Esher railway station
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Esher railway station is a suburban rail station in Surrey, England, serving the town of Esher and providing convenient access to nearby Sandown Park Racecourse.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Esher railway station canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T595008 — 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: Esher railway station Context triple: [Sandown Park Racecourse, railwayStationNearby, Esher railway station]
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A.
Beaconsfield station
Beaconsfield station is a light rail stop on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s Green Line D branch serving the Brookline area near Boston.
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B.
Woking railway station
Woking railway station is a major commuter and interchange rail hub in the town of Woking, providing key services between London and southwest England.
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C.
Orpington railway station
Orpington railway station is a major commuter rail hub in the London Borough of Bromley, providing frequent services between southeast London, Kent, and central London.
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D.
Leatherhead railway station
Leatherhead railway station is a commuter rail station in Surrey, England, serving the town of Leatherhead on routes into London and surrounding areas.
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E.
Greenwich railway station
Greenwich railway station is a key National Rail and Docklands Light Railway interchange in southeast London serving the historic Maritime Greenwich area and providing commuter links into central London and beyond.
- 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: Esher railway station Target entity description: Esher railway station is a suburban rail station in Surrey, England, serving the town of Esher and providing convenient access to nearby Sandown Park Racecourse.
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A.
Beaconsfield station
Beaconsfield station is a light rail stop on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s Green Line D branch serving the Brookline area near Boston.
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B.
Woking railway station
Woking railway station is a major commuter and interchange rail hub in the town of Woking, providing key services between London and southwest England.
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C.
Orpington railway station
Orpington railway station is a major commuter rail hub in the London Borough of Bromley, providing frequent services between southeast London, Kent, and central London.
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D.
Leatherhead railway station
Leatherhead railway station is a commuter rail station in Surrey, England, serving the town of Leatherhead on routes into London and surrounding areas.
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E.
Greenwich railway station
Greenwich railway station is a key National Rail and Docklands Light Railway interchange in southeast London serving the historic Maritime Greenwich area and providing commuter links into central London and beyond.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
railway station
ⓘ
suburban railway station ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| distanceFromLondonWaterloo | 14 miles ⓘ |
| fareZone | Travelcard Zone 6 ⓘ |
| formerName | Ditton Marsh ⓘ |
| hasAccess | step-free access to platforms via ramps ⓘ |
| hasBusConnections | local bus services on nearby roads ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
car park
ⓘ
cycle parking ⓘ ticket machines ⓘ ticket office ⓘ toilets ⓘ waiting room ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
footbridge
ⓘ
subway ⓘ |
| hasPlatform |
Platform 1
ⓘ
Platform 2 ⓘ Platform 3 ⓘ Platform 4 ⓘ |
| hasStationCategory | DfT category C2 ⓘ |
| hasStationCode | ESH ⓘ |
| hasTicketingSystem |
Contactless not valid
ⓘ
Oyster pay-as-you-go not valid ⓘ Paper and smartcard tickets ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
England
ⓘ
Surrey ⓘ |
| managedBy | South Western Railway ⓘ |
| near |
Esher town centre
ⓘ
linked to:
Esher
Sandown Park Racecourse ⓘ |
| opened | 1838 ⓘ |
| originallyOpenedAs | Ditton Marsh ⓘ |
| owner | Network Rail ⓘ |
| platformCount | 4 ⓘ |
| providesAccessTo | Sandown Park Racecourse ⓘ |
| railwayLine | South West Main Line ⓘ |
| region | South East England ⓘ |
| servedBy | South Western Railway suburban services ⓘ |
| serves | Esher ⓘ |
| servesDirection |
Basingstoke-bound services
ⓘ
Guildford-bound services ⓘ London-bound services ⓘ Woking-bound services ⓘ |
| typicalJourneyTimeToLondonWaterloo | about 25 minutes ⓘ |
| usedFor |
access to horse racing events at Sandown Park
ⓘ
commuter travel to London ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Esher railway station Description of subject: Esher railway station is a suburban rail station in Surrey, England, serving the town of Esher and providing convenient access to nearby Sandown Park Racecourse.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.