rapid transit line
C640
concept
A rapid transit line is a high-capacity, high-frequency urban rail route operating on an exclusive or mostly separated right-of-way to provide fast, reliable public transportation between key areas of a city or metropolitan region.
All labels observed (78)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| rapid transit line canonical | 982 |
| metro line | 494 |
| light rail line | 275 |
| rapid transit service | 116 |
| light rail system | 114 |
| planned metro line | 72 |
| public transport line | 58 |
| New York City Subway line | 51 |
| public transit line | 44 |
| Paris Métro line | 30 |
| Los Angeles Metro Rail line | 24 |
| heavy rail line | 24 |
| London Underground line | 19 |
| urban rail line | 19 |
| MBTA Green Line branch | 18 |
| Moscow Metro line | 18 |
| light metro line | 16 |
| public transportation route | 16 |
| Mexico City Metro line | 15 |
| Washington Metro line | 14 |
| Tokyo Metro line | 11 |
| New York City Subway trunk line | 10 |
| Chicago 'L' line | 9 |
| mass rapid transit line | 9 |
| Mass Rapid Transit line | 6 |
| Shenzhen Metro line | 6 |
| light metro system | 6 |
| line of the Moscow Metro | 6 |
| rapid transit line branch | 6 |
| transit line | 6 |
| Delhi Metro line | 5 |
| S-train line | 5 |
| MTR line | 4 |
| former rapid transit line | 4 |
| rapid transit service pattern | 4 |
| Chicago Transit Authority line | 3 |
| MBTA Red Line branch | 3 |
| Réseau Express Régional line | 3 |
| fully automated metro line | 3 |
| rapid transit route | 3 |
| rapid transit service route | 3 |
| urban transit line | 3 |
| BTS Skytrain line | 2 |
| Bay Area Rapid Transit line | 2 |
| Bay Area Rapid Transit service | 2 |
| Chicago "L" line | 2 |
| Montreal Metro line | 2 |
| SkyTrain line | 2 |
| component of the New York City Subway | 2 |
| high-speed metro line | 2 |
| intercity rapid transit line | 2 |
| orbital metro line | 2 |
| urban rail corridor | 2 |
| 'L' line | 1 |
| London Underground line extension | 1 |
| Mass Transit Railway line | 1 |
| Metro Rail line | 1 |
| Metrorail line | 1 |
| Metrorail service | 1 |
| Noida Metro corridor | 1 |
| S-Bahn trunk route | 1 |
| heavy rail metro line | 1 |
| heavy rail transit line | 1 |
| heavy-rail metro line | 1 |
| high-speed urban rail line | 1 |
| maglev rapid transit line | 1 |
| metro rail transit line | 1 |
| metro-style rail system | 1 |
| metropolitan railway service | 1 |
| rapid transit branch | 1 |
| rapid transit lines | 1 |
| rapid transit service branch | 1 |
| rapid transit trunk line | 1 |
| suburban rapid transit line | 1 |
| subway-style railway | 1 |
| tuyến đường sắt đô thị | 1 |
| underground rail line | 1 |
| urban rail transit route | 1 |
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: rapid transit line
Generated description
A rapid transit line is a high-capacity, high-frequency urban rail route operating on an exclusive or mostly separated right-of-way to provide fast, reliable public transportation between key areas of a city or metropolitan region.
Instances (1,930)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Changping Line (Beijing Subway) | — |
| Nockebybanan | light rail line |
| IND Culver Line (subway portion) | New York City Subway line |
| CTA Purple Line | — |
| Lyon Metro line D | metro line |
|
Blue line
surface form:
Blue line (Stockholm metro)
|
metro line |
| Yanfang Line (Beijing Subway) | — |
| New York City Subway M line | — |
| Broad Street Subway | — |
| Red Line southbound | rapid transit service |
| Broad Street Line local trains | rapid transit service |
| CTA Yellow Line | — |
| Green Line Medford/Tufts branch | light rail line |
| Ashmont–Braintree branch of the Red Line | — |
| Taipei Metro Songshan–Xindian Line | — |
| New York City Subway N line | — |
| Route 36 | light rail line |
|
Line 1
surface form:
Line 1 (Tunis Metro)
|
light rail line |
|
Line 2
surface form:
Line 2 (Tunis Metro)
|
light rail line |
|
Line 6
surface form:
Line 6 (Tunis Metro)
|
light rail line |
|
Line 3
surface form:
Line 3 (Tunis Metro)
|
light rail line |
| Daxing Line (Beijing Subway) | — |
|
New York City Subway Q line
surface form:
Q (New York City Subway service)
|
rapid transit service |
| U-Bahn line U9 | — |
| U-Bahn line U3 | — |
|
Line A
surface form:
Line A (Prague Metro)
|
metro line |
|
Line C
surface form:
Line C (Prague Metro)
|
metro line |
| Marunouchi Line | Tokyo Metro line |
|
Line 4
surface form:
Line 4 (Tunis Metro)
|
light rail line |
| Tamsui–Xinyi line | metro line |
| New York City Subway R line | — |
| Orange Line Metro Train Lahore | — |
| Paris Métro Line 4 | — |
|
Line B
surface form:
Line B (Prague Metro)
|
metro line |
|
Inner Circle
surface form:
Inner Circle (Glasgow Subway)
|
— |
| Hibiya Line | Tokyo Metro line |
|
Line 5
surface form:
Line 5 (Tunis Metro)
|
light rail line |
| G (New York City Subway service) | rapid transit service |
|
Tozai Line
surface form:
Tokyo Metro Tozai Line
|
— |
| Paris Métro Line 5 | — |
| S41 (Berlin S-Bahn line) | urban rail line |
|
A Line (1990–2019 designation contextually reversed)
surface form:
A Line (Los Angeles Metro)
|
light rail line |
| Grenoble tramway | light rail system |
| BART Orange Line | rapid transit service |
| Taipei Metro Wenhu line | — |
| U4 line | — |
| S42 (Berlin S-Bahn line) | urban rail line |
| Metro A Line | light rail line |
| R (New York City Subway service) | — |
| Paris Métro Line 1 | — |