formerLine

P32801
predicate

Indicates that an entity previously served as a particular transit or service line but no longer does so.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
formerLine canonical 26
operatesOnFormerLineOf 6
usesFormerLineOf 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: formerLine
Generated description
Indicates that an entity previously served as a particular transit or service line but no longer does so.

Sample triples (43)

Subject Object
Metro Rail (Los Angeles)
linked to: Metro Rail
L Line (Los Angeles Metro) ⓘ
McCowan station Line 3 Scarborough via predicate surface "wasOnDefunctLine" ⓘ
Montague Street Tunnel BMT Broadway Line local services via predicate surface "carriedLinesHistorically" ⓘ
linked to: BMT Broadway Line
Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad Western Maryland Railway (segments) via predicate surface "operatesOnFormerLineOf" ⓘ
linked to: Western Maryland Railway
Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (segments) via predicate surface "operatesOnFormerLineOf" ⓘ
linked to: Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Cambrian Heritage Railways Cambrian Railways via predicate surface "operatesOnFormerLineOf" ⓘ
Great Allegheny Passage Western Maryland Railway via predicate surface "usesFormerLineOf" ⓘ
Great Allegheny Passage Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad via predicate surface "usesFormerLineOf" ⓘ
South County Trailway New York and Putnam Railroad via predicate surface "usesFormerLineOf" ⓘ
Wilson station (Chicago "L") Purple Line (CTA) via predicate surface "formerServesLine" ⓘ
Wilson station (Chicago "L") North Side Main Line via predicate surface "formerServesLine" ⓘ
Chestnut Hill station Highland branch ⓘ
Notre-Dame-des-Champs metro station Nord-Sud Line A ⓘ
linked to: Nord-Sud line A
Memorial Park station Gold Line (Los Angeles Metro) ⓘ
linked to: Los Angeles Metro Gold Line
Little Tokyo/Arts District station Gold Line ⓘ
Expo/Vermont station Expo Line (Los Angeles Metro) ⓘ
Central Park station
linked to: Central Park
Douglas branch ⓘ
Jefferson/USC station Expo Line ⓘ
linked to: Expo Line (Los Angeles Metro)
La Fourche Line B of the Nord-Sud Company ⓘ
linked to: Nord-Sud Line B
La Fourche Line 13 of the Nord-Sud Company ⓘ
linked to: Nord-Sud Line B
Essex Road railway station
linked to: Essex Road Railway Station
Great Northern & City Railway via predicate surface "lineUsesFormerly" ⓘ
linked to: Great Northern and City Railway
Court Street station IND Fulton Street Line ⓘ
linked to: IND Fulton Street Line (subway portion)
Wilson station
linked to: Wilson Red/Purple Line station
North Side Main Line ⓘ
East Troy Electric Railroad Museum Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company via predicate surface "operatesOnFormerLineOf" ⓘ
linked to: Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company interurban system
Maiden Newton railway station Bridport Railway ⓘ
St John's Wood Underground station Bakerloo line ⓘ
Convention (Paris Métro) Nord-Sud Line A ⓘ
linked to: Nord-Sud line A
Gold Line Atlantic station Gold Line (Los Angeles Metro) via predicate surface "formerServesLine" ⓘ
linked to: Los Angeles Metro Gold Line
Convention (Paris Métro)
linked to: Convention metro station
Nord-Sud Line A ⓘ
linked to: Nord-Sud line A
Botzaris Paris Métro Line 7 ⓘ
Oil Creek and Titusville Railroad Conrail via predicate surface "operatesOnFormerLineOf" ⓘ
Oil Creek and Titusville Railroad Pennsylvania Railroad via predicate surface "operatesOnFormerLineOf" ⓘ
linked to: Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Surrey Quays railway station East London line (London Underground) ⓘ
East Tsim Sha Tsui Station West Rail line ⓘ
linked to: West Rail Line
East Tsim Sha Tsui Station East Rail line spur usage (interchange via Tsim Sha Tsui) ⓘ
Austin Station (MTR) West Rail line ⓘ
linked to: West Rail Line
Nam Cheong station
linked to: Nam Cheong MTR station
West Rail line ⓘ
linked to: West Rail Line
Northern Rail Trail Northern Railroad via predicate surface "usesFormerLineOf" ⓘ
Northern Rail Trail Boston and Maine Railroad Northern Line via predicate surface "usesFormerLineOf" ⓘ
linked to: Boston and Maine Railroad main line
Wapping station East London line (London Underground) ⓘ
Stanmore tube station Metropolitan line ⓘ
Stanmore tube station Bakerloo line ⓘ
Beach 90th Street station Rockaway Beach Branch (LIRR) ⓘ
linked to: Long Island Rail Road Rockaway Beach Branch