former transit line

C15590
concept

A former transit line is a previously operational public transportation route, such as a bus, tram, or rail line, that has been permanently discontinued or replaced.

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All labels observed (33)

Label Occurrences
defunct rail service 8
former railroad line 7
former bus route 3

Description generation (CDg)

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

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: former transit line
Generated description
A former transit line is a previously operational public transportation route, such as a bus, tram, or rail line, that has been permanently discontinued or replaced.

Instances (54)

Instance Via concept surface
BMT Fifth Avenue Line former New York City transit line
C line
surface form: C line (Los Angeles Railway)
former public transit route
N line former public transit route
Brighton Express defunct rail service
Bridge Line defunct rail service
Rockaway Beach Branch former Long Island Rail Road branch
East 63rd Branch —
Liberty Avenue elevated former elevated rapid transit line
R5 Paoli former transit line designation
Danforth route defunct transit route
Watertown branch of the Green Line A former light rail line
Route 100 former transit line designation
Main Line Elevated former MBTA Orange Line alignment
V (Sixth Avenue Local, historical)
surface form: V (Sixth Avenue Local)
defunct rail service
Q (via Sixth Avenue, historical) defunct rail service
K (Sixth Avenue Local, historical)
surface form: K (Sixth Avenue Local)
defunct rail service
Highland branch former railroad line
Zhdanovskaya Line former metro line name
MBTA Green Line A branch former light rail line
Scarborough Rapid Transit defunct light metro line
BMT Culver Line (historical BMT operation)
surface form: BMT Culver Line
former transit route
SEPTA Bus Route XH former bus route
historic Paris tramway network defunct tramway network
Bethlehem Branch former railroad line
New Hope Branch former railroad branch line
New York Branch (Reading’s route toward West Trenton) former railroad line
former Pennsylvania Railroad West Chester Branch (eastern portion) former railroad branch line
EE defunct rail service
Calais Branch former railroad line
Outer Circle
surface form: Outer Circle railway line
former suburban railway line
Stranraer–Larne ferry (historical alignment) former transport corridor segment
K train defunct public transit service
QJ train defunct rapid transit service
SS Myrtle Shuttle defunct rail service
S55 line former S-Bahn line
Coney Island and Brooklyn Railroad historic transit line
GVB tram line 11 former tram route
Holborn–Aldwych branch former Piccadilly line branch
Georgetown line former GO Transit rail service
Newtown Branch former SEPTA Regional Rail line
R5 former SEPTA Regional Rail line designation
V defunct rail service
MBTA bus route 8X former bus route
Metro Red Line
surface form: Metro Red Line (Los Angeles)
defunct transit line designation
Union Station–Sierra Madre Villa former light rail service segment
New York Central Putnam Division former railroad line
Putnam Division former railroad line
Green Line A branch former light rail line
MBTA bus route CT1 former MBTA bus route
Richmond and North Woolwich former rail service