Bury St Edmunds railway station
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Bury St Edmunds railway station is a historic railway station serving the market town of Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk, England, on the Ipswich–Ely line.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bury St Edmunds railway station canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2801788 — 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: Bury St Edmunds railway station Context triple: [Suffolk, England, hasTransportInfrastructure, Bury St Edmunds railway station]
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A.
Wymondham railway station
Wymondham railway station is a historic railway station in Norfolk, England, serving the town of Wymondham on the route between Norwich and Ely.
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B.
Newbury railway station
Newbury railway station is the main rail hub serving the town of Newbury in Berkshire, England, providing regional and commuter services on the Great Western network.
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C.
St Neots railway station
St Neots railway station is a passenger rail station in Cambridgeshire, England, serving the town of St Neots on the East Coast Main Line with regional and commuter services.
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D.
Ipswich railway station
Ipswich railway station is a major rail hub in Suffolk, England, providing regional and intercity services on the Great Eastern Main Line.
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E.
Northampton railway station
Northampton railway station is a major stop on the West Coast Main Line in Northampton, England, providing regional and intercity rail services between London and the Midlands.
- 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: Bury St Edmunds railway station Target entity description: Bury St Edmunds railway station is a historic railway station serving the market town of Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk, England, on the Ipswich–Ely line.
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A.
Wymondham railway station
Wymondham railway station is a historic railway station in Norfolk, England, serving the town of Wymondham on the route between Norwich and Ely.
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B.
Newbury railway station
Newbury railway station is the main rail hub serving the town of Newbury in Berkshire, England, providing regional and commuter services on the Great Western network.
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C.
St Neots railway station
St Neots railway station is a passenger rail station in Cambridgeshire, England, serving the town of St Neots on the East Coast Main Line with regional and commuter services.
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D.
Ipswich railway station
Ipswich railway station is a major rail hub in Suffolk, England, providing regional and intercity services on the Great Eastern Main Line.
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E.
Northampton railway station
Northampton railway station is a major stop on the West Coast Main Line in Northampton, England, providing regional and intercity rail services between London and the Midlands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | railway station ⓘ |
| architect | Sanford Robinson Giffard ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Italianate ⓘ |
| category |
Buildings and structures in Bury St Edmunds
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Former Great Eastern Railway stations ⓘ Grade II listed railway stations ⓘ Railway stations in Suffolk ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| distanceFromLondon | approximately 80 miles from London Liverpool Street by rail ⓘ |
| electrificationStatus | not electrified ⓘ |
| fareZone | outside London fare zones ⓘ |
| formerOperator |
British Rail
ⓘ
Great Eastern Railway ⓘ London and North Eastern Railway ⓘ |
| hasAdjacentStation |
Icklingham (closed) railway station
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Thurston railway station ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
car park
ⓘ
cycle parking ⓘ self-service ticket machines ⓘ step-free access (partial) ⓘ ticket office ⓘ toilets ⓘ waiting room ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
signal box (historic, now redundant or altered)
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station footbridge ⓘ |
| hasHeritageStatus | Grade II listed building ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
brick-built main station building
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two through platforms ⓘ |
| hasTicketingSystem | National Rail ⓘ |
| line |
Ipswich–Ely line
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linked to:
Ely–Ipswich line
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| locatedIn |
Bury St Edmunds
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East of England ⓘ Suffolk ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| managedBy | Greater Anglia ⓘ |
| opened | 1847 ⓘ |
| operator | Greater Anglia ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Network Rail ⓘ |
| platformCount | 2 ⓘ |
| region | Suffolk rail network ⓘ |
| servedArea |
market town of Bury St Edmunds
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linked to:
Bury St Edmunds
|
| servedBy |
trains between Ipswich and Cambridge
ⓘ
trains between Ipswich and Ely ⓘ trains between Ipswich and Peterborough ⓘ |
| serves | Bury St Edmunds ⓘ |
| stationCode | BSE ⓘ |
| trackGauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bury St Edmunds railway station Description of subject: Bury St Edmunds railway station is a historic railway station serving the market town of Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk, England, on the Ipswich–Ely line.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.