Rock Island District main line

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Metra line commuter rail line

The Rock Island District main line is a primary Metra commuter rail route in the Chicago area, running between downtown Chicago and its southwestern suburbs.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad main line 1

Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Metra line ⓘ
commuter rail line ⓘ
alsoUsedFor limited weekend commuter service ⓘ
connectsWith Metra BNSF Railway Line ⓘ
surface form: BNSF Railway (via Joliet)

Metra BNSF Railway Line ⓘ
surface form: BNSF Railway Line (via downtown Chicago)

Heritage Corridor (via Joliet) ⓘ
Metra Electric District line ⓘ
surface form: Metra Electric District (via downtown Chicago)

Rock Island District Beverly Branch ⓘ
SouthWest Service line ⓘ
surface form: SouthWest Service (via downtown Chicago)
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
electrification not electrified ⓘ
fareSystem Metra zone-based fares ⓘ
hasBranch Beverly Branch ⓘ
hasStation Joliet Station ⓘ
surface form: Joliet Transportation Center

LaSalle Street Station ⓘ
historicalOperator Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad ⓘ
locatedIn Chicago metropolitan area ⓘ
Illinois ⓘ
numberOfTracks 2 ⓘ
operator Metra ⓘ
owner Metra ⓘ
partOf Rock Island District ⓘ
primaryServiceType commuter rail ⓘ
primaryUse weekday commuter service ⓘ
servesArea southwestern suburbs of Chicago ⓘ
servesCity Windy City ⓘ
surface form: Chicago

Joliet, Illinois ⓘ
surface form: Joliet
terminusA LaSalle Street Station ⓘ
terminusALocatedIn City of Chicago ⓘ
surface form: Chicago, Illinois
terminusB Joliet Station ⓘ
surface form: Joliet Transportation Center
terminusBLocatedIn Joliet, Illinois ⓘ
usesRollingStockType diesel locomotive-hauled coaches ⓘ
usesTrackGauge standard gauge ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Metra Rock Island District 35th Street station → railCorridor → Rock Island District main line ⓘ
Rock Island District → railroadLinePredecessor → Rock Island District main line ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad main line
LaSalle Street Station → servedBy → Rock Island District main line ⓘ