Chicago "L"

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elevated railway public transportation system rapid transit system

The Chicago "L" is the elevated rapid transit system serving Chicago and some surrounding suburbs, known for its iconic above-ground tracks and extensive urban rail network.

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Observed surface forms (24)

Surface form Occurrences
Chicago 'L' 20
CTA rail system 5
Chicago 'L' system 3

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf elevated railway ⓘ
public transportation system ⓘ
rapid transit system ⓘ
characteristic elevated tracks in central business district ⓘ
mix of elevated, at-grade, and subway sections ⓘ
connectsTo Midway International Airport ⓘ
O'Hare International Airport ⓘ
connectsWith CTA buses ⓘ
surface form: CTA bus network

Metra ⓘ
surface form: Metra commuter rail

Pace suburban bus ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dailyRidership hundreds of thousands of passengers ⓘ
electrification third rail electrification ⓘ
fareCollection automated faregates ⓘ
fareSystem Ventra ⓘ
governingBody Chicago Transit Authority ⓘ
surface form: Chicago Transit Board
hasColorCoding color-coded lines ⓘ
hasLine Blue Line ⓘ
Brown Line ⓘ
Green Line ⓘ
Orange Line ⓘ
Pink Line ⓘ
Purple Line ⓘ
Red Line ⓘ
Yellow Line ⓘ
hasMapDisplay color-coded route diagrams ⓘ
inception 1892 ⓘ
locatedIn Illinois ⓘ
notableFor iconic above-ground tracks ⓘ
one of the oldest rapid transit systems in the United States ⓘ
notableStructure Loop ⓘ
surface form: Loop elevated
numberOfLines 8 ⓘ
opened 1892 ⓘ
operator Chicago Transit Authority ⓘ
operatorType public agency ⓘ
ownedBy Chicago Transit Authority ⓘ
partOf Chicago Transit Authority rail system ⓘ
primaryMode rail ⓘ
region Midwestern United States ⓘ
rollingStockType electric multiple units ⓘ
safetySystem automatic block signaling ⓘ
serves Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago

Cook County, Illinois ⓘ
some surrounding suburbs of Chicago ⓘ
servesArea Chicago Loop ⓘ
serviceType rapid transit ⓘ
urban rail ⓘ
systemLength over 100 miles of track ⓘ
trackGauge standard gauge ⓘ

Referenced by (73)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: Chicago "L" system
CTA buses → connectsWith → Chicago "L" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago 'L' rapid transit system
this entity surface form: Chicago Transit Authority ‘L’ via downtown Chicago stations
Pace Suburban Bus → connectsWith → Chicago "L" ⓘ
this entity surface form: CTA rail system
Purple Line (CTA) → formerName → Chicago "L" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Evanston Express
Chicago Transit Authority → hasLine → Chicago "L" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brown Line
CTA → hasRailLine → Chicago "L" ⓘ
subject surface form: Chicago Transit Authority
this entity surface form: Brown Line
Chicago Loop → hasTransportation → Chicago "L" ⓘ
Near North Side → hasTransportation → Chicago "L" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago "L" Red Line
Near North Side → hasTransportation → Chicago "L" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago "L" Brown Line
Near North Side → hasTransportation → Chicago "L" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago "L" Purple Line (rush hours)
Loop → hasTransportationSystem → Chicago "L" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago "L" system
Howard → isPartOfNetwork → Chicago "L" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago 'L'
L → isPartOfNetwork → Chicago "L" ⓘ
subject surface form: L (CTA Blue Line)
this entity surface form: Chicago 'L' rapid transit network
Monroe → isPartOfNetwork → Chicago "L" ⓘ
this entity surface form: CTA rail system
Yellow Line → isPartOfNetwork → Chicago "L" ⓘ
subject surface form: Yellow Line (CTA)
this entity surface form: Chicago 'L' rapid transit system
Jackson station → isPartOfSystem → Chicago "L" ⓘ
subject surface form: Jackson station (CTA Blue Line)
this entity surface form: Chicago 'L'
Jackson station → isPartOfSystem → Chicago "L" ⓘ
subject surface form: Jackson station (CTA Red Line)
this entity surface form: Chicago 'L'
Monroe → locatedInSystem → Chicago "L" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago 'L'
this entity surface form: Chicago 'L' Loop
Randolph/Wabash → network → Chicago "L" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago 'L' Loop elevated
this entity surface form: Chicago elevated railway
Chicago Transit Authority → operates → Chicago "L" ⓘ
CTA → operatesSystem → Chicago "L" ⓘ
subject surface form: Chicago Transit Authority
Chicago Railways Company → partOf → Chicago "L" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago urban transit system
L → partOf → Chicago "L" ⓘ
subject surface form: L (CTA Blue Line)
this entity surface form: Chicago 'L'
this entity surface form: Chicago rapid transit system
Orange Line → partOf → Chicago "L" ⓘ
subject surface form: Orange Line (CTA)
Purple Line → partOf → Chicago "L" ⓘ
subject surface form: Purple Line (CTA)
this entity surface form: Chicago 'L' system
Randolph/Wabash → partOf → Chicago "L" ⓘ
this entity surface form: 'L' (Chicago Transit Authority)
Washington station → partOf → Chicago "L" ⓘ
subject surface form: Washington station (CTA Blue Line)
this entity surface form: Chicago 'L'
West-Northwest Route → partOf → Chicago "L" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago 'L' system
CTA Red Line → partOfNetwork → Chicago "L" ⓘ
this entity surface form: CTA rail system
this entity surface form: Chicago 'L'
this entity surface form: Chicago 'L' system
Davis station → partOfNetwork → Chicago "L" ⓘ
Green Line → partOfNetwork → Chicago "L" ⓘ
subject surface form: Green Line (CTA)
this entity surface form: CTA rail system
this entity surface form: Chicago 'L'
Sox–35th → partOfNetwork → Chicago "L" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago 'L'
subject surface form: 35th–Bronzeville–IIT station
this entity surface form: Chicago 'L'
Adams/Wabash station → partOfSystem → Chicago "L" ⓘ
Lake → partOfSystem → Chicago "L" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago 'L'
Roosevelt station → partOfSystem → Chicago "L" ⓘ
State/Lake station → partOfSystem → Chicago "L" ⓘ
Wilson → partOfSystem → Chicago "L" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago 'L'
this entity surface form: South Side Elevated Railroad