elevated railway
C539
concept
An elevated railway is a rail transport system in which tracks and stations are built on raised structures above ground level, typically supported by columns or girders, to avoid interference with street traffic.
Observed surface forms (7)
- elevated railway station ×14
- elevated railway line ×6
- monorail system ×3
- articulated streetcar ×1
- elevated rail system ×1
- elevated rail transit system ×1
- railway bridge complex ×1
Instances (34)
- Chicago "L"
- White Plains Road Line via concept surface "elevated railway line"
- Jerome Avenue Line
- Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad
- MBTA Type 8 Light Rail Vehicle via concept surface "articulated streetcar"
- BMT Jamaica Line via concept surface "elevated railway line"
- Myrtle Avenue station (BMT Jamaica Line) via concept surface "elevated railway station"
- Osaka Monorail via concept surface "monorail system"
- Northwestern Elevated Railroad via concept surface "elevated railway line"
- Moscow Monorail
- Charles/MGH via concept surface "elevated railway station"
- Mumbai Monorail via concept surface "monorail system"
- MRT Line 3
- SRT via concept surface "elevated railway line"
- LRT Line 2 via concept surface "elevated railway line"
- BTS Skytrain
- State/Lake station via concept surface "elevated railway station"
- CTA Green Line via concept surface "elevated railway line"
- College Bayside Metromover station via concept surface "elevated railway station"
- McCowan station via concept surface "elevated railway station"
- Metrorail
- Victoria Station railway bridges via concept surface "railway bridge complex"
- AirTrain JFK
- Brickell Metrorail station via concept surface "elevated railway station"
- Deanwood station via concept surface "elevated railway station"
- Jamaica Line
- Okinawa Urban Monorail via concept surface "monorail system"
- Adams/Wabash station via concept surface "elevated railway station"
- Morgan station (Green and Pink Lines) via concept surface "elevated railway station"
- Washington/Wabash station via concept surface "elevated railway station"
- California station (Green Line) via concept surface "elevated railway station"
- Halsted/63rd station via concept surface "elevated railway station"
- Randolph/Wabash via concept surface "elevated railway station"
- Washington/Wells via concept surface "elevated railway station"