including methods like MetroCard and OMNY.
D. LIRR City Terminal Zone
LIRR City Terminal Zone is a Long Island Rail Road service area encompassing the major terminal stations in and around New York City, including key hubs in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens.
E. Zone 15 (NJ Transit)
Zone 15 (NJ Transit) is a New Jersey Transit fare zone used to determine ticket prices for travel to and from stations such as New Brunswick.
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: Metro-North fare zones
Target entity description: Metro-North fare zones are the distance-based pricing regions used by the Metro-North Railroad to determine commuter rail ticket costs across its network.

A. NJ Transit fare zones
NJ Transit fare zones are a distance-based pricing system that divides the rail network into geographic zones to determine passenger ticket costs.
B. MBTA Commuter Rail fare zones
MBTA Commuter Rail fare zones are a distance-based pricing system that divides stations into concentric zones around Boston to determine commuter rail ticket and pass costs.
C. MTA New York City Subway fare system
The MTA New York City Subway fare system is the payment and ticketing framework that governs how riders pay to use New York City’s subway network, including methods like MetroCard and OMNY.
D. LIRR City Terminal Zone
LIRR City Terminal Zone is a Long Island Rail Road service area encompassing the major terminal stations in and around New York City, including key hubs in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens.
E. Zone 15 (NJ Transit)
Zone 15 (NJ Transit) is a New Jersey Transit fare zone used to determine ticket prices for travel to and from stations such as New Brunswick.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	distance-based pricing scheme ⓘ fare zone system ⓘ
administeredBy	MTA Metro-North Railroad ⓘ linked to: Metro-North Railroad Metropolitan Transportation Authority ⓘ
affects	commuter rail travel cost ⓘ monthly commuting expenses ⓘ
appliesTo	Danbury Branch ⓘ East-of-Hudson service ⓘ Harlem Line ⓘ Hudson Line ⓘ Metro-North Railroad commuter rail services ⓘ linked to: Metro-North Railroad New Canaan Branch ⓘ New Haven Line ⓘ Pascack Valley Line (Metro-North service) ⓘ linked to: Pascack Valley Line Port Jervis Line (Metro-North service) ⓘ linked to: Metro-North Railroad Port Jervis Line Waterbury Branch ⓘ West-of-Hudson service ⓘ
basedOn	distance between stations ⓘ station location relative to Grand Central Terminal ⓘ station location relative to Harlem–125th Street ⓘ
category	Public transport fares ⓘ Rail transport in the New York metropolitan area ⓘ
determines	ticket price between origin and destination stations ⓘ
documentedIn	MTA Metro-North timetables ⓘ linked to: MTA service information materials MTA fare zone maps ⓘ Metro-North Railroad fare tables ⓘ
hasCentralReferencePoint	Grand Central Terminal ⓘ Harlem–125th Street station ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	different zone structures East-of-Hudson and West-of-Hudson ⓘ fares generally increase with higher zone numbers ⓘ zones numbered outward from Manhattan ⓘ
introducedBy	Metro-North Railroad ⓘ
partOf	MTA regional fare system ⓘ
relatedTo	Connecticut Department of Transportation fare policy ⓘ MTA fare policy ⓘ
replaced	former Conrail commuter fare structures ⓘ
updatedBy	periodic MTA fare changes ⓘ
usedBy	Metro-North Railroad ⓘ
usedFor	commuter rail ticket pricing ⓘ monthly passes ⓘ off-peak tickets ⓘ peak tickets ⓘ reduced-fare tickets ⓘ single-ride tickets ⓘ ten-trip tickets ⓘ weekly passes ⓘ
usedIn	Connecticut ⓘ New Jersey (Metro-North operated segments) ⓘ New York State ⓘ linked to: New York

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