Munich–Nuremberg high-speed railway

E401618

high-speed railway line railway line in Germany

The Munich–Nuremberg high-speed railway is a German high-speed rail line in Bavaria that enables fast passenger services between the cities of Munich and Nuremberg.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Hochgeschwindigkeitsstrecke Nürnberg–Ingolstadt–München	1
Munich–Nuremberg high-speed line	1
Munich–Nuremberg high-speed railway canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3966852 — 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: Munich–Nuremberg high-speed railway
Context triple: [Nürnberg Hauptbahnhof, connectsTo, Munich–Nuremberg high-speed railway]

A. Hanover–Würzburg high-speed railway
The Hanover–Würzburg high-speed railway is a major German high-speed rail line that connects northern and southern Germany, significantly reducing travel times between cities such as Hanover, Göttingen, Kassel, and Würzburg.
B. Nuremberg–Würzburg railway
The Nuremberg–Würzburg railway is a major German main line in Bavaria that connects the cities of Nuremberg and Würzburg and forms part of an important north–south and east–west rail corridor.
C. Munich–Salzburg railway
The Munich–Salzburg railway is a major trans-European rail corridor in southern Germany that connects Munich with Salzburg, Austria, serving both long-distance and regional passenger traffic.
D. Stuttgart–Ulm railway
The Stuttgart–Ulm railway is a major German rail corridor in Baden-Württemberg that connects the state capital Stuttgart with the city of Ulm and forms part of an important east–west European transport axis.
E. Nuremberg–Bamberg railway
The Nuremberg–Bamberg railway is a major German main line in Bavaria that connects the cities of Nuremberg and Bamberg and forms part of important regional and long-distance rail routes.
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: Munich–Nuremberg high-speed railway
Target entity description: The Munich–Nuremberg high-speed railway is a German high-speed rail line in Bavaria that enables fast passenger services between the cities of Munich and Nuremberg.

A. Hanover–Würzburg high-speed railway
The Hanover–Würzburg high-speed railway is a major German high-speed rail line that connects northern and southern Germany, significantly reducing travel times between cities such as Hanover, Göttingen, Kassel, and Würzburg.
B. Nuremberg–Würzburg railway
The Nuremberg–Würzburg railway is a major German main line in Bavaria that connects the cities of Nuremberg and Würzburg and forms part of an important north–south and east–west rail corridor.
C. Munich–Salzburg railway
The Munich–Salzburg railway is a major trans-European rail corridor in southern Germany that connects Munich with Salzburg, Austria, serving both long-distance and regional passenger traffic.
D. Stuttgart–Ulm railway
The Stuttgart–Ulm railway is a major German rail corridor in Baden-Württemberg that connects the state capital Stuttgart with the city of Ulm and forms part of an important east–west European transport axis.
E. Nuremberg–Bamberg railway
The Nuremberg–Bamberg railway is a major German main line in Bavaria that connects the cities of Nuremberg and Bamberg and forms part of important regional and long-distance rail routes.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	high-speed railway line ⓘ railway line in Germany ⓘ
category	high-speed rail in Germany ⓘ
connects	Munich ⓘ Nuremberg ⓘ
constructionStart	1990s ⓘ
country	Germany ⓘ
electrification	15 kV 16.7 Hz AC overhead line ⓘ
enablesService	fast passenger services between Munich and Nuremberg ⓘ
formsCorridor	north–south rail corridor in Bavaria ⓘ linked to: North–South railway (Germany)
hasBridgeAndTunnelStructures	multiple railway bridges ⓘ multiple railway tunnels ⓘ
hasNumberOfTracks	double track on high-speed section ⓘ
hasOfficialNameInGerman	Hochgeschwindigkeitsstrecke Nürnberg–Ingolstadt–München ⓘ linked to: Munich–Nuremberg high-speed railway
hasSection	Ingolstadt–Nuremberg high-speed section ⓘ linked to: Nuremberg–Ingolstadt high-speed railway Munich–Ingolstadt upgraded section ⓘ
infrastructureManager	DB Netz ⓘ linked to: DB Netz AG
isPartOfProject	German Unity Transport Project 8 ⓘ
languageOfOfficialName	German ⓘ
lineLength	approximately 171 km ⓘ
locatedIn	Bavaria ⓘ
locatedOnContinent	Europe ⓘ
maximumSpeed	300 km/h ⓘ
opened	2006 ⓘ
operator	Deutsche Bahn ⓘ
ownedBy	Deutsche Bahn ⓘ
partOf	German high-speed rail network ⓘ linked to: German ICE high-speed lines
passesThrough	Ingolstadt ⓘ
primaryPurpose	passenger transport ⓘ
railwaySignalling	LZB ⓘ PZB ⓘ
reducesTravelTimeBetween	Munich and Nuremberg ⓘ
regionServed	Middle Franconia ⓘ Upper Bavaria ⓘ
startPoint	Munich ⓘ
suitableFor	tilting trains on upgraded sections ⓘ
trackGauge	1,435 mm ⓘ standard gauge ⓘ
usedBy	InterCityExpress ⓘ Regional-Express ⓘ S-Bahn Nuremberg ⓘ
usedFor	long-distance passenger services ⓘ regional passenger services ⓘ
uses	newly built high-speed sections ⓘ upgraded existing lines ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Nürnberg Hauptbahnhof → connectsTo → Munich–Nuremberg high-speed railway ⓘ

Munich–Nuremberg high-speed railway → hasOfficialNameInGerman → Hochgeschwindigkeitsstrecke Nürnberg–Ingolstadt–München ⓘ

linked to: Munich–Nuremberg high-speed railway

ICE 3 → routeUsage → Munich–Nuremberg high-speed line ⓘ

subject linked to: ICE 3 trainsets