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: Lake Street Elevated Railroad
this entity surface form: Chicago 'L'
this entity surface form: Chicago elevated rail system
Blue Line → system → Chicago "L" ⓘ
subject surface form: Blue Line (CTA)
this entity surface form: Chicago 'L'
CTA Blue Line → system → Chicago "L" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago 'L'
CTA Brown Line → system → Chicago "L" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago 'L'
CTA Green Line → system → Chicago "L" ⓘ
CTA Orange Line → system → Chicago "L" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago 'L'
CTA Pink Line → system → Chicago "L" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago 'L'
Englewood Branch → system → Chicago "L" ⓘ
Green Line → system → Chicago "L" ⓘ
subject surface form: Green Line (CTA)
Lake station → system → Chicago "L" ⓘ
Pink Line → system → Chicago "L" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago 'L'
Purple Line (CTA) → system → Chicago "L" ⓘ
Red Line → system → Chicago "L" ⓘ
subject surface form: Red Line (CTA)
West-Northwest Route → system → Chicago "L" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago 'L'
Yellow Line (CTA) → system → Chicago "L" ⓘ
CTA Red Line → transitSystem → Chicago "L" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago ‘L’
this entity surface form: Chicago 'L' Green Line
Chicago Card → usedOn → Chicago "L" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago 'L' rapid transit
Chicago Card → usedOn → Chicago "L" ⓘ
this entity surface form: CTA rail system