formerRailwayLine

P20480
predicate

Indicates that a railway line previously existed in the past but is no longer in operation or has been decommissioned.

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All labels observed (17)

Label Occurrences
formerRailwayLine canonical 32
railwayLineHistory 9
hasFormerRailway 5

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: formerRailwayLine
Generated description
Indicates that a railway line previously existed in the past but is no longer in operation or has been decommissioned.

Sample triples (73)

Subject Object
Martinsburg station Baltimore and Ohio Railroad main line ⓘ
linked to: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Addison station (CTA Red Line) North Side Main Line ⓘ
Cranleigh 1960s via predicate surface "railwayLineClosed" ⓘ
Radcliffe Manchester–Bury line ⓘ
Chorlton tram stop Midland Railway Manchester South District Line via predicate surface "formerRailwayAlignment" ⓘ
linked to: Midland Railway
Newton Centre station Boston and Albany Railroad via predicate surface "formerRailroadLine" ⓘ
Newton Centre station Highland branch via predicate surface "formerRailroadLine" ⓘ
Emneth M&GN Joint Railway via predicate surface "railwayLineHistorical" ⓘ
Fenway station Boston and Albany Railroad via predicate surface "formerRailroadLine" ⓘ
Dhanushkodi Beach railway line to Dhanushkodi via predicate surface "formerTransportLink" ⓘ
Mill Boxtel–Wesel railway via predicate surface "railwayLineHistoricallyOn" ⓘ
Burlington station (Amtrak) Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad via predicate surface "formerRailwayLineServed" ⓘ
Burlington station (Amtrak) Burlington Route passenger trains via predicate surface "formerRailwayLineServed" ⓘ
linked to: Burlington Route
Longdendale Manchester–Sheffield line via predicate surface "formerRailwayRoute" ⓘ
Keene, California Southern Pacific Railroad ⓘ
Fulbourn Cambridge to Newmarket line ⓘ
Llangefni Anglesey Central Railway via predicate surface "hasFormerRailwayLine" ⓘ
Putnam Trail 20th century via predicate surface "railLineAbandoned" ⓘ
Pencaitland Macmerry Branch via predicate surface "formerRailwayServedBy" ⓘ
Little Bealings East Suffolk line ⓘ
linked to: East Suffolk Line
Stamford Bridge, Yorkshire, England York to Beverley Line via predicate surface "hasFormerRailway" ⓘ
Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England Spilsby branch line via predicate surface "hasFormerRailwayLine" ⓘ
Port Jervis station Erie Railroad Main Line ⓘ
Byrock Bourke railway line via predicate surface "railwayLineHistory" ⓘ
linked to: Gwabegar railway line
Shaw and Crompton tram stop Oldham Loop Line via predicate surface "railwayLineHistory" ⓘ
Wirral Country Park Hooton to West Kirby branch line ⓘ
Crestwood station New York Central Harlem Division ⓘ
linked to: New York and Harlem Railroad
Banchory Deeside Railway via predicate surface "railwayLineHistory" ⓘ
linked to: Deeside Line
Selby railway station East Coast Main Line ⓘ
Llanymynech Llanymynech railway station via predicate surface "hasFormerRailway" ⓘ
Haverford station Pennsylvania Railroad Main Line ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line
Comber Belfast and County Down Railway via predicate surface "railwayLineHistory" ⓘ
Massawa Asmara–Massawa railway via predicate surface "formerRailLink" ⓘ
Hoek van Holland Haven
linked to: railway station Hoek van Holland Haven
Schiedam–Hoek van Holland railway ⓘ
Alresford railway station Alton, Alresford and Winchester Railway via predicate surface "historicalRailwayRoute" ⓘ
linked to: Mid Hants Railway
Rollag Numedal Line ⓘ
Wearhead Weardale Railway (nearby terminus historically) via predicate surface "hasFormerRailway" ⓘ
linked to: Weardale Railway
Randalstown
linked to: Randalstown, County Antrim, Ireland
Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway via predicate surface "formerRailwayServedBy" ⓘ
Randalstown
linked to: Randalstown, County Antrim, Ireland
Northern Counties Committee railways via predicate surface "formerRailwayServedBy" ⓘ
linked to: Northern Counties Committee
Ratho Station Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway via predicate surface "railwayLineHistory" ⓘ
Ratho Station North British Railway via predicate surface "railwayLineHistory" ⓘ
Rudgwick Cranleigh Line ⓘ
Partridge Green Steyning Line ⓘ
Crosby Douglas to Peel line ⓘ
Fivemiletown 1942 via predicate surface "railwayLineClosed" ⓘ
Fintona Fintona railway station via predicate surface "servedByFormerRailway" ⓘ
Notodden stasjon Tinnosbanen ⓘ
Ballinrobe Claremorris–Ballinrobe branch line ⓘ
Dover Plains station New York and Harlem Railroad via predicate surface "formerRailroadLine" ⓘ
Clifden, County Galway 1935 via predicate surface "railwayLineClosed" ⓘ