Northwestern Elevated Railroad

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defunct railway line elevated railway line rapid transit line

The Northwestern Elevated Railroad was an early elevated rapid transit line in Chicago that later became part of the city’s unified "L" system.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	defunct railway line → elevated railway line → rapid transit line →
connectedTo	Union Loop →
constructionType	steel elevated structure →
country	United States →
electrification	third rail →
endPoint	Wilson Avenue NERFINISHED →
fareSystem	integrated with Chicago "L" fares →
locatedIn	Chicago → Illinois →
notableFeature	one of the original North Side elevated lines in Chicago →
opened	1900 →
openedForRevenueService	1900 →
operatedBy	Northwestern Elevated Railroad Company →
operatedInArea	North Side of Chicago →
partOf	Chicago "L" → North Side Main Line →
propulsionSystem	electric multiple units →
railwaySignalling	wayside signals →
railwaySystem	Chicago elevated rail system →
servedBorough	Near North Side, Chicago →
servedNeighborhood	Lake View, Chicago → Uptown, Chicago →
servedStation	Addison station (Chicago "L") → Argyle station (Chicago "L") → Armitage station (Chicago "L") → Belmont station (Chicago "L") → Berwyn station (Chicago "L") → Bryn Mawr station (Chicago "L") → Chicago/Franklin station (Chicago "L") → Diversey station (Chicago "L") → Fullerton station (Chicago "L") → Granville station (Chicago "L") → Lawrence station (Chicago "L") → Loyola station (Chicago "L") → Sedgwick station (Chicago "L") → Sheridan station (Chicago "L") → Thorndale station (Chicago "L") → Wilson station (Chicago "L") →
startPoint	downtown Chicago →
status	integrated into unified Chicago "L" system →
successor	Chicago Transit Authority →
successorLine	Brown Line (Chicago "L") → Purple Line (Chicago "L") → Red Line (Chicago "L") →
trackGauge	standard gauge →
transportType	urban mass transit →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad ("North Side elevated lines of Chicago") →	connectedTo
Northwestern Elevated Railroad ("Northwestern Elevated Railroad Company") →	operatedBy
Chicago Rapid Transit Company →	precededBy