Sheringham railway station
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Sheringham railway station is a coastal rail terminus in Norfolk, England, serving the town of Sheringham and acting as a gateway to the North Norfolk coast.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sheringham railway station canonical | 13 |
| Sheringham railway station (heritage) | 3 |
| North Norfolk Railway Sheringham station | 1 |
| Sheringham North Norfolk Railway station | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6714136 — 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: Sheringham railway station Context triple: [Sheringham, hasRailwayStation, Sheringham railway station]
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A.
Rockingham railway station
Rockingham railway station is a suburban passenger rail station in Rockingham, Western Australia, serving as a key stop on Perth’s Mandurah line.
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B.
Durrington-on-Sea railway station
Durrington-on-Sea railway station is a coastal suburban rail stop serving the Durrington area of Worthing in West Sussex, England, on the West Coastway Line.
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C.
Seaford railway station
Seaford railway station is a suburban train station serving the coastal town of Seaford in East Sussex, England, as the terminus of a branch line.
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D.
Saxmundham railway station
Saxmundham railway station is a small regional rail stop serving the town of Saxmundham and surrounding areas in Suffolk, England.
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E.
Pinhoe railway station
Pinhoe railway station is a suburban rail stop serving the Pinhoe area of Exeter in Devon, England, on the route between Exeter and East Devon.
- 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: Sheringham railway station Target entity description: Sheringham railway station is a coastal rail terminus in Norfolk, England, serving the town of Sheringham and acting as a gateway to the North Norfolk coast.
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A.
Rockingham railway station
Rockingham railway station is a suburban passenger rail station in Rockingham, Western Australia, serving as a key stop on Perth’s Mandurah line.
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B.
Durrington-on-Sea railway station
Durrington-on-Sea railway station is a coastal suburban rail stop serving the Durrington area of Worthing in West Sussex, England, on the West Coastway Line.
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C.
Seaford railway station
Seaford railway station is a suburban train station serving the coastal town of Seaford in East Sussex, England, as the terminus of a branch line.
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D.
Saxmundham railway station
Saxmundham railway station is a small regional rail stop serving the town of Saxmundham and surrounding areas in Suffolk, England.
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E.
Pinhoe railway station
Pinhoe railway station is a suburban rail stop serving the Pinhoe area of Exeter in Devon, England, on the route between Exeter and East Devon.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
rail terminus
ⓘ
railway station ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | Sheringham level crossing ⓘ |
| borough | Sheringham ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| distanceFrom | 30 miles from Norwich ⓘ |
| fareZone | outside London fare zones ⓘ |
| function | gateway to the North Norfolk coast ⓘ |
| hasConnection | North Norfolk Railway ⓘ |
| hasElectrification | not electrified ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
car park
ⓘ
single platform ⓘ station building on platform ⓘ step-free access ⓘ ticket machine ⓘ waiting shelter ⓘ |
| hasGridReference | TG 159 431 ⓘ |
| hasHeritageLink | Poppy Line ⓘ |
| hasLineTerminusDirection | northbound terminus of Bittern Line ⓘ |
| hasNationalRailService |
Greater Anglia regional services
ⓘ
linked to:
Greater Anglia
|
| hasOriginalCompany |
British Railways (Eastern Region)
ⓘ
linked to:
British Rail Eastern Region
|
| hasPostgroup |
British Railways
ⓘ
linked to:
British Rail
|
| hasServicePattern | hourly service to Norwich (typical off-peak) ⓘ |
| hasStationCategory | DfT category E ⓘ |
| hasSymbol | National Rail symbol ⓘ |
| hasTicketingSystem |
National Rail ticketing
ⓘ
linked to:
National Rail fares database
|
| hasUsageType | regional passenger services ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Norfolk
ⓘ
North Norfolk district ⓘ Sheringham ⓘ |
| locatedNear | North Sea coast ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Bittern Line ⓘ |
| nearby |
North Norfolk Railway Sheringham station
ⓘ
linked to:
Sheringham railway station
|
| nearbyAttraction |
North Norfolk Railway
ⓘ
Sheringham seafront ⓘ Sheringham town centre ⓘ
linked to:
Sheringham
|
| opened | 1967 ⓘ |
| operator | Greater Anglia ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Network Rail ⓘ |
| platformCount | 1 ⓘ |
| railCode | SHM ⓘ |
| region | East of England ⓘ |
| replaced | original Sheringham station ⓘ |
| servedBy | trains between Norwich and Sheringham ⓘ |
| serves |
North Norfolk coast
ⓘ
linked to:
Norfolk Coast
Sheringham ⓘ |
| terminusFor | Bittern Line ⓘ |
| trackGauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sheringham railway station Description of subject: Sheringham railway station is a coastal rail terminus in Norfolk, England, serving the town of Sheringham and acting as a gateway to the North Norfolk coast.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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