Purple Line

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'L' line rapid transit line

The Purple Line is a rapid transit route in Chicago's 'L' system that primarily serves the city's northern suburbs and connects them to the North Side of Chicago.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Purple Line (CTA) 0
Purple Line at Clark/Lake 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 'L' line ⓘ
rapid transit line ⓘ
color purple ⓘ
connectsAt Belmont station ⓘ
Diversey station ⓘ
Fullerton station ⓘ
Howard station ⓘ
Wellington station ⓘ
connectsWith CTA Brown Line ⓘ
surface form: Brown Line (CTA)

CTA Red Line ⓘ
surface form: Red Line (CTA)

Yellow Line (CTA) ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
electrification third rail ⓘ
fareSystem integrated with CTA fare system ⓘ
hasServiceVariant Purple Line Express ⓘ
hasStation Central station (Purple Line) ⓘ
Davis station ⓘ
Dempster station (Purple Line) ⓘ
Foster station ⓘ
Howard station ⓘ
Linden station ⓘ
Main station (Purple Line) ⓘ
Noyes station ⓘ
South Boulevard station ⓘ
lineLength approximately 3.9 miles (local Linden–Howard segment) ⓘ
locale Chicago metropolitan area ⓘ
Illinois ⓘ
openedAsPartOf early 20th century 'L' expansion ⓘ
operator Chicago Transit Authority ⓘ
owner Chicago Transit Authority ⓘ
partOf Chicago "L" ⓘ
surface form: Chicago 'L' system
peakDirection toward Linden in evening rush ⓘ
toward downtown Chicago in morning rush ⓘ
primaryServicePattern Linden–Howard local service ⓘ
Purple Line Express operates between Linden and the Loop ⓘ
operates on weekday peak periods ⓘ
runs express between Howard and Belmont ⓘ
rush hour express service ⓘ
serves North Side of Chicago ⓘ
northern suburbs of Chicago ⓘ
servesCommuters Northwestern University area ⓘ
servesSuburb Evanston, Illinois ⓘ
Wilmette, Illinois ⓘ
serviceType express service ⓘ
local service ⓘ
terminus Howard station ⓘ
Linden station ⓘ
trackGauge standard gauge ⓘ
usesRollingStock electric multiple units ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

LRT Line 2 → alsoKnownAs → Purple Line ⓘ
CTA Blue Line → connectsWith → Purple Line ⓘ
this entity surface form: Purple Line at Clark/Lake
CTA Pink Line → connectsWith → Purple Line ⓘ
CTA Brown Line → connectsWithLine → Purple Line ⓘ
Chicago "L" → hasLine → Purple Line ⓘ
Chicago Transit Authority → hasLine → Purple Line ⓘ
CTA → hasRailLine → Purple Line ⓘ
subject surface form: Chicago Transit Authority
Purple Line (CTA) → routeNumber → Purple Line ⓘ
Howard → servedByLine → Purple Line ⓘ