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)

• METRO Green Line via concept surface "light rail line"
• 3 train via concept surface "rapid transit service"
• Line 1 Yonge–University
• Line 3 Scarborough (closed in 2023) via concept surface "light metro line"
  surface form: Line 3 Scarborough
• Tanimachi Line
• Yotsubashi Line
• Ashton-under-Lyne line via concept surface "light rail line"
• T Third Street line via concept surface "light rail line"
• Eighth Avenue Line in Manhattan via concept surface "New York City Subway trunk line"
  surface form: Eighth Avenue Line (IND)
• Chuo Line
  surface form: Chuo Line (Osaka Metro)
• CTA Red Line
• Sennichimae Line
• CTA Blue Line
• Sakaisuji Line
• Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line via concept surface "urban rail line"
• CTA Brown Line
• Imazatosuji Line
• Fulton Street Line via concept surface "New York City Subway line"
• CTA Green Line
• MBTA Red Line
• CTA Pink Line
• Severn Beach Line via concept surface "heavy rail line"
• N via concept surface "rapid transit service"
• Q via concept surface "rapid transit service"
• R via concept surface "rapid transit service"
  surface form: R (New York City Subway service)
• W via concept surface "rapid transit service"
• Xochimilco Light Rail via concept surface "light rail line"
• Mattapan High-Speed Line via concept surface "light rail line"
• A Line via concept surface "light rail line"
  surface form: A Line (Los Angeles Metro)
• B Line
  surface form: B Line (Los Angeles Metro)
• C Line via concept surface "light rail line"
  surface form: C Line (Los Angeles Metro)
• Red Line as B Line and D Line
  surface form: Red Line (Los Angeles Metro)
• Purple Line (CTA)
• MBTA Mattapan High-Speed Line via concept surface "light rail line"
• D Line via concept surface "Los Angeles Metro Rail line"
• E Line via concept surface "light rail line"
  surface form: E Line (Los Angeles Metro)
• Green Line as C Line via concept surface "light rail line"
  surface form: Green Line (Los Angeles Metro)
• Yellow Line (CTA)
• K Line via concept surface "light rail line"
• Tunis Metro via concept surface "light rail system"
• Line 2 Bloor–Danforth
• Osaka Metro Tanimachi Line
• IRT East Side Lines
• CTA Orange Line
• Charlotte LYNX Blue Line via concept surface "light rail line"
• Berlin U-Bahn line U4
• Athens tram network via concept surface "light rail system"
• SEPTA Broad Street Line
• Berlin U-Bahn line U7
• Houston METRORail via concept surface "light rail system"