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)

• Airport Rail Link
• Metropolitan line via concept surface "London Underground line"
• Northern line via concept surface "London Underground line"
• T Line via concept surface "light rail line"
• Piccadilly line via concept surface "London Underground line"
• Victoria line via concept surface "London Underground line"
• Tram Izmir via concept surface "light rail system"
  surface form: Tram İzmir
• LA Metro A Line via concept surface "light rail line"
• Waterloo & City line via concept surface "London Underground line"
• New York City Subway C line
• Amsterdam tram network via concept surface "light rail system"
• Paris Métro Line 2
• Line 1
  surface form: Line 1 (Beijing Subway)
• Line 2
  surface form: Line 2 (Beijing Subway)
• Line 6
  surface form: Line 6 (Beijing Subway)
• Line 10 via concept surface "metro line"
  surface form: Line 10 (Beijing Subway)
• Batong Line
• Capital Airport Express
• New York City Subway B line
• Osaka Metro Midosuji Line
• Paris Métro Line 6
• Line 4
  surface form: Line 4 (Beijing Subway)
• Line 13 via concept surface "metro line"
  surface form: Line 13 (Beijing Subway)
• New York City Subway D line
• New York City Subway 4 line via concept surface "rapid transit service"
• Line 5 via concept surface "metro line"
  surface form: Line 5 (Beijing Subway)
• S1 Line via concept surface "maglev rapid transit line"
• Line 7
  surface form: Line 7 (Beijing Subway)
• Line 8
  surface form: Line 8 (Beijing Subway)
• Strasbourg tramway via concept surface "light rail system"
• Line 9
  surface form: Line 9 (Beijing Subway)
• Fangshan Line
• Line 14
  surface form: Line 14 (Beijing Subway)
• Yanfang Line
• Line 15
  surface form: Line 15 (Beijing Subway)
• Daxing Airport Express
• Line 16
  surface form: Line 16 (Beijing Subway)
• Line 17
  surface form: Line 17 (Beijing Subway)
• Yizhuang Line
• Budapest Metro via concept surface "metro line"
  surface form: Budapest Metro Line 1
• Nice tramway Line 1 via concept surface "light rail line"
• Line 19
  surface form: Line 19 (Beijing Subway)
• Nice tramway Line 2 via concept surface "light rail line"
• Metro Line 1 (Millennium Underground) via concept surface "metro line"
• U6
• Nord-Süd-Bahn
• METRO Blue Line via concept surface "light rail line"
• MBTA Ashmont Branch
• MBTA Braintree Branch
• Paris Métro Line 10 via concept surface "Paris Métro line"