MARC fare system
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The MARC fare system is the ticketing and pricing structure used by Maryland's MARC commuter rail service for travel across its network.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| MARC fare system canonical | 3 |
| MARC fare zones | 1 |
| MTA Maryland fare products | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5620796 — 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: MARC fare system Context triple: [Seabrook station, fareSystem, MARC fare system]
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A.
MARTA Breeze fare system
The MARTA Breeze fare system is the electronic ticketing and payment platform used by Atlanta’s public transit network, enabling riders to pay fares via smart cards and mobile devices.
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B.
SL fare system
The SL fare system is Stockholm’s integrated public transport ticketing scheme that allows passengers to use a unified range of tickets and travel cards across buses, metro, commuter trains, and other regional services.
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C.
MTA New York City Subway fare system
The MTA New York City Subway fare system is the payment and ticketing framework that governs how riders pay to use New York City’s subway network, including methods like MetroCard and OMNY.
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D.
AFC (Automatic Fare Collection)
AFC (Automatic Fare Collection) is an automated system used in public transportation networks to manage fare payment, ticketing, and access control through contactless cards, smart tokens, and electronic validation equipment.
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E.
Metro TAP card
The Metro TAP card is a reusable, reloadable smart fare card used for contactless payment across the Los Angeles County public transit system.
- 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: MARC fare system Target entity description: The MARC fare system is the ticketing and pricing structure used by Maryland's MARC commuter rail service for travel across its network.
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A.
MARTA Breeze fare system
The MARTA Breeze fare system is the electronic ticketing and payment platform used by Atlanta’s public transit network, enabling riders to pay fares via smart cards and mobile devices.
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B.
SL fare system
The SL fare system is Stockholm’s integrated public transport ticketing scheme that allows passengers to use a unified range of tickets and travel cards across buses, metro, commuter trains, and other regional services.
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C.
MTA New York City Subway fare system
The MTA New York City Subway fare system is the payment and ticketing framework that governs how riders pay to use New York City’s subway network, including methods like MetroCard and OMNY.
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D.
AFC (Automatic Fare Collection)
AFC (Automatic Fare Collection) is an automated system used in public transportation networks to manage fare payment, ticketing, and access control through contactless cards, smart tokens, and electronic validation equipment.
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E.
Metro TAP card
The Metro TAP card is a reusable, reloadable smart fare card used for contactless payment across the Los Angeles County public transit system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
commuter rail fare system
ⓘ
public transportation fare system ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Brunswick Line
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Camden Line ⓘ Penn Line ⓘ commuter rail trips between Baltimore and Washington, D.C. ⓘ commuter rail trips between Maryland and West Virginia on the Brunswick Line ⓘ commuter rail trips between Washington, D.C. and Maryland ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| currency |
United States dollar
ⓘ
linked to:
US dollar
|
| fareBasis |
distance-based pricing
ⓘ
zone-based fares ⓘ |
| fareCollectionMethod |
onboard inspection
ⓘ
pre-purchase before boarding ⓘ |
| governingBody | Maryland Department of Transportation ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
different fare tables by line
ⓘ
fares set by Maryland Transit Administration ⓘ interoperability with Amtrak tickets on some Penn Line trains ⓘ peak and off-peak pricing on some services ⓘ reduced fares for eligible riders ⓘ separate pricing for Penn Line versus other lines ⓘ |
| integratedWith |
CharmPass mobile app
ⓘ
MTA Maryland fare products ⓘ
linked to:
MARC fare system
|
| locatedIn | Maryland ⓘ |
| operator | Maryland Transit Administration ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose | pricing commuter rail travel on MARC network ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area
ⓘ
Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Amtrak Northeast Corridor fare system
ⓘ
MTA Maryland fare system ⓘ |
| serviceType | commuter rail ⓘ |
| subjectTo |
Maryland Transit Administration fare policies
ⓘ
periodic fare adjustments ⓘ |
| supportsPassengerType |
adult passenger
ⓘ
disabled passenger ⓘ senior passenger ⓘ student or youth passenger ⓘ |
| ticketMedium |
CharmPass mobile app ticket
ⓘ
mobile ticket ⓘ paper ticket ⓘ ticket vending machine ticket ⓘ |
| ticketType |
monthly pass
ⓘ
one-way ticket ⓘ ten-trip ticket ⓘ weekly pass ⓘ |
| usedBy |
MARC Train
ⓘ
Maryland Area Regional Commuter rail service ⓘ
linked to:
Maryland Area Regional Commuter
|
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
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: MARC fare system Description of subject: The MARC fare system is the ticketing and pricing structure used by Maryland's MARC commuter rail service for travel across its network.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: MARC fare system
linked to: MARC fare system