The Chicago "L" (short for "elevated") is the rapid transit system serving the city of Chicago and some of its surrounding suburbs in the U.S. state of...
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The current rolling stock of the Chicago "L" rapid transit system consists of four series of railcars. The oldest series is the 2600-series which was built...
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The Chicago "L" is a rapid transit system that serves the city of Chicago and seven of its surrounding suburbs. The system is operated by the Chicago Transit...
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tall, it is the fourteenth-tallest building in Chicago and the tallest building inside the Chicago 'L' Loop elevated tracks, and, as of May 2022, the...
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Red Line (CTA) (redirect from Chicago L Red Line)
transit line in Chicago, run by the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) as part of the Chicago "L" system. It is the busiest line on the "L" system, with an...
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United States, and some of its suburbs, including the trains of the Chicago "L" and CTA bus service. In 2023, the system had a ridership of 279,146,200...
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O'Hare International Airport (redirect from Chicago O' Hare International Airport)
Chicago O'Hare International Airport (IATA: ORD, ICAO: KORD, FAA LID: ORD) is a major international airport serving Chicago, Illinois, United States,...
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Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 census...
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Orange Line (CTA) (redirect from Chicago L Orange Line)
Line is a rapid transit line in Chicago, Illinois, operated by the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) as part of the Chicago "L" system. It is approximately...
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Brown Line (CTA) (redirect from Chicago L Brown Line)
Line of the Chicago "L" system, is an 11.4-mile (18.3 km) route with 27 stations between Chicago's Albany Park neighborhood and downtown Chicago. It runs...
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the Chicago Transit Authority bus and Chicago L lines, Metra, Pace, Greyhound, and more either within the station or within walking distance. Chicago Union...
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Green Line (CTA) (redirect from Chicago L Green Line)
Line is a rapid transit line in Chicago, Illinois, operated by the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) as part of the Chicago "L" system. It is the only completely...
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2600-series (CTA) (redirect from 2600 series (Chicago 'L'))
The 2600-series is a series of Chicago "L" car built between 1981 and 1987 by the Budd Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 600 cars were built, and...
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Pink Line (CTA) (redirect from Chicago L Pink Line)
2 mi (18.0 km) rapid transit line in Chicago, run by the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) as part of the Chicago "L" system. It is the CTA's newest rail...
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The Chicago metropolitan area, also referred to as Chicagoland, is the largest metropolitan statistical area in the U.S. state of Illinois, and the Midwest...
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Blue Line (CTA) (redirect from Chicago L Blue Line)
The Blue Line is a 26.93-mile-long (43.34 km) Chicago "L" line which runs from O'Hare International Airport at the far northwest end of the city, through...
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rest of January and February resulted in frozen tracks throughout the Chicago 'L' system. Consequently, commuters overwhelmed the capacity of CTA buses...
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of the Union Loop used by 'L' trains, which shared the same route. In what is now the Loop, on the south bank of the Chicago River near today's Michigan...
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Northcenter, Roscoe Village, St. Ben's, and Hamlin Park. The Brown Line of the Chicago 'L' has stops within the community area at Addison, Irving Park, and Montrose...
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5000-series (CTA) (redirect from 5000 series (Chicago "L"))
The 5000 series is a series of Chicago "L" car built between 2009 and 2015 by Bombardier Transportation of Plattsburgh, New York. A $577 million order...
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Chicago subway refers primarily to the Chicago Transit Authority. It may also refer to: Underground lines of the Chicago "L", operated by the Chicago...
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3200-series (CTA) (redirect from 3200 series (Chicago 'L'))
the last of five series of Chicago "L" cars known as the High Performance Family and the last railcars ordered for the Chicago Transit Authority that use...
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Purple Line (CTA) (redirect from Chicago L Purple Line)
The Purple Line of the Chicago "L" is a 3.9-mile (6.3 km) route on the northernmost section of the system. The service normally begins from Linden in Wilmette...
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beaches, and major parts of Chicago's parks system. The South Side has numerous bus routes and 'L' train lines via the Chicago Transit Authority, it hosts...
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bus stops. The city's rapid transit system, known as the "Chicago 'L'" or variations of 'L', "El", or "el" to Chicagoans, operates 1,190 rapid transit...
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This is a list of former stations on the Chicago "L". This list includes stations that have been demolished, partially demolished, and stations that are...
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7000-series (CTA) (redirect from 7000 series (Chicago "L"))
The 7000-series of rail cars was ordered by the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) for the Chicago "L". The base order is for 400 cars and will be used to...
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branch on the Chicago "L". Although the Chicago and Milwaukee Railroad (later a part of C&NW) provided passenger service between Chicago and Evanston,...
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Union Stock Yards (redirect from Union Stock Yard and Transit Company of Chicago)
(University of Chicago Press: Chicago, 1986), p. 97. J'Nell L. Pate, Livestock Hotels: America's Historic Stockyards, p. 63. J'Nell L. Pate, Livestock...
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