Tramway du Mont-Blanc

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mountain rack railway tourist railway transport infrastructure

The Tramway du Mont-Blanc is a historic mountain rack railway in the French Alps that carries passengers from the Saint-Gervais area high onto the slopes of Mont Blanc, serving as a key access route for hikers and climbers.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Tramway du Mont-Blanc canonical	14
Mont Blanc Tramway	1
Mont Blanc Tramway line	1
Mont-Blanc tramway line	1
Tramway du Mont-Blanc mountain railway	1
Tramway du Mont-Blanc terminus	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T663055 — 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: Tramway du Mont-Blanc
Context triple: [Goûter Route, accessedVia, Tramway du Mont-Blanc]

A. Montenvers Railway
Montenvers Railway is a historic mountain rack railway in the French Alps that carries passengers from Chamonix up to the Mer de Glace glacier.
B. Léman Express
Léman Express is a cross-border regional rail network linking Geneva with surrounding areas in Switzerland and France as part of the Léman metropolitan transport system.
C. Paris–Lausanne railway
The Paris–Lausanne railway is an international rail line connecting the French capital Paris with the Swiss city of Lausanne, serving as a major passenger and freight corridor between France and Switzerland.
D. Geneva–Lyon railway
The Geneva–Lyon railway is an international rail line linking the Swiss city of Geneva with Lyon in France, serving as a key passenger and freight corridor between the two countries.
E. Skyway Monte Bianco cable car
The Skyway Monte Bianco cable car is a panoramic alpine lift in the Mont Blanc massif that carries visitors from the Italian side up to high-altitude viewing terraces with sweeping views of the surrounding peaks and glaciers.
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: Tramway du Mont-Blanc
Target entity description: The Tramway du Mont-Blanc is a historic mountain rack railway in the French Alps that carries passengers from the Saint-Gervais area high onto the slopes of Mont Blanc, serving as a key access route for hikers and climbers.

A. Montenvers Railway
Montenvers Railway is a historic mountain rack railway in the French Alps that carries passengers from Chamonix up to the Mer de Glace glacier.
B. Léman Express
Léman Express is a cross-border regional rail network linking Geneva with surrounding areas in Switzerland and France as part of the Léman metropolitan transport system.
C. Paris–Lausanne railway
The Paris–Lausanne railway is an international rail line connecting the French capital Paris with the Swiss city of Lausanne, serving as a major passenger and freight corridor between France and Switzerland.
D. Geneva–Lyon railway
The Geneva–Lyon railway is an international rail line linking the Swiss city of Geneva with Lyon in France, serving as a key passenger and freight corridor between the two countries.
E. Skyway Monte Bianco cable car
The Skyway Monte Bianco cable car is a panoramic alpine lift in the Mont Blanc massif that carries visitors from the Italian side up to high-altitude viewing terraces with sweeping views of the surrounding peaks and glaciers.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	mountain rack railway ⓘ tourist railway ⓘ transport infrastructure ⓘ
connectsTo	Goûter route on Mont Blanc ⓘ Tête Rousse refuge access route ⓘ
constructionStart	1904 ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
electrification	overhead line ⓘ
electrificationFrequency	50 Hz ⓘ
electrificationVoltage	11 kV AC ⓘ
endingPoint	Nid d’Aigle station ⓘ linked to: Nid d'Aigle station
gauge	metre gauge ⓘ
hasStation	Bellevue ⓘ Col de Voza ⓘ Le Fayet ⓘ Nid d’Aigle ⓘ linked to: Nid d'Aigle Saint-Gervais-les-Bains ⓘ
heritageStatus	historic railway ⓘ
highestElevation	approximately 2372 metres ⓘ
languageOfName	French ⓘ
lineLength	approximately 12.4 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn	French Alps ⓘ Haute-Savoie ⓘ
locatedNear	Chamonix valley ⓘ linked to: Chamonix Les Houches ⓘ
lowestElevation	approximately 580 metres ⓘ
namedAfter	Mont Blanc ⓘ
opened	1909 ⓘ
operator	SNCF ⓘ
owner	SNCF ⓘ
primaryFunction	access to climbing routes on Mont Blanc ⓘ access to high mountain routes ⓘ access to hiking trails ⓘ
rackSystem	Strub system ⓘ
railwayType	rack railway ⓘ
region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes ⓘ linked to: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
safetyRole	access route for mountain rescue operations ⓘ
seasonalOperation	mainly summer ⓘ
serves	Mont Blanc massif ⓘ hikers ⓘ mountaineers ⓘ tourists ⓘ
startingPoint	Saint-Gervais-les-Bains-Le Fayet station ⓘ
status	in operation ⓘ
terminus	Nid d’Aigle ⓘ linked to: Nid d'Aigle Saint-Gervais-les-Bains ⓘ
touristAttraction	yes ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (19)

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

Goûter Route → accessedVia → Tramway du Mont-Blanc ⓘ

Dôme du Goûter → accessedBy → Tramway du Mont-Blanc ⓘ

Tête Rousse Hut → accessedFrom → Tramway du Mont-Blanc terminus ⓘ