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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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
North Side elevated lines of Chicago	2
Northwestern Elevated Railroad canonical	2
Northwestern Elevated Railroad Company	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	defunct railway line ⓘ elevated railway line ⓘ rapid transit line ⓘ
connectedTo	Loop (Chicago) ⓘ surface form: Union Loop
constructionType	steel elevated structure ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
electrification	third rail ⓘ
endPoint	Wilson Avenue ⓘ
fareSystem	integrated with Chicago "L" fares ⓘ
locatedIn	Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ surface form: Chicago Illinois ⓘ
notableFeature	one of the original North Side elevated lines in Chicago ⓘ
opened	1900 ⓘ
openedForRevenueService	1900 ⓘ
operatedBy	Northwestern Elevated Railroad self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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 "L" ⓘ surface form: Chicago elevated rail system
servedBorough	Near North Side ⓘ surface form: Near North Side, Chicago
servedNeighborhood	Lakeview, Chicago ⓘ surface form: Lake View, Chicago Uptown, Chicago ⓘ
servedStation	Addison station (CTA Red Line) ⓘ surface form: Addison station (Chicago "L") Lawrence station (Chicago "L") ⓘ surface form: Argyle station (Chicago "L") Armitage station (Chicago "L") ⓘ Belmont station (CTA Red Line) ⓘ surface form: 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 (CTA Red Line) ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: Brown Line (Chicago "L") Purple Line (CTA) ⓘ surface form: Purple Line (Chicago "L") Red Line (Chicago "L") ⓘ
trackGauge	standard gauge ⓘ
transportType	urban mass transit ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Chicago Rapid Transit Company → precededBy → Northwestern Elevated Railroad ⓘ

Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad → connectedTo → Northwestern Elevated Railroad ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Side elevated lines of Chicago

Northwestern Elevated Railroad → operatedBy → Northwestern Elevated Railroad self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northwestern Elevated Railroad Company

Belmont station (CTA Red Line) → formerOperator → Northwestern Elevated Railroad ⓘ

South Side elevated lines of Chicago → connectsTo → Northwestern Elevated Railroad ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Side elevated lines of Chicago