Merced Amtrak Station
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Merced Amtrak Station is a passenger rail station in Merced, California that serves as a key regional transportation hub and gateway for travelers heading to destinations such as Yosemite National Park.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Merced Amtrak Station canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4640508 — 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: Merced Amtrak Station Context triple: [Yosemite Area Regional Transportation System, connectsTo, Merced Amtrak Station]
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A.
Madera Amtrak station
Madera Amtrak station is a passenger rail station in Madera, California, served by Amtrak’s San Joaquins route in the San Joaquin Valley.
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B.
Martinez Amtrak station
Martinez Amtrak station is a passenger rail station in Martinez, California, serving as a key stop for Amtrak trains in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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C.
Amtrak Sacramento Valley Station
Amtrak Sacramento Valley Station is the main intercity passenger rail station in Sacramento, California, serving Amtrak trains and regional transit connections.
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D.
Barstow Amtrak station
Barstow Amtrak station is a historic railway depot in Barstow, California, serving Amtrak passengers and standing as a key landmark along the former Route 66 corridor.
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E.
Santa Rosa station
Santa Rosa station is a transit stop on Line 4A of the local rail network, serving passengers in its surrounding urban area.
- 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: Merced Amtrak Station Target entity description: Merced Amtrak Station is a passenger rail station in Merced, California that serves as a key regional transportation hub and gateway for travelers heading to destinations such as Yosemite National Park.
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A.
Madera Amtrak station
Madera Amtrak station is a passenger rail station in Madera, California, served by Amtrak’s San Joaquins route in the San Joaquin Valley.
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B.
Martinez Amtrak station
Martinez Amtrak station is a passenger rail station in Martinez, California, serving as a key stop for Amtrak trains in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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C.
Amtrak Sacramento Valley Station
Amtrak Sacramento Valley Station is the main intercity passenger rail station in Sacramento, California, serving Amtrak trains and regional transit connections.
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D.
Barstow Amtrak station
Barstow Amtrak station is a historic railway depot in Barstow, California, serving Amtrak passengers and standing as a key landmark along the former Route 66 corridor.
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E.
Santa Rosa station
Santa Rosa station is a transit stop on Line 4A of the local rail network, serving passengers in its surrounding urban area.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Amtrak station
ⓘ
railway station ⓘ transportation hub ⓘ |
| accessible | yes ⓘ |
| category |
Amtrak stations in California
ⓘ
Buildings and structures in Merced County, California ⓘ Transportation in Merced County, California ⓘ |
| connectingService |
Amtrak Thruway bus
ⓘ
YARTS (Yosemite Area Regional Transportation System) ⓘ
linked to:
Yosemite Area Regional Transportation System
local bus services ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| function | regional transportation hub ⓘ |
| hasBicycleFacilities | yes ⓘ |
| hasRestrooms | yes ⓘ |
| hasTicketing | yes ⓘ |
| hasWaitingRoom | yes ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
Merced County, California ⓘ
linked to:
Merced County
Merced, California ⓘ
linked to:
Merced
|
| near | downtown Merced ⓘ |
| opened | late 20th century ⓘ |
| operator | Amtrak ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
City of Merced
ⓘ
linked to:
Merced
|
| parking | available ⓘ |
| platforms | 1 side platform ⓘ |
| railLine | BNSF Railway Stockton Subdivision ⓘ |
| replaced | former Merced depot used by earlier railroads ⓘ |
| servedBy | San Joaquins ⓘ |
| serves |
Merced, California
ⓘ
linked to:
Merced
|
| servesAsGatewayTo |
Yosemite National Park
ⓘ
Yosemite area communities ⓘ |
| servesRoute |
Bakersfield–Oakland Amtrak route
ⓘ
linked to:
San Joaquins route
Bakersfield–Sacramento Amtrak route ⓘ
linked to:
San Joaquins route
San Joaquin Valley corridor ⓘ
linked to:
San Joaquin Valley transportation corridor
|
| structureType | at-grade ⓘ |
| tracks | 2 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Merced Amtrak Station Description of subject: Merced Amtrak Station is a passenger rail station in Merced, California that serves as a key regional transportation hub and gateway for travelers heading to destinations such as Yosemite National Park.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.