Jerusalem Light Rail

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light rail system public transport infrastructure tram system

The Jerusalem Light Rail is a modern urban tram system serving key neighborhoods and commercial centers across Jerusalem, providing an important public transit backbone for the city.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Jerusalem Light Rail canonical	2
Jerusalem Light Rail Red Line	1
Jerusalem Light Rail corridor on Jaffa Street	1
Jerusalem Light Rail line	1
Jerusalem light rail (nearby stations)	1
Red Line (Jerusalem Light Rail)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3518262 — 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: Jerusalem Light Rail
Context triple: [Alstom Citadis, notableOperator, Jerusalem Light Rail]

A. Tel Aviv–Haifa–Nahariya line
The Tel Aviv–Haifa–Nahariya line is a major intercity railway corridor in Israel that connects the Tel Aviv metropolitan area with the northern coastal cities, including Haifa and Nahariya.
B. Green Line (Israel)
Green Line (Israel) is the armistice demarcation line established in 1949 that came to serve as the de facto boundary between Israel and the territories captured by Jordan and later occupied by Israel, including the West Bank.
C. MAX Light Rail
MAX Light Rail is the metropolitan light rail transit system serving the Portland, Oregon, metropolitan area.
D. SacRT Light Rail
SacRT Light Rail is the electric light rail transit system serving Sacramento, California and its surrounding communities.
E. METRO light rail
METRO light rail is a rapid transit system serving the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area with multiple color-designated lines connecting key urban, suburban, and airport destinations.
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: Jerusalem Light Rail
Target entity description: The Jerusalem Light Rail is a modern urban tram system serving key neighborhoods and commercial centers across Jerusalem, providing an important public transit backbone for the city.

A. Tel Aviv–Haifa–Nahariya line
The Tel Aviv–Haifa–Nahariya line is a major intercity railway corridor in Israel that connects the Tel Aviv metropolitan area with the northern coastal cities, including Haifa and Nahariya.
B. Green Line (Israel)
Green Line (Israel) is the armistice demarcation line established in 1949 that came to serve as the de facto boundary between Israel and the territories captured by Jordan and later occupied by Israel, including the West Bank.
C. MAX Light Rail
MAX Light Rail is the metropolitan light rail transit system serving the Portland, Oregon, metropolitan area.
D. SacRT Light Rail
SacRT Light Rail is the electric light rail transit system serving Sacramento, California and its surrounding communities.
E. METRO light rail
METRO light rail is a rapid transit system serving the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area with multiple color-designated lines connecting key urban, suburban, and airport destinations.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	light rail system ⓘ public transport infrastructure ⓘ tram system ⓘ
additionalLanguageOfSignage	Arabic ⓘ English ⓘ
connectsArea	Central Bus Station area ⓘ City Center of Jerusalem ⓘ linked to: Jerusalem city center French Hill ⓘ Mount Herzl ⓘ Pisgat Ze'ev ⓘ
connectsTo	Jerusalem Central Bus Station ⓘ Jerusalem–Yitzhak Navon railway station ⓘ
constructionStartDate	2002 ⓘ
country	Israel ⓘ
electrification	750 V DC overhead line ⓘ
fareSystem	integrated with Jerusalem bus network ⓘ
hasFeature	accessible platforms ⓘ dedicated right-of-way on most of its route ⓘ low-floor trams ⓘ priority at traffic signals ⓘ
hasLine	Red Line (Jerusalem Light Rail) ⓘ linked to: Jerusalem Light Rail
hasStation	Central Station (Jerusalem Light Rail) ⓘ Damascus Gate (Jerusalem Light Rail) ⓘ French Hill (Jerusalem Light Rail) ⓘ Jaffa Center (Jerusalem Light Rail) ⓘ linked to: Jaffa Center light rail station Mount Herzl (Jerusalem Light Rail) ⓘ
inception	2011 ⓘ
locatedIn	Jerusalem ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	Jerusalem District ⓘ
numberOfLines	1 ⓘ
openingDate	2011-08-19 ⓘ
operator	CityPass ⓘ
owner	State of Israel ⓘ linked to: Israel
partOf	public transport network of Jerusalem ⓘ
primaryLanguageOfSignage	Hebrew ⓘ
purpose	improvement of air quality ⓘ reduction of traffic congestion ⓘ urban mass transit ⓘ
rollingStock	Alstom Citadis ⓘ linked to: Alstom Citadis tram
servesCity	Jerusalem ⓘ
significantFor	public transportation backbone of Jerusalem ⓘ urban development in Jerusalem ⓘ
terminus	Mount Herzl (western terminus) ⓘ linked to: Mount Herzl Pisgat Ze'ev (northern terminus) ⓘ
ticketingSystem	Rav-Kav smart card ⓘ
trackGauge	standard gauge ⓘ
typeOfTraffic	passenger ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

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

Alstom Citadis → notableOperator → Jerusalem Light Rail ⓘ

subject linked to: Alstom Citadis tram

French Hill → near → Jerusalem Light Rail line ⓘ