CTA Brown Line

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Chicago 'L' line rapid transit line transit infrastructure project

The CTA Brown Line is a Chicago 'L' rapid transit route that runs from the city's Northwest Side into the downtown Loop, serving numerous residential and commercial neighborhoods.

Aliases (4)

Brown Line (CTA) ×5
Brown Line Capacity Expansion Project ×3
Brown Line at Clark/Lake ×1
Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) Brown Line ×1

Statements (69)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Chicago 'L' line → rapid transit line → transit infrastructure project →
color	brown →
completionYear	2009 →
connectsWithLine	Blue Line → Green Line NERFINISHED → Orange Line → Pink Line → Purple Line → Red Line →
country	United States →
electrification	third rail →
expandedPlatforms	to accommodate 8-car trains →
fareSystem	Ventra →
gauge	standard gauge →
hasStation	Adams/Wabash → Addison (Brown Line) → Armitage → Belmont → Chicago (Brown Line) → Damen (Brown Line) → Diversey → Francisco → Fullerton → Harold Washington Library–State/Van Buren → Irving Park (Brown Line) → Kedzie → Kimball → LaSalle/Van Buren → Madison/Wabash (historic) → Merchandise Mart → Montrose (Brown Line) → Paulina → Quincy → Rockwell → Sedgwick → Southport → State/Lake → Washington/Wells → Wellington → Western (Brown Line) →
locale	Chicago, Illinois →
loopDirection	counter-clockwise →
notableProject	Brown Line Capacity Expansion Project →
openedAsThroughRouteToLoop	1949 →
operator	Chicago Transit Authority →
originalServiceName	Ravenswood Line →
owner	City of Chicago →
renamedInYear	1993 →
renamedToColor	Brown Line →
rollingStock	CTA 2600-series railcars → CTA 3200-series railcars →
rushHourPattern	increased frequency during peak periods →
servesArea	Chicago Loop → North Side of Chicago → Northwest Side of Chicago →
servesNeighborhood	Albany Park → Lakeview → Lincoln Square → Near North Side → Ravenswood →
system	Chicago 'L' →
terminus	Kimball station → Loop →
trackConfiguration	mostly elevated →
transitType	heavy rail →
weekdayService	operates all day →
weekendService	operates all day →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Blue Line (CTA) ("Brown Line (CTA)") → CTA Blue Line ("Brown Line at Clark/Lake") → CTA Green Line → CTA Red Line → Purple Line (CTA) ("Brown Line (CTA)") → Red Line (CTA) ("Brown Line (CTA)") →	connectsWith
Orange Line (CTA) ("Brown Line (CTA)") →	connectsTo
Loop →	hasTransportationSystem
Columbia College Chicago (downtown campus) ("Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) Brown Line") →	nearPublicTransit
Purple Line (CTA) ("Brown Line (CTA)") →	sharesTrackWith
Lakeview →	transportServedBy