Oban railway station
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Oban railway station is the terminus of the scenic West Highland Line in western Scotland, serving the coastal town of Oban and acting as a key gateway for travelers to the Hebridean islands.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Oban railway station canonical | 11 |
| Oban depot and workshops | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3687025 — 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: Oban railway station Context triple: [Oban, hasRailwayStation, Oban railway station]
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A.
Gourock railway station
Gourock railway station is a coastal terminus on the Inverclyde Line in Inverclyde, Scotland, serving the town of Gourock and providing rail connections to Glasgow and nearby ferry services.
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B.
Burntisland railway station
Burntisland railway station is a coastal railway stop in the town of Burntisland, Fife, Scotland, providing passenger services on regional routes including the Fife Circle.
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C.
Dalgety Bay railway station
Dalgety Bay railway station is a suburban rail stop in Fife, Scotland, serving the town of Dalgety Bay with regular commuter services to Edinburgh and other nearby destinations.
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D.
Portlethen railway station
Portlethen railway station is a small stop on Scotland’s east coast rail network, providing local and regional passenger services between Aberdeen and nearby towns.
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E.
Holyhead railway station
Holyhead railway station is a major transport hub on the island of Anglesey in Wales, serving as the primary rail link for ferry passengers traveling between Great Britain and Ireland.
- 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: Oban railway station Target entity description: Oban railway station is the terminus of the scenic West Highland Line in western Scotland, serving the coastal town of Oban and acting as a key gateway for travelers to the Hebridean islands.
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A.
Gourock railway station
Gourock railway station is a coastal terminus on the Inverclyde Line in Inverclyde, Scotland, serving the town of Gourock and providing rail connections to Glasgow and nearby ferry services.
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B.
Burntisland railway station
Burntisland railway station is a coastal railway stop in the town of Burntisland, Fife, Scotland, providing passenger services on regional routes including the Fife Circle.
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C.
Dalgety Bay railway station
Dalgety Bay railway station is a suburban rail stop in Fife, Scotland, serving the town of Dalgety Bay with regular commuter services to Edinburgh and other nearby destinations.
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D.
Portlethen railway station
Portlethen railway station is a small stop on Scotland’s east coast rail network, providing local and regional passenger services between Aberdeen and nearby towns.
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E.
Holyhead railway station
Holyhead railway station is a major transport hub on the island of Anglesey in Wales, serving as the primary rail link for ferry passengers traveling between Great Britain and Ireland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
railway station
ⓘ
terminus railway station ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Oban town centre
ⓘ
linked to:
Oban
|
| connectsTo |
Crianlarich
ⓘ
Glasgow ⓘ Tyndrum ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| fareZoneSystem | ScotRail fare structure ⓘ |
| function | gateway to Hebridean islands ⓘ |
| hasConnection | ferry services to Hebridean islands ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
car park
ⓘ
cycle storage ⓘ step-free access ⓘ ticket office ⓘ toilets ⓘ waiting room ⓘ |
| hasInformationSystem |
departure boards
ⓘ
public address system ⓘ |
| hasPlatform | bay platforms ⓘ |
| hasService |
ScotRail services to Glasgow Queen Street
ⓘ
passenger rail services ⓘ services via Crianlarich ⓘ services via Tyndrum Lower ⓘ tourist traffic ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
canopies
ⓘ
station building ⓘ |
| hasTicketing |
staffed ticket office
ⓘ
ticket machines ⓘ |
| isScenic | true ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Argyll and Bute
ⓘ
Oban ⓘ West Highland region ⓘ
linked to:
West Highlands
|
| near | Oban ferry terminal ⓘ |
| opened | 19th century ⓘ |
| openedBy | Caledonian Railway ⓘ |
| operatedBy | ScotRail ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Network Rail ⓘ |
| partOfNetwork |
National Rail (Great Britain)
ⓘ
linked to:
National Rail
|
| platformCount | 3 ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
local travel
ⓘ
tourist travel ⓘ |
| railwayLine | West Highland Line ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Argyll
ⓘ
Inner Hebrides ⓘ |
| serves |
Hebridean islands traffic
ⓘ
town of Oban ⓘ |
| stationCode | OBN ⓘ |
| terminusOf | West Highland Line ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Oban railway station Description of subject: Oban railway station is the terminus of the scenic West Highland Line in western Scotland, serving the coastal town of Oban and acting as a key gateway for travelers to the Hebridean islands.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
West Highland railway line (nearby along western shore)
subject linked to:
West Highland Line railway
linked to: Oban railway station