Shimbashi Station

E525299

railway station

Shimbashi Station is a major railway hub in Tokyo, Japan, known as one of the city’s oldest stations and an important gateway between central Tokyo and the wider rail network.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Shimbashi Station canonical	13
Shinbashi Station	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2480112 — 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: Shimbashi Station
Context triple: [Tōkaidō Main Line, historicalTerminus, Shimbashi Station]

A. Kyobashi Station
Kyobashi Station is a major railway hub in Osaka, Japan, serving multiple JR West, Keihan, and Osaka Metro lines and connecting central Osaka with surrounding areas.
B. Shinagawa Station
Shinagawa Station is a major railway and transportation hub in Tokyo, Japan, serving multiple JR and private lines as well as Shinkansen high-speed trains.
C. Omotesando Station
Omotesando Station is a major Tokyo subway hub in the fashionable Omotesandō district, serving multiple lines and providing access to upscale shopping and cultural attractions.
D. Shin-Okubo Station
Shin-Okubo Station is a busy railway station in Tokyo’s Shinjuku ward, known for serving the city’s Koreatown area and providing convenient access to central Tokyo.
E. Jiyugaoka Station
Jiyugaoka Station is a major railway station in Tokyo’s Meguro Ward known for serving as a key hub on multiple Tokyu lines and providing access to the fashionable Jiyugaoka shopping and café district.
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: Shimbashi Station
Target entity description: Shimbashi Station is a major railway hub in Tokyo, Japan, known as one of the city’s oldest stations and an important gateway between central Tokyo and the wider rail network.

A. Kyobashi Station
Kyobashi Station is a major railway hub in Osaka, Japan, serving multiple JR West, Keihan, and Osaka Metro lines and connecting central Osaka with surrounding areas.
B. Shinagawa Station
Shinagawa Station is a major railway and transportation hub in Tokyo, Japan, serving multiple JR and private lines as well as Shinkansen high-speed trains.
C. Omotesando Station
Omotesando Station is a major Tokyo subway hub in the fashionable Omotesandō district, serving multiple lines and providing access to upscale shopping and cultural attractions.
D. Shin-Okubo Station
Shin-Okubo Station is a busy railway station in Tokyo’s Shinjuku ward, known for serving the city’s Koreatown area and providing convenient access to central Tokyo.
E. Jiyugaoka Station
Jiyugaoka Station is a major railway station in Tokyo’s Meguro Ward known for serving as a key hub on multiple Tokyu lines and providing access to the fashionable Jiyugaoka shopping and café district.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	railway station ⓘ
adjacentStationOnLine	Ginza Station on the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line ⓘ Hamamatsucho Station on the Yamanote Line ⓘ Shinagawa Station on the Tokaido Main Line ⓘ Shiodome Station on the Yurikamome Line ⓘ Tokyo Station on the Tokaido Main Line ⓘ Yurakucho Station on the Yamanote Line ⓘ linked to: Yurakucho Station on JR Yamanote Line
connectsArea	Tokyo Bay waterfront area ⓘ linked to: Tokyo waterfront central Tokyo ⓘ wider Kanto rail network ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
hasDailyPassengers	hundreds of thousands ⓘ
hasFacility	JR East ticket gates ⓘ Toei Subway ticket gates ⓘ Tokyo Metro ticket gates ⓘ Yurikamome ticket gates ⓘ commercial facilities ⓘ restaurants ⓘ retail shops ⓘ
hasNearbyLandmark	SL Square ⓘ steam locomotive display at SL Square ⓘ
hasStationNumber	A-10 ⓘ G-08 ⓘ U-01 ⓘ
hasStructureType	elevated platforms ⓘ underground platforms ⓘ
historicalRole	original Tokyo terminus of Japan’s first railway between Shimbashi and Yokohama ⓘ
importance	major commuter hub in central Tokyo ⓘ
isOneOf	oldest railway stations in Japan ⓘ oldest railway stations in Tokyo ⓘ
locatedIn	Minato, Tokyo ⓘ linked to: Minato, Tokyo, Japan Shimbashi district ⓘ linked to: Shimbashi area Tokyo ⓘ
near	Ginza district ⓘ Hibiya district ⓘ Shiodome business district ⓘ
openingDate	1872-10-14 ⓘ
operator	East Japan Railway Company ⓘ Toei Subway ⓘ Tokyo Metro ⓘ Yurikamome, Inc. ⓘ
railwayZone	JR East Tokyo urban area ⓘ linked to: Tokyo metropolitan area
servedByLine	JR East Keihin-Tohoku Line ⓘ linked to: JR Keihin-Tohoku Line JR East Tokaido Main Line ⓘ linked to: JR East Tōkaidō Main Line JR East Yamanote Line ⓘ linked to: JR Yamanote Line JR East Yokosuka Line ⓘ linked to: Yokosuka Line Toei Asakusa Line ⓘ Tokyo Metro Ginza Line ⓘ Yurikamome Line ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

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

Tōkaidō Main Line → historicalTerminus → Shimbashi Station ⓘ

Minato → hasTransportationHub → Shinbashi Station ⓘ

linked to: Shimbashi Station

Hamamatsuchō Station → adjacentStation → Shimbashi Station ⓘ

Yurakucho Station → adjacentStationOnYamanoteLine → Shimbashi Station ⓘ

Yurakucho Station → adjacentStationOnKeihinTohokuLine → Shimbashi Station ⓘ

Shiodome → transportHub → Shimbashi Station ⓘ

Shinbashi → hasTransportHub → Shimbashi Station ⓘ

Shimbashi → knownFor → Shimbashi Station ⓘ

Shimbashi → hasLandmark → Shimbashi Station ⓘ

Shimbashi → railAccessVia → Shimbashi Station ⓘ

Hama-rikyū Gardens → nearTransport → Shimbashi Station ⓘ

Yurakucho Station → adjacentStationOnYamanoteLine → Shimbashi Station ⓘ

subject linked to: Yurakucho Station on JR Yamanote Line