rapid transit line

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.

Observed surface forms (41)

• light rail line ×56
• metro line ×32
• rapid transit service ×29
• light rail system ×28
• New York City Subway line ×27
• Moscow Metro line ×12
• Los Angeles Metro Rail line ×11
• Washington Metro line ×11
• London Underground line ×10
• public transit line ×10

• Paris Métro line ×8
• public transportation route ×7
• Chicago 'L' line ×6
• MBTA Green Line branch ×4
• planned metro line ×4
• heavy rail line ×3
• light metro line ×3
• urban rail line ×3
• Bay Area Rapid Transit service ×2
• Chicago Transit Authority line ×2
• MBTA Red Line branch ×2
• Mexico City Metro line ×2
• New York City Subway trunk line ×2
• Réseau Express Régional line ×2
• line of the Moscow Metro ×2
• public transport line ×2
• rapid transit service pattern ×2
• 'L' line ×1
• Chicago "L" line ×1
• London Underground line extension ×1
• Metro Rail line ×1
• Shenzhen Metro line ×1
• Tokyo Metro line ×1
• component of the New York City Subway ×1
• former rapid transit line ×1
• fully automated metro line ×1
• heavy rail transit line ×1
• light metro system ×1
• maglev rapid transit line ×1
• metro rail transit line ×1
• rapid transit line branch ×1

Instances (327)

• MBTA Green Line E branch via concept surface "light rail line"
• Pink Line
• N train via concept surface "rapid transit service"
• SEPTA Subway–Surface Trolley Lines via concept surface "light rail system"
• Yellow Line
  surface form: Yellow Line (CTA)
• Q train via concept surface "rapid transit service"
• Ashmont branch via concept surface "MBTA Red Line branch"
• Glen Burnie (South Shore) branch via concept surface "light rail line"
• R train via concept surface "rapid transit service"
• W train via concept surface "rapid transit service"
• VTA light rail via concept surface "light rail system"
• MAX Blue Line via concept surface "light rail line"
• MAX Green Line via concept surface "light rail line"
• Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line via concept surface "New York City Subway line"
• MAX Orange Line via concept surface "light rail line"
• Santiago Metro Line 2
• Blue Line (Washington Metro)
• Lenox Avenue Line via concept surface "New York City Subway line"
• Lexington Avenue Line via concept surface "New York City Subway line"
• MBTA Orange Line
• Orange Line (Washington Metro)
• Oslo Tramway via concept surface "light rail system"
• Washington Metro Yellow Line
• Eastern Parkway Line via concept surface "New York City Subway line"
• MAX Red Line via concept surface "light rail line"
• A Loop via concept surface "public transit line"
• Tokyo Metro Ginza Line
• Geneva tram network via concept surface "light rail system"
• MBTA Green Line via concept surface "light rail line"
• Pelham Line via concept surface "New York City Subway line"
• MBTA Blue Line
• White Plains Road Line via concept surface "New York City Subway line"
• Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line via concept surface "Tokyo Metro line"
• Red Line
  surface form: Red Line (Washington Metro)
• Flushing Line via concept surface "New York City Subway line"
• Blue Line
  surface form: Blue Line (Washington Metro)
• Jerome Avenue Line via concept surface "New York City Subway line"
• Nostrand Avenue Line via concept surface "New York City Subway line"
• New Lots Line via concept surface "New York City Subway line"
• IND Queens Boulevard Line via concept surface "New York City Subway line"
• Staten Island Railway
• IND Fulton Street Line (subway portion) via concept surface "New York City Subway line"
• IND Rockaway Line (subway portion) via concept surface "New York City Subway line"
• Metrolink tram network via concept surface "light rail system"
• Guadalajara light rail system via concept surface "light rail system"
• IND Sixth Avenue Line (nearby connection via passageways) via concept surface "New York City Subway line"
  surface form: IND Sixth Avenue Line
• Sacramento Regional Transit light rail (nearby) via concept surface "light rail system"
  surface form: Sacramento Regional Transit light rail
• Amsterdam Metro line 51 via concept surface "public transport line"
• Amsterdam Metro line 53
• Osaka Metro Sennichimae Line