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)

• Salt Lake City TRAX via concept surface "light rail system"
• BMT Broadway Line via concept surface "New York City Subway line"
• Richmond–Millbrae line via concept surface "Bay Area Rapid Transit service"
• Paris Metro line 13
  surface form: Paris Métro Line 13
• U1
• U2
  surface form: U2 (Nuremberg U-Bahn)
• Dublin/Pleasanton–Daly City line
• U3
• L Line via concept surface "light rail line"
  surface form: L Line (Los Angeles Metro)
• West-Northwest Route
• Blue Line via concept surface "light rail line"
  surface form: Blue Line (Los Angeles Metro)
• The Tide light rail system via concept surface "light rail system"
• GG via concept surface "rapid transit service"
• Jamaica Line via concept surface "New York City Subway line"
• Detroit QLine via concept surface "light rail line"
• Yellow Line via concept surface "metro line"
  surface form: Yellow Line (Tyne and Wear Metro)
• Ashland/63rd Branch via concept surface "rapid transit line branch"
• Harlem/Lake–Cottage Grove via concept surface "rapid transit service pattern"
• Harlem/Lake–Ashland/63rd via concept surface "rapid transit service pattern"
• Sound Transit Link light rail via concept surface "light rail system"
• 7 train via concept surface "rapid transit service"
• Englewood Branch
• Shenzhen Metro Line 1
• Newcastle Light Rail via concept surface "light rail system"
• Myrtle Avenue Line via concept surface "New York City Subway line"
• E via concept surface "light rail line"
• L
  surface form: L (CTA Blue Line)