METRORail light rail

E441302

light rail system public transport system urban rail transit system

METRORail light rail is Houston's urban light rail transit system operated by METRO, connecting key destinations throughout the city’s central area.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
METRORail	8
METRORail light rail canonical	1
METRORail urban rail system	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4473368 — 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: METRORail light rail
Context triple: [Minute Maid Park, publicTransit, METRORail light rail]

A. 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.
B. Metro Rail
Metro Rail is the urban rapid transit rail system serving Los Angeles County, providing light rail and subway services across the region.
C. MAX Light Rail
MAX Light Rail is the metropolitan light rail transit system serving the Portland, Oregon, metropolitan area.
D. MetroLink light rail
MetroLink light rail is the bi-state light rail transit system serving the Greater St. Louis area, providing regional passenger rail service across parts of Missouri and Illinois.
E. Metrorail
Metrorail is the rapid transit system serving the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA).
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: METRORail light rail
Target entity description: METRORail light rail is Houston's urban light rail transit system operated by METRO, connecting key destinations throughout the city’s central area.

A. 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.
B. Metro Rail
Metro Rail is the urban rapid transit rail system serving Los Angeles County, providing light rail and subway services across the region.
C. MAX Light Rail
MAX Light Rail is the metropolitan light rail transit system serving the Portland, Oregon, metropolitan area.
D. MetroLink light rail
MetroLink light rail is the bi-state light rail transit system serving the Greater St. Louis area, providing regional passenger rail service across parts of Missouri and Illinois.
E. Metrorail
Metrorail is the rapid transit system serving the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA).
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	light rail system ⓘ public transport system ⓘ urban rail transit system ⓘ
connects	BBVA Stadium NERFINISHED ⓘ Downtown Houston NERFINISHED ⓘ EaDo (East Downtown) NERFINISHED ⓘ George R. Brown Convention Center NERFINISHED ⓘ Hermann Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Houston Museum of Natural Science NERFINISHED ⓘ Houston Zoo NERFINISHED ⓘ Midtown Houston NERFINISHED ⓘ Minute Maid Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Museum District NERFINISHED ⓘ NRG Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Rice University area ⓘ Texas Medical Center NERFINISHED ⓘ Theater District NERFINISHED ⓘ UH–Downtown NERFINISHED ⓘ UH–Main Campus vicinity ⓘ University of Houston NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
electrification	overhead line ⓘ
electrificationVoltage	750 V DC ⓘ
fareSystem	METRO Q Fare Card NERFINISHED ⓘ METRO Q Mobile Ticketing NERFINISHED ⓘ
governingBody	Board of Directors of METRO NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeature	accessible stations ⓘ bicycle accommodation on trains ⓘ low-floor light rail vehicles ⓘ
integration	METRO Park & Ride system ⓘ METRO bus network ⓘ
line	Green Line NERFINISHED ⓘ Purple Line NERFINISHED ⓘ Red Line NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Houston NERFINISHED ⓘ Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfLines	3 ⓘ
openingDate	2004-01-01 ⓘ
operator	Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County NERFINISHED ⓘ
owner	Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryAreaServed	Houston central area ⓘ
serves	Houston metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ
shortName	METRO NERFINISHED ⓘ
systemLength	approximately 22.7 miles ⓘ
ticketing	proof-of-payment system ⓘ
trackGauge	standard gauge ⓘ
transitType	light rail ⓘ
website	https://www.ridemetro.org ⓘ

How these facts were elicited