Tanggula railway station
E395905
Tanggula railway station is a high-altitude train station on the Qinghai–Tibet Railway, known as one of the world’s highest railway stations.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nagqu Railway Station | 2 |
| Tanggula railway station canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3865622 — 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: Tanggula railway station Context triple: [Tanggula Mountains, railwayStation, Tanggula railway station]
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A.
Langho railway station
Langho railway station is a small rural stop on the Ribble Valley Line in Lancashire, England, serving the village of Langho and surrounding areas.
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B.
Tawang railway station
Tawang railway station is a historic train station in Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia, known for serving as a major rail hub near the city’s Old Town district.
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C.
Tiyu Xilu Station
Tiyu Xilu Station is a major interchange and one of the busiest metro stations in Guangzhou, China, serving as a key hub in the Guangzhou Metro network.
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D.
Lijiao Station
Lijiao Station is an interchange station on the Guangzhou Metro system in Guangzhou, China, serving as a local transit hub for passengers in its surrounding urban area.
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E.
Tuqiao Station
Tuqiao Station is a subway station on Beijing's Batong Line serving the eastern suburbs of the city.
- 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: Tanggula railway station Target entity description: Tanggula railway station is a high-altitude train station on the Qinghai–Tibet Railway, known as one of the world’s highest railway stations.
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A.
Langho railway station
Langho railway station is a small rural stop on the Ribble Valley Line in Lancashire, England, serving the village of Langho and surrounding areas.
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B.
Tawang railway station
Tawang railway station is a historic train station in Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia, known for serving as a major rail hub near the city’s Old Town district.
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C.
Tiyu Xilu Station
Tiyu Xilu Station is a major interchange and one of the busiest metro stations in Guangzhou, China, serving as a key hub in the Guangzhou Metro network.
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D.
Lijiao Station
Lijiao Station is an interchange station on the Guangzhou Metro system in Guangzhou, China, serving as a local transit hub for passengers in its surrounding urban area.
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E.
Tuqiao Station
Tuqiao Station is a subway station on Beijing's Batong Line serving the eastern suburbs of the city.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
railway station
ⓘ
train station ⓘ |
| climate | alpine climate ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| elevation | about 5068 metres above sea level ⓘ |
| gauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
high-altitude engineering design
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oxygen supply system in trains serving the station ⓘ |
| hasStructureType | at-grade station ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being one of the highest railway stations in the world
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high-altitude location ⓘ |
| languageOfSignage |
Chinese
ⓘ
Tibetan ⓘ |
| lineTerminusRole | intermediate station ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Tanggula Mountains
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Tibet Autonomous Region ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Tanggula Pass ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Qinghai–Tibet Railway ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1 July 2006 ⓘ |
| operator | China Railway ⓘ |
| partOf |
Qinghai–Tibet Railway network
ⓘ
linked to:
Qinghai–Tibet Railway
|
| platformCount | 3 ⓘ |
| region |
Qinghai–Tibet Plateau
ⓘ
linked to:
Tibetan Plateau
|
| safetyConcern | altitude sickness risk for passengers ⓘ |
| serves |
Qinghai–Tibet passenger trains
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linked to:
Qinghai–Tibet Railway
|
| status | operational ⓘ |
| trackCount | 4 ⓘ |
| usedFor |
passenger transport
ⓘ
railway operations on Qinghai–Tibet route ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Tanggula railway station Description of subject: Tanggula railway station is a high-altitude train station on the Qinghai–Tibet Railway, known as one of the world’s highest railway stations.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Tanggula railway station
linked to: Tanggula railway station